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Close Connection

Overview​

The Close Connection action lets you forcibly close connections to an endpoint when certain conditions are met—for example, when the number of requests exceeds a given limit (to mitigate DDoS attacks). This action can be used with other actions such as rate-limit and deny.

Configuration Reference​

The Traffic Policy configuration reference for this action.

Supported Phases​

on_http_request, on_tcp_connect

Type​

close-connection

Configuration Fields​

This action does not have any configuration fields.

Behavior​

When this action is executed, connection to the endpoint is closed immediately. This can be useful for dealing with DDoS attacks.

Examples​

Basic Example​

This example configuration sets up an endpoint (hotdog.ngrok.app) and closes connection to the endpoint.

Example Traffic Policy Document​

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Start Endpoint with Traffic Policy​

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Helper script​

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Action Result Variables​

The following variables are made available for use in subsequent expressions and CEL interpolations after the action has run. Variable values will only apply to the last action execution, results are not concatenated.

This action does not set any variables after it has been executed.