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ms.service: application-gateway
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ms.subservice: appgw-for-containers
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 07/24/2023
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ms.date: 09/19/2023
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- Create an [HTTPRoute](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/v1alpha2/api-types/httproute/) resource that references a backend service.
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- Create a [BackendTLSPolicy](api-specification-kubernetes.md#alb.networking.azure.io/v1.BackendTLSPolicy) resource that has a client and CA certificate for the backend service referenced in the HTTPRoute.
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## Background
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Mutual Transport Layer Security (MTLS) is a process that relies on certificate authentication to create an encrypted TLS connection. You can use MTLS to secure the connection from a client device to the Application Gateway for Containers backend target. If a client certificate is revoked or invalid, the connection is not secure.
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See the following figure:
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[ ![A diagram showing the Application Gateway for Containers backend MTLS process.](./media/how-to-backend-mtls-gateway-api/backend-mtls.png) ](./media/how-to-backend-mtls-gateway-api/backend-mtls.png#lightbox)
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## Prerequisites
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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