Konnect Plugin Configuration Validation

Validate Kong Gateway plugin configuration against a supplied plugin schema using the Konnect Plugin Configuration Validation plugin. This plugin, when attached to a route, will only accept a JSON payload which must contain a field schema with a string representation of a Kong Gateway plugin schema to and a field configuration with a string representation of a Kong Gateway configuration for the supplied plugin schema to validate.

{
  "schema": "<kong-gateway-plugin-schema>"
  "configuration": "<kong-gateway-configuration-schema>"
}

Configuration

While this plugin can be configured globally, it will have no effect and will not perform plugin configuration validation; ensure this plugin is configured on a route.

Enabling the Plugin on a Route

Configure this plugin on a Route by using the Kong Gateway admin API:

curl -X POST http://kong:8001/routes \
  --data 'name=konnect-plugin-configuration-validation' \
  --data 'paths[]=/konnect/plugin/configuration/validation'

curl -X POST http://kong:8001/routes/konnect-plugin-configuration-validation/plugins \
  --data 'name=konnect-plugin-configuration-validation'

Validation of a Kong Gateway Plugin Configuration

In order to properly validate a Kong Gateway plugin configuration the string representation must be properly escaped before adding it to the schema and configuration field in the JSON body of the request. To validate a Kong Gateway plugin configuration use the proxy/client API using a POST method:

curl -X POST http://kong:8000/konnect/plugin/configuration/validation \
  --header "content-type:application/json" \
  --data '{"schema": "local typedefs = require \"kong.db.schema.typedefs\"\nlocal PLUGIN_NAME = \"konnect-plugin-configuration-validation\"\nlocal schema = {\nname = PLUGIN_NAME,\nfields = {\n{ consumer = typedefs.no_consumer },\n{ service = typedefs.no_service },\n{ protocols = typedefs.protocols_http },\n{ config = { type = \"record\", fields = {} } }\n}\n}\nreturn schema\n", "configuration": "{\"name\": \"konnect-plugin-configuration-validation\"}"}'

Required Fields

Only the name field of the configuration is required. If it does not match the name of the plugin for the associated schema and error will occur.

Optional Fields

All other entity fields are optional and if supplied will be used during the validation of the plugin configuration.

Field	Info
id	The unique identifier of the Plugin.
route	If set, the plugin will only activate when receiving requests via the specified route. Leave unset for the plugin to activate regardless of the Route being used. Default: null.
service	If set, the plugin will only activate when receiving requests via one of the routes belonging to the specified Service. Leave unset for the plugin to activate regardless of the Service being matched. Default: null.
consumer	If set, the plugin will activate only for requests where the specified has been authenticated. (Note that some plugins can not be restricted to consumers this way.). Leave unset for the plugin to activate regardless of the authenticated Consumer. Default: null.
instance_name	The Plugin instance name.
config	The configuration properties for the Plugin defined by the schema
protocols	A list of the request protocols that will trigger this plugin. The default value, as well as the possible values allowed on this field, may change depending on the plugin type.
enabled	Whether the plugin is applied. Default: true.
tags	An optional set of strings associated with the Plugin for grouping and filtering.
ordering	Describes a dependency to another plugin to determine plugin ordering during the access phase.
updated_at	Timestamp the plugin was updated at.
created_at	Timestamp the plugin was created at.

Example

Validate a configuration for the third party Moesif custom plugin which captures and logs Kong Gateway traffic for Moesif API Analytics.

• schema: schema.lua
• configuration: application_id field is required; will use konnect as ID

Request

curl -X POST http://kong:8000/konnect/plugin/configuration/validation \
  --header "content-type:application/json" \
  --data '{"schema": "local typedefs = require \"kong.db.schema.typedefs\"\n\nreturn {\n  name = \"moesif\",\n  fields = {\n    {\n      consumer = typedefs.no_consumer\n    },\n    {\n      protocols = typedefs.protocols_http\n    },\n    {\n      config = {\n        type = \"record\",\n        fields = {\n          {\n            api_endpoint = {required = true, type = \"string\", default = \"https://api.moesif.net\"}\n          },\n          {\n            timeout = {default = 1000, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            connect_timeout = {default = 1000, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            send_timeout = {default = 2000, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            keepalive = {default = 5000, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            event_queue_size = {default = 1000, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            api_version = {default = \"1.0\", type = \"string\"}\n          },\n          {\n            application_id = {required = true, default = nil, type=\"string\"}\n          },\n          {\n            disable_capture_request_body = {default = false, type = \"boolean\"}\n          },\n          {\n            disable_capture_response_body = {default = false, type = \"boolean\"}\n          },\n          {\n            request_masks = {default = {}, type = \"array\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            request_body_masks = {default = {}, type = \"array\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            request_header_masks = {default = {}, type = \"array\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            response_masks = {default = {}, type = \"array\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            response_body_masks = {default = {}, type = \"array\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            response_header_masks = {default = {}, type = \"array\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            batch_size = {default = 200, type = \"number\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            disable_transaction_id = {default = false, type = \"boolean\"}\n          },\n          {\n            debug = {default = false, type = \"boolean\"}\n          },\n          {\n            disable_gzip_payload_decompression = {default = false, type = \"boolean\"}\n          },\n          {\n            user_id_header = {default = nil, type = \"string\"}\n          },\n          {\n            authorization_header_name = {default = \"authorization\", type = \"string\"}\n          },\n          {\n            authorization_user_id_field = {default = \"sub\", type = \"string\"}\n          },\n          {\n            authorization_company_id_field = {default = nil, type = \"string\"}\n          },\n          {\n            company_id_header = {default = nil, type = \"string\"}\n          },\n          {\n            max_callback_time_spent = {default = 750, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            request_max_body_size_limit = {default = 100000, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            response_max_body_size_limit = {default = 100000, type = \"number\"}\n          },\n          {\n            request_query_masks = {default = {}, type = \"array\", elements = typedefs.header_name}\n          },\n          {\n            enable_reading_send_event_response = {default = false, type = \"boolean\"}\n          },\n          {\n            disable_moesif_payload_compression = {default = false, type = \"boolean\"}\n          },\n        },\n      },\n    },\n  },\n  entity_checks = {}\n}", "configuration": "{\"name\": \"moesif\", \"config\": {\"application_id\": \"konnect\"}}"}'

Response

{
  "enabled": true,
  "ordering": null,
  "instance_name": null,
  "config": {
    "connect_timeout": 1000,
    "send_timeout": 2000,
    "disable_moesif_payload_compression": false,
    "batch_size": 200,
    "enable_reading_send_event_response": false,
    "debug": false,
    "api_endpoint": "https://api.moesif.net",
    "response_max_body_size_limit": 100000,
    "event_queue_size": 1000,
    "disable_capture_request_body": false,
    "disable_capture_response_body": false,
    "request_masks": [],
    "request_body_masks": [],
    "request_header_masks": [],
    "response_masks": [],
    "response_body_masks": [],
    "response_header_masks": [],
    "disable_transaction_id": false,
    "disable_gzip_payload_decompression": false,
    "user_id_header": null,
    "authorization_header_name": "authorization",
    "authorization_user_id_field": "sub",
    "authorization_company_id_field": null,
    "company_id_header": null,
    "max_callback_time_spent": 750,
    "request_max_body_size_limit": 100000,
    "timeout": 1000,
    "request_query_masks": [],
    "application_id": "konnect",
    "keepalive": 5000,
    "api_version": "1.0"
  },
  "updated_at": 1685303931,
  "route": null,
  "id": "44b2617f-087f-46cc-98e1-da9e772aec1a",
  "protocols": [
    "grpc",
    "grpcs",
    "http",
    "https"
  ],
  "created_at": 1685303931,
  "service": null,
  "name": "moesif",
  "tags": null,
  "consumer": null
}