Bot Detection Configuration

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Configuration

This plugin is compatible with DB-less mode.

Compatible protocols

The Bot Detection plugin is compatible with the following protocols:

grpc, grpcs, http, https

Parameters

Here's a list of all the parameters which can be used in this plugin's configuration:

• name or plugin

  string required

  The name of the plugin, in this case bot-detection.

  • If using the Kong Admin API, Konnect API, declarative configuration, or decK files, the field is name.
  • If using the KongPlugin object in Kubernetes, the field is plugin.

• service.name or service.id

  string

  The name or ID of the service the plugin targets. Set one of these parameters if adding the plugin to a service through the top-level /plugins endpoint. Not required if using /services/{serviceName|Id}/plugins.

• route.name or route.id

  string

  The name or ID of the route the plugin targets. Set one of these parameters if adding the plugin to a route through the top-level /plugins endpoint. Not required if using /routes/{routeName|Id}/plugins.

• enabled

  boolean default: true

  Whether this plugin will be applied.

• config

  record required
  • allow

    array of type string

    An array of regular expressions that should be allowed. The regular expressions will be checked against the User-Agent header.

  • deny

    array of type string

    An array of regular expressions that should be denied. The regular expressions will be checked against the User-Agent header.

• blacklist

  array of type string
  Deprecation notice: This field has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version..

• whitelist

  array of type string
  Deprecation notice: This field has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version..