Local rate limiting

Limit the number of requests to your gateway or upstream services before the requests reach the rate limiting server in your cluster by using the Envoy local rate limiting filter. For any subsequent requests that are sent after the limit is reached, a 429 (Too Many Requests) HTTP response code is returned to the client.

Refer to the following topics to learn more about local rate limiting.

• About local rate limiting: Learn about what local rate limiting is and how it works in Gloo Gateway.

• HTTP gateway: Learn how to apply local rate limiting settigns to the HTTP Envoy filter for Layer 4 and Layer 7 traffic.

• TCP gateway: Apply local rate limiting settigns to the TCP Envoy filter for Layer 4 traffic.