traefik/docs/content/middlewares/ratelimit.md

# RateLimit

Protection from Too Many Calls
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![RateLimit](../assets/img/middleware/ratelimit.png)

The RateLimit middleware ensures that services will receive a _fair_ number of requests, and allows you define what is fair.

## Configuration Example

```yaml tab="Docker"
# Here, an average of 5 requests every 3 seconds is allowed and an average of 100 requests every 10 seconds.
# These can "burst" up to 10 and 200 in each period, respectively.
labels:
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.extractorfunc=client.ip"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.period=10s"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.average=100"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.burst=200"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.period=3s"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.average=5"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.burst=10"
  		
```

```yaml tab="Kubernetes"
# Here, an average of 5 requests every 3 seconds is allowed and an average of 100 requests every 10 seconds.
# These can "burst" up to 10 and 200 in each period, respectively.
apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-ratelimit
spec:
  rateLimit:
    extractorFunc: client.ip
    rateset:
      rate0:
          period: 10s
          average: 100
          burst: 200
      rate1:
          period: 3s
          average: 5
          burst: 10
```

```json tab="Marathon"
"labels": {
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.extractorfunc": "client.ip",
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.period": "10s",
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.average": "100",
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.burst": "200",
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.period": "3s",
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.average": "5",
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.burst": "10"
}
```

```yaml tab="Rancher"
# Here, an average of 5 requests every 3 seconds is allowed and an average of 100 requests every 10 seconds.
# These can "burst" up to 10 and 200 in each period, respectively.
labels:
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.extractorfunc=client.ip"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.period=10s"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.average=100"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0.burst=200"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.period=3s"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.average=5"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1.burst=10"
  		
```

```toml tab="File"
# Here, an average of 5 requests every 3 seconds is allowed and an average of 100 requests every 10 seconds.
# These can "burst" up to 10 and 200 in each period, respectively.
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit]
    extractorfunc = "client.ip"
    
    [http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate0]
      period = "10s"
      average = 100
      burst = 200
    
    [http.middlewares.test-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset.rate1]
      period = "3s"
      average = 5
      burst = 10
```

## Configuration Options

### `extractorfunc`
 
The `extractorfunc` option defines the strategy used to categorize requests.

The possible values are:

- `request.host` categorizes requests based on the request host.
- `client.ip` categorizes requests based on the client ip.
- `request.header.ANY_HEADER` categorizes requests based on the provided `ANY_HEADER` value.

### `ratelimit`

You can combine multiple rate limits. 
The rate limit will trigger with the first reached limit.

Each rate limit has 3 options, `period`, `average`, and `burst`.

The rate limit will allow an average of `average` requests every `period`, with a maximum of `burst` request on that period.

!!! note "Period Format"

    Period is to be given in a format understood by [time.ParseDuration](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#ParseDuration).