Load balancer match rule

Every policy version specifies the match rules that govern how the Cloudlet is used. Matches specify conditions that need to be met in the incoming request.

Use the akamai_cloudlets_application_load_balancer_match_rule data source to build a match rule JSON object for the Application Load Balancer Cloudlet.

Example

This example returns the JSON-encoded rules for the Application Load Balancer Cloudlet.

data "akamai_cloudlets_application_load_balancer_match_rule" "example" {
    match_rules {
        name = "rule"
        start = 1644865045
        end = 1645037845
        match_url = "example.com"
        matches {
            case_sensitive = false
            match_operator = "equals"
            match_type = "method"
            negate = false
            object_match_value {
                type = "simple"
                value = ["GET"]
            }
        }
        forward_settings {
            origin_id = "alb_test_1"
        }
    }
}

Argument reference

This data source supports these arguments:

• match_rules - (Optional) A list of Cloudlet-specific match rules for a policy.

  • name - (Optional) The name of the rule.

  • start - (Optional) The start time for this match. Specify the value in UTC in seconds since the epoch.

  • end - (Optional) The end time for this match. Specify the value in UTC in seconds since the epoch.

  • id - (Optional) An identifier for Akamai internal use only.

  • matches - (Optional) A list of conditions to apply to a Cloudlet, including:

    • match_type - (Optional) The type of match used, either clientip, continent, cookie, countrycode, deviceCharacteristics, extension, header, hostname, method, path, protocol, proxy, query, regioncode, or range.

    • match_value - (Optional) This depends on the match_type. If the match_type is hostname, then match_value is the fully qualified domain name, like www.akamai.com.

    • match_operator - (Optional) Compares a string expression with a pattern, either contains, exists, or equals.

    • case_sensitive - (Optional) Whether the match is case sensitive.

    • negate - (Optional) Whether to negate the match.

    • check_ips - (Optional) For clientip, continent, countrycode, proxy, and regioncode match types, this defines the part of the request that determines the IP address to use. Values include the connecting IP address (CONNECTING_IP) and the X_Forwarded_For header (XFF_HEADERS). To select both, enter the two values separated by a space delimiter. When both values are included, the connecting IP address is evaluated first.

    • object_match_value - (Optional) If match_value is empty, this argument is required. An object used when a rule either includes more complex match criteria, like multiple value attributes, or a range match. Includes these sub-arguments:

      • name - (Optional) If you're using a match_type that supports name attributes, specify the part the incoming request to match on, either cookie, header, parameter, or query.

      • type - (Required) The type of the array, either object, range, or simple. Use the simple option when adding only an array of string-based values.

      • name_case_sensitive - (Optional) Whether the name argument should be evaluated based on case sensitivity.

      • name_has_wildcard - (Optional) Whether the name argument includes wildcards.

      • options - (Optional) If you set the type argument to object, use this array to list the values to match on.

        • value - (Optional) Specify the values in the incoming request to match on.
        • value_has_wildcard - (Optional) Whether the value argument includes wildcards.
        • value_case_sensitive - (Optional) Whether the value argument should be evaluated based on case sensitivity.
        • value_escaped - (Optional) Whether the value argument should be compared in an escaped form.

      • value - (Optional) If you set the type argument to simple or range, specify the values in the incoming request to match on. With range, you can only specify an array of integers, for example [1, 2].

  • match_url - (Optional) The URL that the Cloudlet uses to match the incoming request.

  • matches_always - (Optional) Whether the match supports default rules that apply to all requests.

  • forward_settings - (Required) Defines data used to construct a new request URL if all conditions are met. If all of the conditions you set are true, the Edge Server returns an HTTP response from the rewritten URL.

    • origin_id - (Required) The ID of the Conditional Origin the requests are forwarded to.

Attributes reference

This data source returns these attributes:

• type - The type of Cloudlet the rule is for.
• json - A match_rules JSON structure generated from the API schema that defines the rules for this policy.