kong-redis-session

Kong plugin that translates a Session Cookie to Authorization header. e.g.: Session Cookie -> JWT

Configuration

• cookie_name - Cookie Name that contains the Session ID
• redis_session_prefix - Default Redis Prefix for keys, e.g.: my:session:namespace
• redis_host - Redis Hostname or IP
• redis_port - Redis Port (defaults to 6379)
• redis_password - Redis Password (not required). Always set a password for Production Environments
• redis_timeout - Redis Client Timeout for all connections (defaults to 2 seconds)
• hash_key - Key inside the Hash containing the Authorization Token value (defaults to JWT)

Key	Default Value	Required
cookie_name	SESSION	No
redis_session_prefix		No
redis_host		Yes
redis_port	6379	No
redis_password		No
redis_timeout	2000	No
hahs_key	JWT	No

Example

curl -X POST http://kong:8001/apis/{api}/plugins \
    --data "name=kong-redis-session" \
    --data "config.cookie_name=<cookie_name>" \
    --data "config.redis_session_prefix=<prefix>" \
    --data "config.redis_host=<redis_host>" \
    --data "config.redis_port=<redis_port>" \
    --data "config.redis_password=<redis_password>" \
    --data "config.redis_timeout=123456" \
    --data "config.hash_key=JWT"