Down the rabbit hole of an Apache APISIX plugin

My demo, Evolving your APIs, features a custom Apache APISIX plugin. I believe that the process of creating a custom plugin is relatively well-documented. However, I wanted to check the parameters of the _M.access(conf, ctx) function, especially the ctx one.

Biweekly Report (September 11 - September 24)

We have recently made some fixes and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These changes involve utilizing xrpc to support the dubbo protocol, enabling the recording of OpenTelemetry variables in the access_log, and allowing modification of request bodies in external plugins. For additional information, please consult the biweekly report.

Discover What's Next: APISIX 3.5 Preview

APISIX 3.5 introduces a series of exciting new features that will bring users a higher level of security, performance, and scalability, thereby providing users with more choices and making it more con...

Charting the Future of Urban Connectivity: WeCity Collaborates with APISIX

WeCity has been using APISIX for its core business since May 2023. Arjen Hof, Co-founder and CTO of WeCity, and Tim van Densen, Software Architect and Lead Developer of WeCity, shared their experience...

Biweekly Report (August 28 - September 10)

We have recently made fixes and improvements to certain features of Apache APISIX and APISIX Ingress Controller. These include providing native JSON data structure input support for the wasm plugin, adding UNIX socket listening support for the chaitin-waf plugin, and introducing the ability to remove the etcd dependency required by APISIX within the APISIX Ingress to reduce architectural complexity. For more details, please refer to the biweekly report.

Coraza: Elevating APISIX with Cutting-Edge WAF Features

The integration of APISIX and Coraza provides reliable security protection and ensures the integrity and reliability of API services.

Release Apache APISIX 3.5.0

We are pleased to present Apache APISIX 3.5.0 with exciting new features and improvements to user experiences.

Biweekly Report (August 14 - August 27)

We have recently made fixes and improvements to certain features of Apache APISIX and APISIX Ingress Controller. These include adding proxy configuration item for openid-connect plugin, fixing DNS resolution issue for tencent-cloud-cls, adding pass host configuration capability for ApisixUpstream resource, upgrading Go toolchain to v1.20, etc. For more details, please refer to the biweekly report.

Ops friendly Apache APISIX

Though I always worked on the Dev side of IT, I was also interested in the Ops side. I even had a short experience being a WebSphere admin: I used it several times, helping Ops deal with the Admin con...

Providing a single package that Ops can configure and deploy in different environments is very important. As a JVM developer, I've been happy using Spring Boot and its wealth of configuration options:...

In this short post, I'd like to describe how you can do the same with Apache APISIX in the context of containers.