NGINX limit_req

NGINX leaky-bucket request rate limiting module.

Provider: default
Kind: Rate limiter
Category: Edge
Official docs: https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html

Properties · 4 set by this component

property	type	values	required	kind default	this component
algorithm	enum	token-bucket \| leaky-bucket \| sliding-window \| fixed-window \| adaptive	no	token-bucket	▸ leaky-bucket
atomicOps · advanced	boolean	—	no	true	inherited
burst · component property	integer	—	no	0	inherited
distributed	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
failMode	enum	open \| closed	no	open	inherited
managed	boolean	—	no	false	inherited
placement	enum	edge \| gateway \| sidecar \| in-process	no	gateway	▸ gateway
scope	enum	global \| user \| ip \| api-key \| concurrency	no	user	▸ ip

Rules that apply · 0

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Use it in a design

nodes:
  - { id: "nginx-limit-req", component: "nginx-limit-req" }

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Source

1# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
2# NGINX limit_req: leaky-bucket per key (typically client IP), shared memory per instance, no burst unless configured.
3schemaVersion: "1"
4type: "component"
5id: "nginx-limit-req"
6kind: "rate-limiter"
7provider: "default"
8docs: "https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html"
9defaults:
10  algorithm: "leaky-bucket"
11  scope: "ip"
12  placement: "gateway"
13  distributed: false
14properties:
15  burst:
16    type: "integer"
17    default: 0

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/components/nginx-limit-req.md