Kong · Schema

Service

A Service entity represents an upstream API or microservice that Kong Gateway forwards requests to.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string The unique identifier of the Service.
name string An optional human-readable name for the Service.
protocol string The protocol used to communicate with the upstream.
host string The host of the upstream server.
port integer The upstream server port.
path string The path to be used in requests to the upstream server.
retries integer The number of retries to execute upon failure to proxy.
connect_timeout integer The timeout in milliseconds for establishing a connection to the upstream server.
write_timeout integer The timeout in milliseconds between two successive write operations for transmitting a request to the upstream server.
read_timeout integer The timeout in milliseconds between two successive read operations for receiving a request from the upstream server.
url string Shorthand attribute to set protocol, host, port, and path at once. Write-only convenience field.
tags array An optional set of strings for grouping and filtering.
client_certificate object Certificate to be used as client certificate while TLS handshaking to the upstream server.
tls_verify boolean Whether to enable TLS verification of upstream server certificate.
tls_verify_depth integer Maximum depth of chain while verifying upstream server TLS certificate.
ca_certificates array Array of CA Certificate object UUIDs used to verify upstream server TLS certificate.
enabled boolean Whether the Service is active.
created_at integer Unix epoch timestamp of when the entity was created.
updated_at integer Unix epoch timestamp of when the entity was last updated.
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JSON Schema

kong-gateway-admin-service-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "Service",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "A Service entity represents an upstream API or microservice that Kong Gateway forwards requests to.",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The unique identifier of the Service."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An optional human-readable name for the Service."
    },
    "protocol": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The protocol used to communicate with the upstream."
    },
    "host": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The host of the upstream server."
    },
    "port": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The upstream server port."
    },
    "path": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The path to be used in requests to the upstream server."
    },
    "retries": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The number of retries to execute upon failure to proxy."
    },
    "connect_timeout": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The timeout in milliseconds for establishing a connection to the upstream server."
    },
    "write_timeout": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The timeout in milliseconds between two successive write operations for transmitting a request to the upstream server."
    },
    "read_timeout": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "The timeout in milliseconds between two successive read operations for receiving a request from the upstream server."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Shorthand attribute to set protocol, host, port, and path at once. Write-only convenience field."
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "An optional set of strings for grouping and filtering."
    },
    "client_certificate": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Certificate to be used as client certificate while TLS handshaking to the upstream server."
    },
    "tls_verify": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether to enable TLS verification of upstream server certificate."
    },
    "tls_verify_depth": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Maximum depth of chain while verifying upstream server TLS certificate."
    },
    "ca_certificates": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of CA Certificate object UUIDs used to verify upstream server TLS certificate."
    },
    "enabled": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the Service is active."
    },
    "created_at": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unix epoch timestamp of when the entity was created."
    },
    "updated_at": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unix epoch timestamp of when the entity was last updated."
    }
  }
}

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