Lab 3 - Rate Limiting
In this lab, you configure and test a rate limiting policy in an application plan for the API created in the previous lab.
- Go to https://3scale-admin.3scale.suffix_value
- Login as admin/admin
- Click on the APIs tab.
- Expand the Products API.
- Scroll down to the Published Application Plans section.
- Click on the ProductsBasicPlan.
- Scroll down to the Metrics, Methods & Limits section.
- Disable both Create and Delete methods by clicking on their Enabled column.
- Click on the Limits link for the Get Product method.
- Click on the New usage limit link.
- Enter the following values:
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Period | hour |
| Max. Value | 5 |
- Click on the Create usage limit button.
- Click on the Limits link for the Get All Products method.
- Click on the New usage limit link.
- Enter the following values:
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Period | minute |
| Max. Value | 1 |
- Click on the Create usage limit button.
- Click on the Update Application Plan button.
- Click on the Integration tab.
- Click on the edit APIcast configuration link.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
- Select and copy the url next to “curl”.
- Open a new web browser tab.
- Paste the URL and reload it 5 times.
After 6 invokations, you should receive an "Limits exceeded" message since you exceeded the application plan limit (5 per hour), as defined in the Application Plan:
- Go back to 3scale admin console.
- Click on the Applications tab.
- Click on the ProductsApp application.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page, to the Current Utilization section.
