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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  | featureFlags              | string array           | `[]`                                                                                                 | Defines the toggle to enable new contour features. Available toggles are:  <br/> 1. `useEndpointSlices` - configures contour to fetch endpoint data from k8s endpoint slices.                                                                                                         |
   106  
   107  ### TLS Configuration
   108  
   109  The TLS configuration block can be used to configure default values for how
   110  Contour should provision TLS hosts.
   111  
   112  | Field Name               | Type     | Default                                                                                                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   113  | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   114  | 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.
   115  | 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.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
   116  | fallback-certificate     |          |                                                                                                                   | [Fallback certificate configuration](#fallback-certificate).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
   117  | envoy-client-certificate |          |                                                                                                                   | [Client certificate configuration for Envoy](#envoy-client-certificate).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
   118  | 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. |
   119  
   120  ### Fallback Certificate
   121  
   122  | Field Name | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                     |
   123  | ---------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   124  | name       | string | `""`    | This field specifies the name of the Kubernetes secret to use as the fallback certificate.      |
   125  | namespace  | string | `""`    | This field specifies the namespace of the Kubernetes secret to use as the fallback certificate. |
   126  
   127  
   128  ### Envoy Client Certificate
   129  
   130  | Field Name | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                            |
   131  | ---------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   132  | 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.      |
   133  | 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. |
   134  
   135  
   136  ### Timeout Configuration
   137  
   138  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.
   139  
   140  | Field Name                       | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
   141  | -------------------------------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   142  | 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._ |
   143  | 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.                                                                                            |
   144  | 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.                                                                   |
   145  | 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.                                                                                           |
   146  | 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.                                        |
   147  | 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.                                     |
   148  | connect-timeout                  | string | `2s`    | This field defines how long the proxy will wait for the upstream connection to be established.
   149  
   150  _This is Envoy's default setting value and is not explicitly configured by Contour._
   151  
   152  ### Cluster Configuration
   153  
   154  The cluster configuration block can be used to configure various parameters for Envoy clusters.
   155  
   156  | Field Name                        | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                     |
   157  |-----------------------------------|--------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   158  | 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` |
   159  | max-requests-per-connection       | int    | none    | This field specifies the maximum requests for upstream connections. If not specified, there is no limit                                                                         |
   160  | 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                               |
   161  
   162  _This is Envoy's default setting value and is not explicitly configured by Contour._
   163  
   164  ### Network Configuration
   165  
   166  The network configuration block can be used to configure various parameters network connections.
   167  
   168  | Field Name       | Type | Default | Description                                                                                                             |
   169  | ---------------- | ---- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   170  | 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. |
   171  | admin-port       | int  | 9001    | Configures the Envoy Admin read-only listener on Envoy. Set to `0` to disable.                                          |
   172  
   173  ### Listener Configuration
   174  
   175  The listener configuration block can be used to configure various parameters for Envoy listener.
   176  
   177  | Field Name                        | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
   178  |-----------------------------------|--------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   179  | 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. |
   180  | max-requests-per-connection       | int    | none    | This field specifies the maximum requests for downstream connections. If not specified, there is no limit                                                                                                                                                     |
   181  | 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                                                                                                            |
   182  | socket-options                    | SocketOptions |  | The [Socket Options](#socket-options) for Envoy listeners.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
   183  | 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. |
   184  | 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. |
   185  
   186  _This is Envoy's default setting value and is not explicitly configured by Contour._
   187  
   188  ### Server Configuration
   189  
   190  The server configuration block can be used to configure various settings for the `contour serve` command.
   191  
   192  | Field Name      | Type   | Default | Description                                                                   |
   193  | --------------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   194  | xds-server-type | string | contour | This field specifies the xDS Server to use. Options are `contour` or `envoy`. |
   195  
   196  ### Gateway Configuration
   197  
   198  The gateway configuration block is used to configure which gateway-api Gateway Contour should configure:
   199  
   200  | Field Name     | Type           | Default | Description                                                                    |
   201  | -------------- | -------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   202  | 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. |
   203  | 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. |
   204  
   205  ### Gateway Ref
   206  
   207  | Field Name | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                     |
   208  | ---------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   209  | name       | string | `""`    | This field specifies the name of the specific Gateway to reconcile.                             |
   210  | namespace  | string | `""`    | This field specifies the namespace of the specific Gateway to reconcile.                        |
   211  
   212  ### Policy Configuration
   213  
   214  The Policy configuration block can be used to configure default policy values
   215  that are set if not overridden by the user.
   216  
   217  The `request-headers` field is used to rewrite headers on a HTTP request, and
   218  the `response-headers` field is used to rewrite headers on a HTTP response.
   219  
   220  | Field Name       | Type         | Default | Description                                                                                       |
   221  | ---------------- | ------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   222  | request-headers  | HeaderPolicy | none    | The default request headers set or removed on all service routes if not overridden in the object  |
   223  | response-headers | HeaderPolicy | none    | The default response headers set or removed on all service routes if not overridden in the object |
   224  | applyToIngress   | Boolean      | false   | Whether the global policy should apply to Ingress objects                                         |
   225  
   226  #### HeaderPolicy
   227  
   228  The `set` field sets an HTTP header value, creating it if it doesn't already exist but not overwriting it if it does.
   229  The `remove` field removes an HTTP header.
   230  
   231  | Field Name | Type              | Default | Description                                                                     |
   232  | ---------- | ----------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   233  | set        | map[string]string | none    | Map of headers to set on all service routes if not overridden in the object     |
   234  | remove     | []string          | none    | List of headers to remove on all service routes if not overridden in the object |
   235  
   236  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.
   237  
   238  ### Rate Limit Service Configuration
   239  
   240  The rate limit service configuration block is used to configure an optional global rate limit service:
   241  
   242  | Field Name                  | Type   | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
   243  |-----------------------------| ------ | ------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   244  | extensionService            | string | <none>  | This field identifies the extension service defining the rate limit service, formatted as <namespace>/<name>.                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
   245  | 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.                                                                                                                                                              |
   246  | 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.                                                                                                                             |
   247  | 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. |
   248  | enableResourceExhaustedCode | bool   | false   | This field defines whether to translate status code 429 to gRPC RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED instead of UNAVAILABLE.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
   249  
   250  ### Metrics Configuration
   251  
   252  MetricsParameters holds configurable parameters for Contour and Envoy metrics.
   253  
   254  | Field Name  | Type                    | Default | Description                                                          |
   255  | ----------- | ----------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   256  | contour     | MetricsServerParameters |         | [Metrics Server Parameters](#metrics-server-parameters) for Contour. |
   257  | envoy       | MetricsServerParameters |         | [Metrics Server Parameters](#metrics-server-parameters) for Envoy.   |
   258  
   259  ### Metrics Server Parameters
   260  
   261  MetricsServerParameters holds configurable parameters for Contour and Envoy metrics.
   262  Metrics are served over HTTPS if `server-certificate-path` and `server-key-path` are set.
   263  Metrics and health endpoints cannot have the same port number when metrics are served over HTTPS.
   264  
   265  | Field Name              | Type   | Default                      | Description                                                                  |
   266  | ----------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   267  | address                 | string | 0.0.0.0                      | Address that metrics server will bind to.                                    |
   268  | port                    | int    | 8000 (Contour), 8002 (Envoy) | Port that metrics server will bind to.                                       |
   269  | server-certificate-path | string | none                         | Optional path to the server certificate file.                                |
   270  | server-key-path         | string | none                         | Optional path to the server private key file.                                |
   271  | ca-certificate-path     | string | none                         | Optional path to the CA certificate file used to verify client certificates. |
   272  
   273  ### Socket Options
   274  
   275  | Field Name      | Type   | Default | Description                                                                   |
   276  | --------------- | ------ | ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   277  | 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. |
   278  | 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. |
   279  
   280  ### Configuration Example
   281  
   282  The following is an example ConfigMap with configuration file included:
   283  
   284  ```yaml
   285  apiVersion: v1
   286  kind: ConfigMap
   287  metadata:
   288    name: contour
   289    namespace: projectcontour
   290  data:
   291    contour.yaml: |
   292      #
   293      # server:
   294      #   determine which XDS Server implementation to utilize in Contour.
   295      #   xds-server-type: contour
   296      #
   297      # specify the gateway-api Gateway Contour should configure
   298      # gateway:
   299      #   controllerName: projectcontour.io/gateway-controller
   300      #
   301      # should contour expect to be running inside a k8s cluster
   302      # incluster: true
   303      #
   304      # path to kubeconfig (if not running inside a k8s cluster)
   305      # kubeconfig: /path/to/.kube/config
   306      #
   307      # Disable RFC-compliant behavior to strip "Content-Length" header if
   308      # "Tranfer-Encoding: chunked" is also set.
   309      # disableAllowChunkedLength: false
   310      # Disable HTTPProxy permitInsecure field
   311      disablePermitInsecure: false
   312      tls:
   313      # minimum TLS version that Contour will negotiate
   314      # minimum-protocol-version: "1.2"
   315      # TLS ciphers to be supported by Envoy TLS listeners when negotiating
   316      # TLS 1.2.
   317      # cipher-suites:
   318      # - '[ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256|ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305]'
   319      # - '[ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256|ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305]'
   320      # - 'ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384'
   321      # - 'ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384'
   322      # Defines the Kubernetes name/namespace matching a secret to use
   323      # as the fallback certificate when requests which don't match the
   324      # SNI defined for a vhost.
   325        fallback-certificate:
   326      #   name: fallback-secret-name
   327      #   namespace: projectcontour
   328        envoy-client-certificate:
   329      #   name: envoy-client-cert-secret-name
   330      #   namespace: projectcontour
   331      ### Logging options
   332      # Default setting
   333      accesslog-format: envoy
   334      # The default access log format is defined by Envoy but it can be customized by setting following variable.
   335      # accesslog-format-string: "...\n"
   336      # To enable JSON logging in Envoy
   337      # accesslog-format: json
   338      # accesslog-level: info
   339      # The default fields that will be logged are specified below.
   340      # To customise this list, just add or remove entries.
   341      # The canonical list is available at
   342      # https://godoc.org/github.com/projectcontour/contour/internal/envoy#JSONFields
   343      # json-fields:
   344      #   - "@timestamp"
   345      #   - "authority"
   346      #   - "bytes_received"
   347      #   - "bytes_sent"
   348      #   - "downstream_local_address"
   349      #   - "downstream_remote_address"
   350      #   - "duration"
   351      #   - "method"
   352      #   - "path"
   353      #   - "protocol"
   354      #   - "request_id"
   355      #   - "requested_server_name"
   356      #   - "response_code"
   357      #   - "response_flags"
   358      #   - "uber_trace_id"
   359      #   - "upstream_cluster"
   360      #   - "upstream_host"
   361      #   - "upstream_local_address"
   362      #   - "upstream_service_time"
   363      #   - "user_agent"
   364      #   - "x_forwarded_for"
   365      #
   366      # default-http-versions:
   367      # - "HTTP/2"
   368      # - "HTTP/1.1"
   369      #
   370      # The following shows the default proxy timeout settings.
   371      # timeouts:
   372      #   request-timeout: infinity
   373      #   connection-idle-timeout: 60s
   374      #   stream-idle-timeout: 5m
   375      #   max-connection-duration: infinity
   376      #   connection-shutdown-grace-period: 5s
   377      #
   378      # Envoy cluster settings.
   379      # cluster:
   380      #   configure the cluster dns lookup family
   381      #   valid options are: auto (default), v4, v6, all
   382      #   dns-lookup-family: auto
   383      #   the maximum requests for upstream connections.
   384      #   If not specified, there is no limit.
   385      #   Setting this parameter to 1 will effectively disable keep alive
   386      #   max-requests-per-connection: 0
   387      #   the soft limit on size of the cluster’s new connection read and write buffers
   388      #   per-connection-buffer-limit-bytes: 32768
   389      #
   390      # network:
   391      #   Configure the number of additional ingress proxy hops from the
   392      #   right side of the x-forwarded-for HTTP header to trust.
   393      #   num-trusted-hops: 0
   394      #   Configure the port used to access the Envoy Admin interface.
   395      #   admin-port: 9001
   396      #
   397      # Configure an optional global rate limit service.
   398      # rateLimitService:
   399      #   Identifies the extension service defining the rate limit service,
   400      #   formatted as <namespace>/<name>.
   401      #   extensionService: projectcontour/ratelimit
   402      #   Defines the rate limit domain to pass to the rate limit service.
   403      #   Acts as a container for a set of rate limit definitions within
   404      #   the RLS.
   405      #   domain: contour
   406      #   Defines whether to allow requests to proceed when the rate limit
   407      #   service fails to respond with a valid rate limit decision within
   408      #   the timeout defined on the extension service.
   409      #   failOpen: false
   410      #   Defines whether to include the X-RateLimit headers X-RateLimit-Limit,
   411      #   X-RateLimit-Remaining, and X-RateLimit-Reset (as defined by the IETF
   412      #   Internet-Draft linked below), on responses to clients when the Rate
   413      #   Limit Service is consulted for a request.
   414      #   ref. https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-polli-ratelimit-headers-03.html
   415      #   enableXRateLimitHeaders: false
   416      #   Defines whether to translate status code 429 to grpc code RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
   417      #   instead of the default UNAVAILABLE
   418      #   enableResourceExhaustedCode: false
   419      #
   420      # Global Policy settings.
   421      # policy:
   422      #   # Default headers to set on all requests (unless set/removed on the HTTPProxy object itself)
   423      #   request-headers:
   424      #     set:
   425      #       # example: the hostname of the Envoy instance that proxied the request
   426      #       X-Envoy-Hostname: %HOSTNAME%
   427      #       # example: add a l5d-dst-override header to instruct Linkerd what service the request is destined for
   428      #       l5d-dst-override: %CONTOUR_SERVICE_NAME%.%CONTOUR_NAMESPACE%.svc.cluster.local:%CONTOUR_SERVICE_PORT%
   429      #   # default headers to set on all responses (unless set/removed on the HTTPProxy object itself)
   430      #   response-headers:
   431      #     set:
   432      #       # example: Envoy flags that provide additional details about the response or connection
   433      #       X-Envoy-Response-Flags: %RESPONSE_FLAGS%
   434      #   Whether or not the policy settings should apply to ingress objects
   435      #   applyToIngress: true
   436      #
   437      # metrics:
   438      #  contour:
   439      #    address: 0.0.0.0
   440      #    port: 8000
   441      #    server-certificate-path: /path/to/server-cert.pem
   442      #    server-key-path: /path/to/server-private-key.pem
   443      #    ca-certificate-path: /path/to/root-ca-for-client-validation.pem
   444      #  envoy:
   445      #    address: 0.0.0.0
   446      #    port: 8002
   447      #    server-certificate-path: /path/to/server-cert.pem
   448      #    server-key-path: /path/to/server-private-key.pem
   449      #    ca-certificate-path: /path/to/root-ca-for-client-validation.pem
   450      #
   451      # listener:
   452      #  connection-balancer: exact
   453      #  socket-options:
   454      #    tos: 64
   455      #    traffic-class: 64
   456  ```
   457  
   458  _Note:_ The default example `contour` includes this [file][1] for easy deployment of Contour.
   459  
   460  ## Environment Variables
   461  
   462  ### CONTOUR_NAMESPACE
   463  
   464  If present, the value of the `CONTOUR_NAMESPACE` environment variable is used as:
   465  
   466  1. The value for the `contour bootstrap --namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   467  1. The value for the `contour certgen --namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   468  1. The value for the `contour serve --envoy-service-namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   469  1. The value for the `contour serve --leader-election-resource-namespace` flag unless otherwise specified.
   470  
   471  The `CONTOUR_NAMESPACE` environment variable is set via the [Downward API][6] in the Contour [example manifests][7].
   472  
   473  ## Bootstrap Config File
   474  
   475  The bootstrap configuration file is generated by an initContainer in the Envoy daemonset which runs the `contour bootstrap` command to generate the file.
   476  This configuration file configures the Envoy container to connect to Contour and receive configuration via xDS.
   477  
   478  The next section outlines all the available flags that can be passed to the `contour bootstrap` command which are used to customize
   479  the configuration file to match the environment in which Envoy is deployed.
   480  
   481  ### Bootstrap Flags
   482  
   483  There are flags that can be passed to `contour bootstrap` that help configure how Envoy
   484  connects to Contour:
   485  
   486  | Flag                                   | Default           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
   487  | -------------------------------------- |-------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
   488  | <nobr>--resources-dir</nobr>           | ""                | Directory where resource files will be written.                                                                                                                                                              |
   489  | <nobr>--admin-address</nobr>           | /admin/admin.sock | Path to Envoy admin unix domain socket.                                                                                                                                                                      |
   490  | <nobr>--admin-port (Deprecated)</nobr> | 9001              | Deprecated: Port is now configured as a Contour flag.                                                                                                                                                        |
   491  | <nobr>--xds-address</nobr>             | 127.0.0.1         | Address to connect to Contour xDS server on.                                                                                                                                                                 |
   492  | <nobr>--xds-port</nobr>                | 8001              | Port to connect to Contour xDS server on.                                                                                                                                                                    |
   493  | <nobr>--envoy-cafile</nobr>            | ""                | CA filename for Envoy secure xDS gRPC communication.                                                                                                                                                         |
   494  | <nobr>--envoy-cert-file</nobr>         | ""                | Client certificate filename for Envoy secure xDS gRPC communication.                                                                                                                                         |
   495  | <nobr>--envoy-key-file</nobr>          | ""                | Client key filename for Envoy secure xDS gRPC communication.                                                                                                                                                 |
   496  | <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. |
   497  | <nobr>--xds-resource-version</nobr>    | v3                | Currently, the only valid xDS API resource version is `v3`.                                                                                                                                                  |
   498  | <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.                                                                                                   |
   499  | <nobr>--log-format                     | text              | Log output format for Contour. Either text or json. |
   500  | <nobr>--overload-max-heap              | 0                 | Defines the maximum heap memory of the envoy controlled by the overload manager. When the value is greater than 0, the overload manager is enabled, and when envoy reaches 95% of the maximum heap size, it performs a shrink heap operation. When it reaches 98% of the maximum heap size, Envoy Will stop accepting requests. |
   501  
   502  
   503  [1]: {{< param github_url>}}/tree/{{< param branch >}}/examples/contour/01-contour-config.yaml
   504  [2]: config/access-logging
   505  [3]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/organize-cluster-access-kubeconfig/
   506  [4]: https://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration
   507  [5]: https://godoc.org/github.com/projectcontour/contour/internal/envoy#DefaultFields
   508  [6]: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/environment-variable-expose-pod-information/
   509  [7]: {{< param github_url>}}/tree/{{< param branch >}}/examples/contour
   510  [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
   511  [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
   512  [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
   513  [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
   514  [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
   515  [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
   516  [14]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/config/listener/v3/listener.proto#config-listener-v3-listener-connectionbalanceconfig