Request Termination

This plugin terminates incoming requests with a specified status code and message. This allows to (temporarily) stop traffic on a Service or a Route, or even block a Consumer.

Terminology

• plugin: a plugin executing actions inside Kong before or after a request has been proxied to the upstream API.
• Service: the Kong entity representing an external upstream API or microservice.
• Route: the Kong entity representing a way to map downstream requests to upstream services.
• Consumer: an entity that makes requests for Kong to proxy; it represents either a user or an external service.
• Credential: a unique string associated with a Consumer, also referred to as an API key.
• upstream service: this refers to your own API/service sitting behind Kong, to which client requests are forwarded.

Configuration

This plugin is compatible with requests with the following protocols:

• http
• https

This plugin is compatible with DB-less mode.

Enabling the plugin on a Service

With a database

Configure this plugin on a Service by making the following request:

$ curl -X POST http://kong:8001/services/{service}/plugins \
    --data "name=request-termination"  \
    --data "config.status_code=403" \
    --data "config.message=So long and thanks for all the fish!"

Without a database

Configure this plugin on a Service by adding this section do your declarative configuration file:

plugins:
- name: request-termination
  service: {service}
  config: 
    status_code: 403
    message: So long and thanks for all the fish!

In both cases, {service} is the id or name of the Service that this plugin configuration will target.

Enabling the plugin on a Route

With a database

Configure this plugin on a Route with:

$ curl -X POST http://kong:8001/routes/{route}/plugins \
    --data "name=request-termination"  \
    --data "config.status_code=403" \
    --data "config.message=So long and thanks for all the fish!"

Without a database

Configure this plugin on a Route by adding this section do your declarative configuration file:

plugins:
- name: request-termination
  route: {route}
  config: 
    status_code: 403
    message: So long and thanks for all the fish!

In both cases, {route} is the id or name of the Route that this plugin configuration will target.

Enabling the plugin on a Consumer

With a database

You can use the http://localhost:8001/plugins endpoint to enable this plugin on specific Consumers:

$ curl -X POST http://kong:8001/consumers/{consumer}/plugins \
    --data "name=request-termination" \
     \
    --data "config.status_code=403" \
    --data "config.message=So long and thanks for all the fish!"

Without a database

Configure this plugin on a Consumer by adding this section do your declarative configuration file:

plugins:
- name: request-termination
  consumer: {consumer}
  config: 
    status_code: 403
    message: So long and thanks for all the fish!

In both cases, {consumer} is the id or username of the Consumer that this plugin configuration will target.

You can combine consumer.id and service.id

in the same request, to furthermore narrow the scope of the plugin.

Global plugins

• Using a database, all plugins can be configured using the http://kong:8001/plugins/ endpoint.
• Without a database, all plugins can be configured via the plugins: entry on the declarative configuration file.

A plugin which is not associated to any Service, Route or Consumer (or API, if you are using an older version of Kong) is considered "global", and will be run on every request. Read the Plugin Reference and the Plugin Precedence sections for more information.

Parameters

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

Once applied, every request (within the configured plugin scope of a Service, Route, Consumer, or global) will be immediately terminated by sending the configured response.

Example Use Cases

• Temporarily disable a Service (e.g. it is under maintenance).
• Temporarily disable a Route (e.g. the rest of the Service is up and running, but a particular endpoint must be disabled).
• Temporarily disable a Consumer (e.g. excessive consumption).
• Block anonymous access with multiple auth plugins in a logical OR setup.