Setup CircuitBreakers

EnRoute Technical Reference

CircuitBreaker Plugin #

Circuit breakers can be used to protect the upstream service and are an important component of distributed systems

CircuitBreaker Filter Configuration #

CircuitBreaker filter configuration needs the following config

• Max Connections - The max connections allowed against all upstreams
• Max Pending Requests - The max number of pending requests that will be queued
• Max Requests - Maximum number of outstanding requests against all upstreams
• Max Retries - Maximum number of outstanding retries against all upstreams

---
apiVersion: enroute.saaras.io/v1
kind: RouteFilter
metadata:
  labels:
    app: helloenroute-service-app
  name: helloenroute-8080-circuitbreakers
  namespace: hello-namespace
spec:
  name: helloenroute-8080-circuitbreakers
  type: route_filter_circuitbreakers
  routeFilterConfig:
    config: |
      {
        "max_connections" : 25,
        "max_pending_requests" : 15,
        "max_requests" : 125,
        "max_retries" : 5
      }
---