traefik/docs/content/middlewares/ratelimit.md

TODO -- RateLimit

Protection from Too Many Calls {: .subtitle }

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

Configuration Example

??? example "Limit to 100 requests every 10 seconds (with a possible burst of 200)"

```toml
[http.middlewares]
    [http.middlewares.fair-ratelimit.ratelimit]
        extractorfunc = "client.ip"

          [http.middlewares.fair-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset1]
            period = "10s"
            average = 100
            burst = 200
```

??? example "Combine multiple limits"

```toml
[http.middlewares]
    [http.middlewares.fair-ratelimit.ratelimit]
        extractorfunc = "client.ip"

          [http.middlewares.fair-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset1]
            period = "10s"
            average = 100
            burst = 200

          [http.middlewares.fair-ratelimit.ratelimit.rateset2]
            period = "3s"
            average = 5
            burst = 10
```

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. 

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 (multiple values)

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

Each ratelimit 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).