On-demand VHDS Updates

The on-demand VHDS filter is used to request a virtual host data if it’s not already present in the Route Configuration. The contents of the Host or :authority header is used to create the on-demand request. For an on-demand request to be created, VHDS must be enabled and either Host or :authority header be present.

On-demand VHDS cannot be used with SRDS at this point.

Configuration

  • v2 API reference

  • This filter should be configured with the name envoy.filters.http.on_demand.

  • The filter should be placed before envoy.router filter in the HttpConnectionManager’s filter chain.