fenix-hub/kong-proxer

Kong plugin which forwards requests to a proxer instance before hitting the target service host.

kong-proxer

Kong 3.x plugin which forwards requests to a proxer instance (liteweight Go proxy wrapper) before hitting the target service host.
You can find the forward proxy here 👉 proxer

Configuration

• proxer_schema : default schema to use when forwarding to proxer. If left empty, the schema of the upstream request will be used.
• proxer_host : proxer host, can be a domain or server IP
• proxer_port : proxer port, 80 by default
• proxer_ssl_port : proxer port when schema is https. 443 by default
• proxer_schema_header : custom header name required by proxer in order to know what scheme should be used for the request host. X-ProxyTo-Schema default value as used by proxer
• proxer_host_header : custom header name required by proxer in order to know the target request host. X-ProxyTo-Host default value as used by proxer

$ curl -X POST http://kong:8001/plugins \
    --data "name=proxer" \
    --data "config.proxer_schema=http" \
    --data "config.proxer_host=proxer-instance" \
    --data "config.proxer_port=8080" \
    --data "config.proxer_ssl_port=8081" \
    --data "config.proxer_schema_header=X-ProxyTo-Schema" \
    --data "config.proxer_host_header=X-ProxyTo-Host"

Installation

Manual

Clone the repository, navigate to the root folder and run:

make install

Edit your kong.yaml to include the plugin like so:

custom_plugins:
  - proxer

Restart Kong.

Laurocks

You can run luarocks install kong-proxer in your kong instance.
Remember to enable the plugin.