Cerbos PDP gRPC API

The Cerbos PDP gRPC API exposes the cerbos.svc.v1.CerbosService and related management services on port 3593, with server reflection enabled. The gRPC interface is the highest-performance way to embed Cerbos as a sidecar or in-process service for service-to-service authorization.

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aid: cerbos:cerbos-pdp-grpc-api
name: Cerbos PDP gRPC API
description: The Cerbos PDP gRPC API exposes the cerbos.svc.v1.CerbosService and related management services
  on port 3593, with server reflection enabled. The gRPC interface is the highest-performance way to embed
  Cerbos as a sidecar or in-process service for service-to-service authorization.
humanURL: https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/index
baseURL: localhost:3593
tags:
- gRPC
- PDP
- Protocol Buffers
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/api/index
- type: Protocol
  url: https://github.com/cerbos/cerbos/tree/main/api/genpb