Apache OpenWhisk

This plugin invokes OpenWhisk Actions. The Apache OpenWhisk plugin can be used in combination with other request plugins to secure, manage, or extend the function.

This plugin is not bundled with Kong Gateway.

1. Install the OpenWhisk plugin using the LuaRocks package manager:

   luarocks install kong-plugin-openwhisk
   

2. Update your loaded plugins list in Kong Gateway.

   In your kong.conf, append openwhisk to the plugins field. Make sure the field isn’t commented out.

   plugins = bundled,openwhisk
   

3. Restart Kong Gateway:

   kong restart
   

You can also install the OpenWhisk plugin from source.

To learn how to use this plugin with OpenWhisk, see the Kong OpenWhisk plugin README.

Using a fake upstream service

When using the OpenWhisk plugin, the response is returned by the plugin itself without proxying the request to any upstream service. This means that a Gateway Service’s host, port, path properties are ignored, but must still be specified for the entity to be validated by Kong Gateway. The host property in particular must either be an IP address, or a hostname that gets resolved by your nameserver.

Response plugins

There is a known limitation in the system that prevents some response plugins from being executed.