Kong · Schema
Upstream
An Upstream object represents a virtual hostname and can be used to health-check, circuit-break, and load-balance incoming requests over multiple services.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | |
| name | string | A hostname which must be equal to the host of a Service. |
| algorithm | string | The load balancing algorithm to use. |
| hash_on | string | What to use as hashing input when the consistent-hashing algorithm is selected. |
| hash_fallback | string | What to use as hashing input if the primary hash_on does not return a hash. |
| hash_on_header | string | The header name to take the value from as hash input (when hash_on is set to header). |
| hash_fallback_header | string | |
| hash_on_cookie | string | |
| hash_on_cookie_path | string | |
| hash_on_query_arg | string | |
| hash_fallback_query_arg | string | |
| hash_on_uri_capture | string | |
| hash_fallback_uri_capture | string | |
| slots | integer | The number of slots in the load balancer algorithm. |
| tags | array | |
| host_header | string | The hostname to be used as Host header when proxying requests through ring-balancer. |
| use_srv_name | boolean | If set, balancer will use SRV hostname as the proxy Host header. |
| created_at | integer | |
| updated_at | integer |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"title": "Upstream",
"type": "object",
"description": "An Upstream object represents a virtual hostname and can be used to health-check, circuit-break, and load-balance incoming requests over multiple services.",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A hostname which must be equal to the host of a Service."
},
"algorithm": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The load balancing algorithm to use."
},
"hash_on": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What to use as hashing input when the consistent-hashing algorithm is selected."
},
"hash_fallback": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What to use as hashing input if the primary hash_on does not return a hash."
},
"hash_on_header": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The header name to take the value from as hash input (when hash_on is set to header)."
},
"hash_fallback_header": {
"type": "string"
},
"hash_on_cookie": {
"type": "string"
},
"hash_on_cookie_path": {
"type": "string"
},
"hash_on_query_arg": {
"type": "string"
},
"hash_fallback_query_arg": {
"type": "string"
},
"hash_on_uri_capture": {
"type": "string"
},
"hash_fallback_uri_capture": {
"type": "string"
},
"slots": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "The number of slots in the load balancer algorithm."
},
"tags": {
"type": "array"
},
"host_header": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The hostname to be used as Host header when proxying requests through ring-balancer."
},
"use_srv_name": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "If set, balancer will use SRV hostname as the proxy Host header."
},
"created_at": {
"type": "integer"
},
"updated_at": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
}
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