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Linkerd Proxy Control Plane API

The Linkerd Proxy Control Plane gRPC API defines the protobuf service contracts used by the data-plane proxy to communicate with the control plane. It includes the Destination API for service discovery and traffic policy, the Identity API for issuing mTLS certificates, and the Inbound API for per-port authorization and rate-limiting policies.

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Documentation
https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linkerd/refs/heads/main/json-schema/service-profile.json

Other Resources

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Reference
https://linkerd.io/2-edge/reference/authorization-policy/
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linkerd/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: linkerd:proxy-control-plane-api
name: Linkerd Proxy Control Plane API
description: The Linkerd Proxy Control Plane gRPC API defines the protobuf service contracts used by the
  data-plane proxy to communicate with the control plane. It includes the Destination API for service
  discovery and traffic policy, the Identity API for issuing mTLS certificates, and the Inbound API for
  per-port authorization and rate-limiting policies.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api
tags:
- Control Plane
- gRPC
- mTLS
- Policy
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api
- type: Reference
  url: https://linkerd.io/2-edge/reference/authorization-policy/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/service-profile.json