Istio · Schema

Istio Gateway

A Gateway describes a load balancer operating at the edge of the mesh receiving incoming or outgoing HTTP/TCP connections. The specification describes a set of ports that should be exposed, the type of protocol to use, SNI configuration for the load balancer, etc.

CNCFKubernetesMicroservicesOpen-SourceService Mesh

Properties

Name Type Description
selector object One or more labels that indicate a specific set of pods/VMs on which this gateway configuration should be applied. By default workloads are searched across all namespaces.
servers array A list of server specifications.
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JSON Schema

gateway.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/istio/blob/main/json-schema/gateway.json",
  "title": "Istio Gateway",
  "description": "A Gateway describes a load balancer operating at the edge of the mesh receiving incoming or outgoing HTTP/TCP connections. The specification describes a set of ports that should be exposed, the type of protocol to use, SNI configuration for the load balancer, etc.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "selector": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "description": "One or more labels that indicate a specific set of pods/VMs on which this gateway configuration should be applied. By default workloads are searched across all namespaces."
    },
    "servers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/Server"
      },
      "description": "A list of server specifications."
    }
  },
  "required": ["selector", "servers"],
  "$defs": {
    "Server": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "port": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "The port on which the proxy should listen for incoming connections.",
          "properties": {
            "number": {
              "type": "integer",
              "description": "A valid non-negative integer port number."
            },
            "protocol": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The protocol exposed on the port. Must be one of HTTP, HTTPS, GRPC, HTTP2, MONGO, TCP, TLS."
            },
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Label assigned to the port."
            },
            "targetPort": {
              "type": "integer",
              "description": "The port number on the endpoint where traffic will be received."
            }
          },
          "required": ["number", "protocol", "name"]
        },
        "bind": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The IP address or Unix domain socket to which the listener should be bound."
        },
        "hosts": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "One or more hosts exposed by this gateway. Supports namespace/dnsName format for restricting to specific namespaces."
        },
        "tls": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "Set of TLS related options that govern the server's behavior.",
          "properties": {
            "httpsRedirect": {
              "type": "boolean",
              "description": "If true, the load balancer will send a 301 redirect for all HTTP connections."
            },
            "mode": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": ["PASSTHROUGH", "SIMPLE", "MUTUAL", "AUTO_PASSTHROUGH", "ISTIO_MUTUAL", "OPTIONAL_MUTUAL"],
              "description": "Controls whether a TLS connection is terminated at the gateway or passed through."
            },
            "serverCertificate": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Path to the file holding the server-side TLS certificate."
            },
            "privateKey": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Path to the file holding the server's private key."
            },
            "caCertificates": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Path to a file containing certificate authority certificates for verifying client certificates."
            },
            "credentialName": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The name of the secret that holds the TLS certs."
            },
            "subjectAltNames": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "description": "A list of alternate names to verify the subject identity in the certificate."
            },
            "minProtocolVersion": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": ["TLS_AUTO", "TLSV1_0", "TLSV1_1", "TLSV1_2", "TLSV1_3"],
              "description": "Minimum TLS protocol version."
            },
            "maxProtocolVersion": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": ["TLS_AUTO", "TLSV1_0", "TLSV1_1", "TLSV1_2", "TLSV1_3"],
              "description": "Maximum TLS protocol version."
            },
            "cipherSuites": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "description": "List of cipher suites to use for TLS connections."
            }
          }
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "An optional name of the server, used for identifying the server in VirtualService host matching."
        }
      },
      "required": ["port", "hosts"]
    }
  }
}