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     1  # Contour Configuration Reference
     2  
     3  - [Serve Flags](#serve-flags)
     4  - [Configuration File](#configuration-file)
     5  - [Environment Variables](#environment-variables)
     6  - [Bootstrap Config File](#bootstrap-config-file)
     7  
     8  ## Overview
     9  
    10  There are various ways to configure Contour, flags, the configuration file, as well as environment variables.
    11  Contour has a precedence of configuration for contour serve, meaning anything configured in the config file is overridden by environment vars which are overridden by cli flags.
    12  
    13  ## Serve Flags
    14  
    15  The `contour serve` command is the main command which is used to watch for Kubernetes resource and process them into Envoy configuration which is then streamed to any Envoy via its xDS gRPC connection.
    16  There are a number of flags that can be passed to this command which further configures how Contour operates.
    17  Many of these flags are mirrored in the [Contour Configuration File](#configuration-file).
    18  
    19  | Flag Name                                                       | Description                                                                             |
    20  | --------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    21  | `--config-path`                                                 | Path to base configuration                                                              |
    22  | `--contour-config-name`                                         | Name of the ContourConfiguration resource to use                                        |
    23  | `--incluster`                                                   | Use in cluster configuration                                                            |
    24  | `--kubeconfig=</path/to/file>`                                  | Path to kubeconfig (if not in running inside a cluster)                                 |
    25  | `--xds-address=<ipaddr>`                                        | xDS gRPC API address                                                                    |
    26  | `--xds-port=<port>`                                             | xDS gRPC API port                                                                       |
    27  | `--stats-address=<ipaddr>`                                      | Envoy /stats interface address                                                          |
    28  | `--stats-port=<port>`                                           | Envoy /stats interface port                                                             |
    29  | `--debug-http-address=<address>`                                | Address the debug http endpoint will bind to.                                           |
    30  | `--debug-http-port=<port>`                                      | Port the debug http endpoint will bind to                                               |
    31  | `--http-address=<ipaddr>`                                       | Address the metrics HTTP endpoint will bind to                                          |
    32  | `--http-port=<port>`                                            | Port the metrics HTTP endpoint will bind to.                                            |
    33  | `--health-address=<ipaddr>`                                     | Address the health HTTP endpoint will bind to                                           |
    34  | `--health-port=<port>`                                          | Port the health HTTP endpoint will bind to                                              |
    35  | `--contour-cafile=</path/to/file\|CONTOUR_CERT_FILE>`           | CA bundle file name for serving gRPC with TLS                                           |
    36  | `--contour-cert-file=</path/to/file\|CONTOUR_CERT_FILE>`        | Contour certificate file name for serving gRPC over TLS                                 |
    37  | `--contour-key-file=</path/to/file\|CONTOUR_KEY_FILE>`          | Contour key file name for serving gRPC over TLS                                         |
    38  | `--insecure`                                                    | Allow serving without TLS secured gRPC                                                  |
    39  | `--root-namespaces=<ns,ns>`                                     | Restrict contour to searching these namespaces for root ingress routes                  |
    40  | `--watch-namespaces=<ns,ns>`                                    | Restrict contour to searching these namespaces for all resources                        |
    41  | `--ingress-class-name=<name>`                                   | Contour IngressClass name (comma-separated list allowed)                                |
    42  | `--ingress-status-address=<address>`                            | Address to set in Ingress object status                                                 |
    43  | `--envoy-http-access-log=</path/to/file>`                       | Envoy HTTP access log                                                                   |
    44  | `--envoy-https-access-log=</path/to/file>`                      | Envoy HTTPS access log                                                                  |
    45  | `--envoy-service-http-address=<ipaddr>`                         | Kubernetes Service address for HTTP requests                                            |
    46  | `--envoy-service-https-address=<ipaddr>`                        | Kubernetes Service address for HTTPS requests                                           |
    47  | `--envoy-service-http-port=<port>`                              | Kubernetes Service port for HTTP requests                                               |
    48  | `--envoy-service-https-port=<port>`                             | Kubernetes Service port for HTTPS requests                                              |
    49  | `--envoy-service-name=<name>`                                   | Name of the Envoy service to inspect for Ingress status details.                        |
    50  | `--envoy-service-namespace=<namespace>`                         | Envoy Service Namespace                                                                 |
    51  | `--use-proxy-protocol`                                          | Use PROXY protocol for all listeners                                                    |
    52  | `--accesslog-format=<envoy\|json>`                              | Format for Envoy access logs                                                            |
    53  | `--disable-leader-election`                                     | Disable leader election mechanism                                                       |
    54  | `--disable-feature=<extensionservices\|tlsroutes\|grpcroutes>`  | Do not start an informer for the specified resources. Flag can be given multiple times. |
    55  | `--leader-election-lease-duration`                              | The duration of the leadership lease.                                                   |
    56  | `--leader-election-renew-deadline`                              | The duration leader will retry refreshing leadership before giving up.                  |
    57  | `--leader-election-retry-period`                                | The interval which Contour will attempt to acquire leadership lease.                    |
    58  | `--leader-election-resource-name`                               | The name of the resource (Lease) leader election will lease.                            |
    59  | `--leader-election-resource-namespace`                          | The namespace of the resource (Lease) leader election will lease.                       |
    60  | `-d, --debug`                                                   | Enable debug logging                                                                    |
    61  | `--kubernetes-debug=<log level>`                                | Enable Kubernetes client debug logging                                                  |
    62  | `--log-format=<text\|json>`                                     | Log output format for Contour. Either text (default) or json.                           |
    63  | `--kubernetes-client-qps=<qps>`                                 | QPS allowed for the Kubernetes client.                                                  |
    64  | `--kubernetes-client-burst=<burst>`                             | Burst allowed for the Kubernetes client.                                                |
    65  
    66  ## Configuration File
    67  
    68  A configuration file can be passed to the `--config-path` argument of the `contour serve` command to specify additional configuration to Contour.
    69  In most deployments, this file is passed to Contour via a ConfigMap which is mounted as a volume to the Contour pod.
    70  
    71  The Contour configuration file is optional.
    72  In its absence, Contour will operate with reasonable defaults.
    73  Where Contour settings can also be specified with command-line flags, the command-line value takes precedence over the configuration file.
    74  
    75  | Field Name                | Type                   | Default                                                                                              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
    76  |---------------------------| ---------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    77  | accesslog-format          | string                 | `envoy`                                                                                              | This key sets the global [access log format][2] for Envoy. Valid options are `envoy` or `json`.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
    78  | accesslog-format-string   | string                 | None                                                                                                 | If present, this specifies custom access log format for Envoy. See [Envoy documentation](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/observability/access_log/usage) for more information about the syntax. This field only has effect if `accesslog-format` is `envoy` |
    79  | accesslog-level           | string                 | `info`                                                                                               | This field specifies the verbosity level of the access log. Valid options are `info` (default, all requests are logged), `error` (all non-success, i.e. 300+ response code, requests are logged), `critical` (all server error, i.e. 500+ response code, requests are logged) and `disabled`. |
    80  | debug                     | boolean                | `false`                                                                                              | Enables debug logging.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
    81  | default-http-versions     | string array           | <code style="white-space:nowrap">HTTP/1.1</code> <br> <code style="white-space:nowrap">HTTP/2</code> | This array specifies the HTTP versions that Contour should program Envoy to serve. HTTP versions are specified as strings of the form "HTTP/x", where "x" represents the version number.                                                                                              |
    82  | disableAllowChunkedLength | boolean                | `false`                                                                                              | If this field is true, Contour will disable the RFC-compliant Envoy behavior to strip the `Content-Length` header if `Transfer-Encoding: chunked` is also set. This is an emergency off-switch to revert back to Envoy's default behavior in case of failures.
    83  | disableMergeSlashes       | boolean                | `false`                                                                                              | This field disables Envoy's non-standard merge_slashes path transformation behavior that strips duplicate slashes from request URL paths.
    84  | serverHeaderTransformation       | string                | `overwrite`                                                                                              | This field defines the action to be applied to the Server header on the response path. Values: `overwrite` (default), `append_if_absent`, `pass_through`
    85  | disablePermitInsecure     | boolean                | `false`                                                                                              | If this field is true, Contour will ignore `PermitInsecure` field in HTTPProxy documents.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
    86  | envoy-service-name        | string                 | `envoy`                                                                                              | This sets the service name that will be inspected for address details to be applied to Ingress objects.                                                                                                                                                                               |
    87  | envoy-service-namespace   | string                 | `projectcontour`                                                                                     | This sets the namespace of the service that will be inspected for address details to be applied to Ingress objects. If the `CONTOUR_NAMESPACE` environment variable is present, Contour will populate this field with its value.                                                      |
    88  | ingress-status-address    | string                 | None                                                                                                 | If present, this specifies the address that will be copied into the Ingress status for each Ingress that Contour manages. It is exclusive with `envoy-service-name` and `envoy-service-namespace`.                                                                                    |
    89  | incluster                 | boolean                | `false`                                                                                              | This field specifies that Contour is running in a Kubernetes cluster and should use the in-cluster client access configuration.                                                                                                                                                       |
    90  | json-fields               | string array           | [fields][5]                                                                                          | This is the list the field names to include in the JSON [access log format][2]. This field only has effect if `accesslog-format` is `json`.                                                                                                                                           |
    91  | kubeconfig                | string                 | `$HOME/.kube/config`                                                                                 | Path to a Kubernetes [kubeconfig file][3] for when Contour is executed outside a cluster.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
    92  | kubernetesClientQPS          | float32             |                                                                                                      | QPS allowed for the Kubernetes client.                                                                                                                                                                    |
    93  | kubernetesClientBurst        | int                    |                                                                                                      | Burst allowed for the Kubernetes client.                                                                                                                                                                    |
    94  | policy                    | PolicyConfig           |                                                                                                      | The default [policy configuration](#policy-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
    95  | tls                       | TLS                    |                                                                                                      | The default [TLS configuration](#tls-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
    96  | timeouts                  | TimeoutConfig          |                                                                                                      | The [timeout configuration](#timeout-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
    97  | cluster                   | ClusterConfig          |                                                                                                      | The [cluster configuration](#cluster-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
    98  | network                   | NetworkConfig          |                                                                                                      | The [network configuration](#network-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
    99  | listener                  | ListenerConfig         |                                                                                                      | The [listener configuration](#listener-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
   100  | server                    | ServerConfig           |                                                                                                      | The [server configuration](#server-configuration) for `contour serve` command.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
   101  | gateway                   | GatewayConfig          |                                                                                                      | The [gateway-api Gateway configuration](#gateway-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   102  | rateLimitService          | RateLimitServiceConfig |                                                                                                      | The [rate limit service configuration](#rate-limit-service-configuration).                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
   103  | enableExternalNameService | boolean                | `false`                                                                                              | Enable ExternalName Service processing. Enabling this has security implications. Please see the [advisory](https://github.com/projectcontour/contour/security/advisories/GHSA-5ph6-qq5x-7jwc) for more details.                                                                       |
   104  | metrics                   | MetricsParameters     |                                                                                                       | The [metrics configuration](#metrics-configuration) |
   105  
   106  ### TLS Configuration
   107  
   108  The TLS configuration block can be used to configure default values for how
   109  Contour should provision TLS hosts.
   110  
   111  | Field Name               | Type     | Default                                                                                                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   112  | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   113  | minimum-protocol-version | string   | `1.2`                                                                                                             | This field specifies the minimum TLS protocol version that is allowed. Valid options are `1.2` (default) and `1.3`. Any other value defaults to TLS 1.2.                                                                                                                                     
   114  | maximum-protocol-version | string   | `1.3`                                                                                                              | This field specifies the maximum TLS protocol version that is allowed. Valid options are `1.2` and `1.3`. Any other value defaults to TLS 1.3.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
   115  | fallback-certificate     |          |                                                                                                                   | [Fallback certificate configuration](#fallback-certificate).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
   116  | envoy-client-certificate |          |                                                                                                                   | [Client certificate configuration for Envoy](#envoy-client-certificate).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
   117  | cipher-suites            | []string | See [config package documentation](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/projectcontour/contour/pkg/config#pkg-variables) | This field specifies the TLS ciphers to be supported by TLS listeners when negotiating TLS 1.2. This parameter should only be used by advanced users. Note that this is ignored when TLS 1.3 is in use. The set of ciphers that are allowed is a superset of those supported by default in stock, non-FIPS Envoy builds and FIPS builds as specified [here](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/transport_sockets/tls/v3/common.proto#envoy-v3-api-field-extensions-transport-sockets-tls-v3-tlsparameters-cipher-suites). Custom ciphers not accepted by Envoy in a standard build are not supported. |
   118  
   119  ### Fallback Certificate
   120  
   121  | Field Name | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                     |
   122  | ---------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   123  | name       | string | `""`    | This field specifies the name of the Kubernetes secret to use as the fallback certificate.      |
   124  | namespace  | string | `""`    | This field specifies the namespace of the Kubernetes secret to use as the fallback certificate. |
   125  
   126  
   127  ### Envoy Client Certificate
   128  
   129  | Field Name | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                            |
   130  | ---------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   131  | name       | string | `""`    | This field specifies the name of the Kubernetes secret to use as the client certificate and private key when establishing TLS connections to the backend service.      |
   132  | namespace  | string | `""`    | This field specifies the namespace of the Kubernetes secret to use as the client certificate and private key when establishing TLS connections to the backend service. |
   133  
   134  
   135  ### Timeout Configuration
   136  
   137  The timeout configuration block can be used to configure various timeouts for the proxies. All fields are optional; Contour/Envoy defaults apply if a field is not specified.
   138  
   139  | Field Name                       | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   140  | -------------------------------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   141  | request-timeout                  | string | none*   | This field specifies the default request timeout. Note that this is a timeout for the entire request, not an idle timeout. Must be a [valid Go duration string][4], or omitted or set to `infinity` to disable the timeout entirely. See [the Envoy documentation][12] for more information.<br /><br />_Note: A value of `0s` previously disabled this timeout entirely. This is no longer the case. Use `infinity` or omit this field to disable the timeout._ |
   142  | connection-idle-timeout          | string | `60s`   | This field defines how long the proxy should wait while there are no active requests (for HTTP/1.1) or streams (for HTTP/2) before terminating an HTTP connection. The timeout applies to downstream connections only. Must be a [valid Go duration string][4], or `infinity` to disable the timeout entirely. See [the Envoy documentation][8] for more information.                                                                                            |
   143  | stream-idle-timeout              | string | `5m`*   | This field defines how long the proxy should wait while there is no activity during single request/response (for HTTP/1.1) or stream (for HTTP/2). Timeout will not trigger while HTTP/1.1 connection is idle between two consecutive requests. Must be a [valid Go duration string][4], or `infinity` to disable the timeout entirely. See [the Envoy documentation][9] for more information.                                                                   |
   144  | max-connection-duration          | string | none*   | This field defines the maximum period of time after an HTTP connection has been established from the client to the proxy before it is closed by the proxy, regardless of whether there has been activity or not. Must be a [valid Go duration string][4], or omitted or set to `infinity` for no max duration. See [the Envoy documentation][10] for more information.                                                                                           |
   145  | delayed-close-timeout            | string | `1s`*   | *Note: this is an advanced setting that should not normally need to be tuned.* <br /><br /> This field defines how long envoy will wait, once connection close processing has been initiated, for the downstream peer to close the connection before Envoy closes the socket associated with the connection. Setting this timeout to 'infinity' will disable it.  See [the Envoy documentation][13] for more information.                                        |
   146  | connection-shutdown-grace-period | string | `5s`*   | This field defines how long the proxy will wait between sending an initial GOAWAY frame and a second, final GOAWAY frame when terminating an HTTP/2 connection. During this grace period, the proxy will continue to respond to new streams. After the final GOAWAY frame has been sent, the proxy will refuse new streams. Must be a [valid Go duration string][4]. See [the Envoy documentation][11] for more information.                                     |
   147  | connect-timeout                  | string | `2s`    | This field defines how long the proxy will wait for the upstream connection to be established.
   148  
   149  _This is Envoy's default setting value and is not explicitly configured by Contour._
   150  
   151  ### Cluster Configuration
   152  
   153  The cluster configuration block can be used to configure various parameters for Envoy clusters.
   154  
   155  | Field Name                        | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                     |
   156  |-----------------------------------|--------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   157  | dns-lookup-family                 | string | auto    | This field specifies the dns-lookup-family to use for upstream requests to externalName type Kubernetes services from an HTTPProxy route. Values are: `auto`, `v4`, `v6`, `all` |
   158  | max-requests-per-connection       | int    | none    | This field specifies the maximum requests for upstream connections. If not specified, there is no limit                                                                         |
   159  | per-connection-buffer-limit-bytes | int    | 1MiB*   | This field specifies the soft limit on size of the cluster’s new connection read and write buffer. If not specified, Envoy defaults of 1MiB apply                               |
   160  
   161  _This is Envoy's default setting value and is not explicitly configured by Contour._
   162  
   163  ### Network Configuration
   164  
   165  The network configuration block can be used to configure various parameters network connections.
   166  
   167  | Field Name       | Type | Default | Description                                                                                                             |
   168  | ---------------- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   169  | num-trusted-hops | int  | 0       | Configures the number of additional ingress proxy hops from the right side of the x-forwarded-for HTTP header to trust. |
   170  | admin-port       | int  | 9001    | Configures the Envoy Admin read-only listener on Envoy. Set to `0` to disable.                                          |
   171  
   172  ### Listener Configuration
   173  
   174  The listener configuration block can be used to configure various parameters for Envoy listener.
   175  
   176  | Field Name                        | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
   177  |-----------------------------------|--------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   178  | connection-balancer               | string | `""`    | This field specifies the listener connection balancer. If the value is `exact`, the listener will use the exact connection balancer to balance connections between threads in a single Envoy process. See [the Envoy documentation][14] for more information. |
   179  | max-requests-per-connection       | int    | none    | This field specifies the maximum requests for downstream connections. If not specified, there is no limit                                                                                                                                                     |
   180  | per-connection-buffer-limit-bytes | int    | 1MiB*   | This field specifies the soft limit on size of the listener’s new connection read and write buffer. If not specified, Envoy defaults of 1MiB apply                                                                                                            |
   181  | socket-options                    | SocketOptions |  | The [Socket Options](#socket-options) for Envoy listeners.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
   182  | max-requests-per-io-cycle         | int    | none    | Defines the limit on number of HTTP requests that Envoy will process from a single connection in a single I/O cycle. Requests over this limit are processed in subsequent I/O cycles. Can be used as a mitigation for CVE-2023-44487 when abusive traffic is detected. Configures the `http.max_requests_per_io_cycle` Envoy runtime setting. The default value when this is not set is no limit. |
   183  | http2-max-concurrent-streams      | int    | none    | Defines the value for SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS Envoy will advertise in the SETTINGS frame in HTTP/2 connections and the limit for concurrent streams allowed for a peer on a single HTTP/2 connection. It is recommended to not set this lower than 100 but this field can be used to bound resource usage by HTTP/2 connections and mitigate attacks like CVE-2023-44487. The default value when this is not set is unlimited. |
   184  
   185  _This is Envoy's default setting value and is not explicitly configured by Contour._
   186  
   187  ### Server Configuration
   188  
   189  The server configuration block can be used to configure various settings for the `contour serve` command.
   190  
   191  | Field Name      | Type   | Default | Description                                                                   |
   192  | --------------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   193  | xds-server-type | string | contour | This field specifies the xDS Server to use. Options are `contour` or `envoy`. |
   194  
   195  ### Gateway Configuration
   196  
   197  The gateway configuration block is used to configure which gateway-api Gateway Contour should configure:
   198  
   199  | Field Name     | Type           | Default | Description                                                                    |
   200  | -------------- | -------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   201  | controllerName | string         |         | Gateway Class controller name (i.e. projectcontour.io/gateway-controller). If set, Contour will reconcile the oldest GatewayClass, and its oldest Gateway, with this controller string. Only one of `controllerName` or `gatewayRef` must be set. |
   202  | gatewayRef     | NamespacedName |         | [Gateway namespace and name](#gateway-ref). If set, Contour will reconcile this specific Gateway. Only one of `controllerName` or `gatewayRef` must be set. |
   203  
   204  ### Gateway Ref
   205  
   206  | Field Name | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                     |
   207  | ---------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   208  | name       | string | `""`    | This field specifies the name of the specific Gateway to reconcile.                             |
   209  | namespace  | string | `""`    | This field specifies the namespace of the specific Gateway to reconcile.                        |
   210  
   211  ### Policy Configuration
   212  
   213  The Policy configuration block can be used to configure default policy values
   214  that are set if not overridden by the user.
   215  
   216  The `request-headers` field is used to rewrite headers on a HTTP request, and
   217  the `response-headers` field is used to rewrite headers on a HTTP response.
   218  
   219  | Field Name       | Type         | Default | Description                                                                                       |
   220  | ---------------- | ------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   221  | request-headers  | HeaderPolicy | none    | The default request headers set or removed on all service routes if not overridden in the object  |
   222  | response-headers | HeaderPolicy | none    | The default response headers set or removed on all service routes if not overridden in the object |
   223  | applyToIngress   | Boolean      | false   | Whether the global policy should apply to Ingress objects                                         |
   224  
   225  #### HeaderPolicy
   226  
   227  The `set` field sets an HTTP header value, creating it if it doesn't already exist but not overwriting it if it does.
   228  The `remove` field removes an HTTP header.
   229  
   230  | Field Name | Type              | Default | Description                                                                     |
   231  | ---------- | ----------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   232  | set        | map[string]string | none    | Map of headers to set on all service routes if not overridden in the object     |
   233  | remove     | []string          | none    | List of headers to remove on all service routes if not overridden in the object |
   234  
   235  Note: the values of entries in the `set` and `remove` fields can be overridden in HTTPProxy objects but it it not possible to remove these entries.
   236  
   237  ### Rate Limit Service Configuration
   238  
   239  The rate limit service configuration block is used to configure an optional global rate limit service:
   240  
   241  | Field Name                  | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
   242  |-----------------------------| ------ | ------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   243  | extensionService            | string | <none>  | This field identifies the extension service defining the rate limit service, formatted as <namespace>/<name>.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
   244  | domain                      | string | contour | This field defines the rate limit domain value to pass to the rate limit service. Acts as a container for a set of rate limit definitions within the RLS.                                                                                                                                                              |
   245  | failOpen                    | bool   | false   | This field defines whether to allow requests to proceed when the rate limit service fails to respond with a valid rate limit decision within the timeout defined on the extension service.                                                                                                                             |
   246  | enableXRateLimitHeaders     | bool   | false   | This field defines whether to include the X-RateLimit headers X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset (as defined by the IETF Internet-Draft https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-polli-ratelimit-headers-03.html), on responses to clients when the Rate Limit Service is consulted for a request. |
   247  | enableResourceExhaustedCode | bool   | false   | This field defines whether to translate status code 429 to gRPC RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED instead of UNAVAILABLE.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
   248  
   249  ### Metrics Configuration
   250  
   251  MetricsParameters holds configurable parameters for Contour and Envoy metrics.
   252  
   253  | Field Name  | Type                    | Default | Description                                                          |
   254  | ----------- | ----------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   255  | contour     | MetricsServerParameters |         | [Metrics Server Parameters](#metrics-server-parameters) for Contour. |
   256  | envoy       | MetricsServerParameters |         | [Metrics Server Parameters](#metrics-server-parameters) for Envoy.   |
   257  
   258  ### Metrics Server Parameters
   259  
   260  MetricsServerParameters holds configurable parameters for Contour and Envoy metrics.
   261  Metrics are served over HTTPS if `server-certificate-path` and `server-key-path` are set.
   262  Metrics and health endpoints cannot have the same port number when metrics are served over HTTPS.
   263  
   264  | Field Name              | Type   | Default                      | Description                                                                  |
   265  | ----------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   266  | address                 | string | 0.0.0.0                      | Address that metrics server will bind to.                                    |
   267  | port                    | int    | 8000 (Contour), 8002 (Envoy) | Port that metrics server will bind to.                                       |
   268  | server-certificate-path | string | none                         | Optional path to the server certificate file.                                |
   269  | server-key-path         | string | none                         | Optional path to the server private key file.                                |
   270  | ca-certificate-path     | string | none                         | Optional path to the CA certificate file used to verify client certificates. |
   271  
   272  ### Socket Options
   273  
   274  | Field Name      | Type   | Default | Description                                                                   |
   275  | --------------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   276  | tos             | int    | 0       | Defines the value for IPv4 TOS field (including 6 bit DSCP field) for IP packets originating from Envoy listeners. Single value is applied to all listeners. The value must be in the range 0-255, 0 means socket option is not set. If listeners are bound to IPv6-only addresses, setting this option will cause an error. |
   277  | traffic-class   | int    | 0       | Defines the value for IPv6 Traffic Class field (including 6 bit DSCP field) for IP packets originating from the Envoy listeners. Single value is applied to all listeners. The value must be in the range 0-255, 0 means socket option is not set. If listeners are bound to IPv4-only addresses, setting this option will cause an error. |
   278  
   279  ### Configuration Example
   280  
   281  The following is an example ConfigMap with configuration file included:
   282  
   283  ```yaml
   284  apiVersion: v1
   285  kind: ConfigMap
   286  metadata:
   287    name: contour
   288    namespace: projectcontour
   289  data:
   290    contour.yaml: |
   291      #
   292      # server:
   293      #   determine which XDS Server implementation to utilize in Contour.
   294      #   xds-server-type: contour
   295      #
   296      # specify the gateway-api Gateway Contour should configure
   297      # gateway:
   298      #   controllerName: projectcontour.io/gateway-controller
   299      #
   300      # should contour expect to be running inside a k8s cluster
   301      # incluster: true
   302      #
   303      # path to kubeconfig (if not running inside a k8s cluster)
   304      # kubeconfig: /path/to/.kube/config
   305      #
   306      # Disable RFC-compliant behavior to strip "Content-Length" header if
   307      # "Tranfer-Encoding: chunked" is also set.
   308      # disableAllowChunkedLength: false
   309      # Disable HTTPProxy permitInsecure field
   310      disablePermitInsecure: false
   311      tls:
   312      # minimum TLS version that Contour will negotiate
   313      # minimum-protocol-version: "1.2"
   314      # TLS ciphers to be supported by Envoy TLS listeners when negotiating
   315      # TLS 1.2.
   316      # cipher-suites:
   317      # - '[ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256|ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305]'
   318      # - '[ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256|ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305]'
   319      # - 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384'
   320      # - 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384'
   321      # Defines the Kubernetes name/namespace matching a secret to use
   322      # as the fallback certificate when requests which don't match the
   323      # SNI defined for a vhost.
   324        fallback-certificate:
   325      #   name: fallback-secret-name
   326      #   namespace: projectcontour
   327        envoy-client-certificate:
   328      #   name: envoy-client-cert-secret-name
   329      #   namespace: projectcontour
   330      ### Logging options
   331      # Default setting
   332      accesslog-format: envoy
   333      # The default access log format is defined by Envoy but it can be customized by setting following variable.
   334      # accesslog-format-string: "...\n"
   335      # To enable JSON logging in Envoy
   336      # accesslog-format: json
   337      # accesslog-level: info
   338      # The default fields that will be logged are specified below.
   339      # To customise this list, just add or remove entries.
   340      # The canonical list is available at
   341      # https://godoc.org/github.com/projectcontour/contour/internal/envoy#JSONFields
   342      # json-fields:
   343      #   - "@timestamp"
   344      #   - "authority"
   345      #   - "bytes_received"
   346      #   - "bytes_sent"
   347      #   - "downstream_local_address"
   348      #   - "downstream_remote_address"
   349      #   - "duration"
   350      #   - "method"
   351      #   - "path"
   352      #   - "protocol"
   353      #   - "request_id"
   354      #   - "requested_server_name"
   355      #   - "response_code"
   356      #   - "response_flags"
   357      #   - "uber_trace_id"
   358      #   - "upstream_cluster"
   359      #   - "upstream_host"
   360      #   - "upstream_local_address"
   361      #   - "upstream_service_time"
   362      #   - "user_agent"
   363      #   - "x_forwarded_for"
   364      #
   365      # default-http-versions:
   366      # - "HTTP/2"
   367      # - "HTTP/1.1"
   368      #
   369      # The following shows the default proxy timeout settings.
   370      # timeouts:
   371      #   request-timeout: infinity
   372      #   connection-idle-timeout: 60s
   373      #   stream-idle-timeout: 5m
   374      #   max-connection-duration: infinity
   375      #   connection-shutdown-grace-period: 5s
   376      #
   377      # Envoy cluster settings.
   378      # cluster:
   379      #   configure the cluster dns lookup family
   380      #   valid options are: auto (default), v4, v6, all
   381      #   dns-lookup-family: auto
   382      #   the maximum requests for upstream connections.
   383      #   If not specified, there is no limit.
   384      #   Setting this parameter to 1 will effectively disable keep alive
   385      #   max-requests-per-connection: 0
   386      #   the soft limit on size of the cluster’s new connection read and write buffers
   387      #   per-connection-buffer-limit-bytes: 32768
   388      #
   389      # network:
   390      #   Configure the number of additional ingress proxy hops from the
   391      #   right side of the x-forwarded-for HTTP header to trust.
   392      #   num-trusted-hops: 0
   393      #   Configure the port used to access the Envoy Admin interface.
   394      #   admin-port: 9001
   395      #
   396      # Configure an optional global rate limit service.
   397      # rateLimitService:
   398      #   Identifies the extension service defining the rate limit service,
   399      #   formatted as <namespace>/<name>.
   400      #   extensionService: projectcontour/ratelimit
   401      #   Defines the rate limit domain to pass to the rate limit service.
   402      #   Acts as a container for a set of rate limit definitions within
   403      #   the RLS.
   404      #   domain: contour
   405      #   Defines whether to allow requests to proceed when the rate limit
   406      #   service fails to respond with a valid rate limit decision within
   407      #   the timeout defined on the extension service.
   408      #   failOpen: false
   409      #   Defines whether to include the X-RateLimit headers X-RateLimit-Limit,
   410      #   X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset (as defined by the IETF
   411      #   Internet-Draft linked below), on responses to clients when the Rate
   412      #   Limit Service is consulted for a request.
   413      #   ref. https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-polli-ratelimit-headers-03.html
   414      #   enableXRateLimitHeaders: false
   415      #   Defines whether to translate status code 429 to grpc code RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
   416      #   instead of the default UNAVAILABLE
   417      #   enableResourceExhaustedCode: false
   418      #
   419      # Global Policy settings.
   420      # policy:
   421      #   # Default headers to set on all requests (unless set/removed on the HTTPProxy object itself)
   422      #   request-headers:
   423      #     set:
   424      #       # example: the hostname of the Envoy instance that proxied the request
   425      #       X-Envoy-Hostname: %HOSTNAME%
   426      #       # example: add a l5d-dst-override header to instruct Linkerd what service the request is destined for
   427      #       l5d-dst-override: %CONTOUR_SERVICE_NAME%.%CONTOUR_NAMESPACE%.svc.cluster.local:%CONTOUR_SERVICE_PORT%
   428      #   # default headers to set on all responses (unless set/removed on the HTTPProxy object itself)
   429      #   response-headers:
   430      #     set:
   431      #       # example: Envoy flags that provide additional details about the response or connection
   432      #       X-Envoy-Response-Flags: %RESPONSE_FLAGS%
   433      #   Whether or not the policy settings should apply to ingress objects
   434      #   applyToIngress: true
   435      #
   436      # metrics:
   437      #  contour:
   438      #    address: 0.0.0.0
   439      #    port: 8000
   440      #    server-certificate-path: /path/to/server-cert.pem
   441      #    server-key-path: /path/to/server-private-key.pem
   442      #    ca-certificate-path: /path/to/root-ca-for-client-validation.pem
   443      #  envoy:
   444      #    address: 0.0.0.0
   445      #    port: 8002
   446      #    server-certificate-path: /path/to/server-cert.pem
   447      #    server-key-path: /path/to/server-private-key.pem
   448      #    ca-certificate-path: /path/to/root-ca-for-client-validation.pem
   449      #
   450      # listener:
   451      #  connection-balancer: exact
   452      #  socket-options:
   453      #    tos: 64
   454      #    traffic-class: 64
   455  ```
   456  
   457  _Note:_ The default example `contour` includes this [file][1] for easy deployment of Contour.
   458  
   459  ## Environment Variables
   460  
   461  ### CONTOUR_NAMESPACE
   462  
   463  If present, the value of the `CONTOUR_NAMESPACE` environment variable is used as:
   464  
   465  1. The value for the `contour bootstrap --namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   466  1. The value for the `contour certgen --namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   467  1. The value for the `contour serve --envoy-service-namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   468  1. The value for the `contour serve --leader-election-resource-namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   469  
   470  The `CONTOUR_NAMESPACE` environment variable is set via the [Downward API][6] in the Contour [example manifests][7].
   471  
   472  ## Bootstrap Config File
   473  
   474  The bootstrap configuration file is generated by an initContainer in the Envoy daemonset which runs the `contour bootstrap` command to generate the file.
   475  This configuration file configures the Envoy container to connect to Contour and receive configuration via xDS.
   476  
   477  The next section outlines all the available flags that can be passed to the `contour bootstrap` command which are used to customize
   478  the configuration file to match the environment in which Envoy is deployed.
   479  
   480  ### Bootstrap Flags
   481  
   482  There are flags that can be passed to `contour bootstrap` that help configure how Envoy
   483  connects to Contour:
   484  
   485  | Flag                                   | Default           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
   486  | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   487  | <nobr>--resources-dir</nobr>           | ""                | Directory where resource files will be written.                                                                                                                                                              |
   488  | <nobr>--admin-address</nobr>           | /admin/admin.sock | Path to Envoy admin unix domain socket.                                                                                                                                                                      |
   489  | <nobr>--admin-port (Deprecated)</nobr> | 9001              | Deprecated: Port is now configured as a Contour flag.                                                                                                                                                        |
   490  | <nobr>--xds-address</nobr>             | 127.0.0.1         | Address to connect to Contour xDS server on.                                                                                                                                                                 |
   491  | <nobr>--xds-port</nobr>                | 8001              | Port to connect to Contour xDS server on.                                                                                                                                                                    |
   492  | <nobr>--envoy-cafile</nobr>            | ""                | CA filename for Envoy secure xDS gRPC communication.                                                                                                                                                         |
   493  | <nobr>--envoy-cert-file</nobr>         | ""                | Client certificate filename for Envoy secure xDS gRPC communication.                                                                                                                                         |
   494  | <nobr>--envoy-key-file</nobr>          | ""                | Client key filename for Envoy secure xDS gRPC communication.                                                                                                                                                 |
   495  | <nobr>--namespace</nobr>               | projectcontour    | Namespace the Envoy container will run, also configured via ENV variable "CONTOUR_NAMESPACE". Namespace is used as part of the metric names on static resources defined in the bootstrap configuration file. |
   496  | <nobr>--xds-resource-version</nobr>    | v3                | Currently, the only valid xDS API resource version is `v3`.                                                                                                                                                  |
   497  | <nobr>--dns-lookup-family</nobr>       | auto              | Defines what DNS Resolution Policy to use for Envoy -> Contour cluster name lookup. Either v4, v6, auto or all.                                                                                                   |
   498  | <nobr>--log-format                     | text              | Log output format for Contour. Either text or json. |
   499  | <nobr>--overload-max-heap              | ""                | Defines the maximum heap size in bytes until Envoy overload manager stops accepting new connections. |
   500  
   501  
   502  [1]: {{< param github_url>}}/tree/{{< param branch >}}/examples/contour/01-contour-config.yaml
   503  [2]: config/access-logging
   504  [3]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/organize-cluster-access-kubeconfig/
   505  [4]: https://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration
   506  [5]: https://godoc.org/github.com/projectcontour/contour/internal/envoy#DefaultFields
   507  [6]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/environment-variable-expose-pod-information/
   508  [7]: {{< param github_url>}}/tree/{{< param branch >}}/examples/contour
   509  [8]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/config/core/v3/protocol.proto#envoy-v3-api-field-config-core-v3-httpprotocoloptions-idle-timeout
   510  [9]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto#envoy-v3-api-field-extensions-filters-network-http-connection-manager-v3-httpconnectionmanager-stream-idle-timeout
   511  [10]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/config/core/v3/protocol.proto#envoy-v3-api-field-config-core-v3-httpprotocoloptions-max-connection-duration
   512  [11]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto#envoy-v3-api-field-extensions-filters-network-http-connection-manager-v3-httpconnectionmanager-drain-timeout
   513  [12]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto#envoy-v3-api-field-extensions-filters-network-http-connection-manager-v3-httpconnectionmanager-request-timeout
   514  [13]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3/http_connection_manager.proto#envoy-v3-api-field-extensions-filters-network-http-connection-manager-v3-httpconnectionmanager-delayed-close-timeout
   515  [14]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/config/listener/v3/listener.proto#config-listener-v3-listener-connectionbalanceconfig