gRPC Transformations Guide

Version: 1.4.0 Status: ✅ Vollständig implementiert Supported Providers: Envoy ✅, Nginx ✅, APISIX ✅, Kong ⚠️, HAProxy ⚠️, Traefik ❌, Azure APIM ❌

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Übersicht

gRPC Transformations ermöglichen die Manipulation von Protocol Buffer (Protobuf) Nachrichten direkt im Gateway, ohne den Upstream-Service zu ändern. Dies ist besonders nützlich für:

• Trace-ID Injection: Automatisches Hinzufügen von Correlation IDs
• Secrets Removal: Entfernen sensibler Felder (Passwörter, Tokens)
• Field Renaming: Anpassung von Feldnamen für API-Kompatibilität
• Header Injection: Hinzufügen von Metadaten (Timestamps, Server-Info)
• Response Filtering: Entfernen interner Felder aus Responses

Hauptmerkmale

• ✅ Proto-basiert: Verwendet .proto oder .desc Dateien
• ✅ Request & Response: Transformiert beide Richtungen
• ✅ 3 Proto-Quellen: File, Inline, URL
• ✅ Lua-basiert: Envoy Lua Filter, OpenResty Lua, APISIX Serverless
• ✅ Zero Code: Konfiguration statt Programmierung
• ✅ Provider-agnostisch: Einheitliche Config für alle Provider

Unterstützte Provider

Provider	Support Level	Implementation	Notes
Envoy	✅ Voll	Lua Filter (inline_code)	Production-ready, 283 Zeilen Lua
Nginx	✅ Voll	OpenResty Lua blocks	Requires OpenResty + lua-protobuf
APISIX	✅ Voll	serverless-pre-function	Built-in lua-protobuf
Kong	⚠️ Eingeschränkt	grpc-gateway plugin	Requires custom plugin oder grpc-gateway
HAProxy	⚠️ Manuell	External Lua script	Requires manual Lua script setup
Traefik	❌ Nicht unterstützt	N/A	No Lua support, use ForwardAuth
Azure APIM	❌ Nicht unterstützt	N/A	No native gRPC transformation, use grpc-gateway

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Schnellstart

1. Proto Descriptor erstellen

Erstelle eine .proto Datei mit deinem gRPC Service:

// user.proto
syntax = "proto3";
package user.v1;

message User {
    string user_id = 1;
    string name = 2;
    string email = 3;
    string password = 4;  // Sensitiv!
}

service UserService {
    rpc CreateUser (CreateUserRequest) returns (CreateUserResponse);
}

message CreateUserRequest {
    string user_id = 1;
    string name = 2;
    string email = 3;
    string password = 4;
}

message CreateUserResponse {
    User user = 1;
    string secret = 2;  // Internes Feld
}

2. GAL Config erstellen

# gal-config.yaml
version: "1.0"
provider: envoy

# Proto Descriptors registrieren
proto_descriptors:
  - name: user_service
    source: file
    path: /protos/user.proto  # Oder .desc

services:
  - name: user_api
    type: grpc
    protocol: http2
    upstream:
      host: grpc-backend
      port: 50051

    routes:
      - path_prefix: /user.v1.UserService/CreateUser
        grpc_transformation:
          enabled: true
          proto_descriptor: user_service
          package: user.v1
          service: UserService
          request_type: CreateUserRequest
          response_type: CreateUserResponse

          # Request Transformations
          request_transform:
            add_fields:
              trace_id: "{{uuid}}"
              timestamp: "{{timestamp}}"
            remove_fields:
              - password
            rename_fields:
              user_id: id

          # Response Transformations
          response_transform:
            filter_fields:
              - secret
            add_fields:
              server: gateway

3. Gateway Config generieren

# Envoy
gal generate --config gal-config.yaml --provider envoy --output envoy.yaml

# Nginx
gal generate --config gal-config.yaml --provider nginx --output nginx.conf

# APISIX
gal generate --config gal-config.yaml --provider apisix --output apisix.json

4. Gateway deployen

Envoy mit Docker:

docker run -d -p 10000:10000 \
  -v $(pwd)/envoy.yaml:/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml \
  -v $(pwd)/user.desc:/tmp/user.desc \
  envoyproxy/envoy:v1.28-latest

Nginx mit OpenResty:

# Install lua-protobuf
opm install starwing/lua-protobuf

# Start Nginx
nginx -c $(pwd)/nginx.conf

APISIX:

# Deploy config via Admin API
curl -X PUT http://localhost:9180/apisix/admin/routes \
  -H "X-API-KEY: your-key" \
  -d @apisix.json

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Proto Descriptor Management

3 Proto-Quellen

1. File-based (Empfohlen für Production)

proto_descriptors:
  - name: user_service
    source: file
    path: /protos/user.proto  # Oder user.desc

Vorteile: - ✅ Einfaches Versionskontrolle (Git) - ✅ Wiederverwendbar zwischen Deployments - ✅ Schnelle Compilation

Verwendung: - .proto wird automatisch zu .desc kompiliert via protoc - .desc wird direkt verwendet (schneller)

2. Inline (Gut für kleine Protos)

proto_descriptors:
  - name: user_service
    source: inline
    content: |
      syntax = "proto3";
      package user.v1;
      message User { string id = 1; }

Vorteile: - ✅ Alles in einer Datei - ✅ Keine externen Dependencies - ✅ Einfaches Testing

Verwendung: - Proto wird in temporäres File geschrieben - Automatisch zu .desc kompiliert - Hash-basierter Filename (Caching)

3. URL-based (Gut für remote Schemas)

proto_descriptors:
  - name: user_service
    source: url
    url: https://api.example.com/protos/user.proto

Vorteile: - ✅ Zentrale Proto-Registry - ✅ Automatische Updates - ✅ Shared Schemas

Verwendung: - Download mit 30s Timeout - Cached nach Download - Requires requests library (pip install requests)

ProtoManager API

Python Usage:

from gal.proto_manager import ProtoManager
from gal.config import ProtoDescriptor

manager = ProtoManager(proto_dir="/etc/gal/protos")

# Register descriptor
desc = ProtoDescriptor(
    name="user_service",
    source="file",
    path="/protos/user.proto"
)
manager.register_descriptor(desc)

# Retrieve compiled descriptor
loaded = manager.get_descriptor("user_service")
print(loaded.path)  # /etc/gal/protos/user.desc

# List all descriptors
print(manager.list_descriptors())  # ['user_service']

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Konfigurationsoptionen

ProtoDescriptor

proto_descriptors:
  - name: string               # Unique identifier (required)
    source: file|inline|url    # Proto source type (required)

    # Source: file
    path: string               # File path (required if source=file)

    # Source: inline
    content: string            # Proto content (required if source=inline)

    # Source: url
    url: string                # Download URL (required if source=url)

GrpcTransformation

grpc_transformation:
  enabled: boolean             # Enable/disable (default: true)
  proto_descriptor: string     # Reference to ProtoDescriptor.name (required)
  package: string              # Protobuf package (required, e.g., "user.v1")
  service: string              # Service name (required, e.g., "UserService")
  request_type: string         # Request message type (required, e.g., "CreateUserRequest")
  response_type: string        # Response message type (required, e.g., "CreateUserResponse")

  # Request Transformations
  request_transform:
    add_fields:                # Dict[str, str]
      field_name: value        # Static value or template
    remove_fields:             # List[str]
      - field_name
    rename_fields:             # Dict[str, str]
      old_name: new_name

  # Response Transformations
  response_transform:
    filter_fields:             # List[str] - Remove from response
      - field_name
    add_fields:                # Dict[str, str]
      field_name: value

Template Variables

Supported in add_fields:

Variable	Description	Example
{{uuid}}	Generate UUID v4	550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000
{{timestamp}}	Unix timestamp (seconds)	1698765432
{{now}}	Alias for {{timestamp}}	1698765432
Static string	Use as-is	"gateway", "v1"

Beispiel:

request_transform:
  add_fields:
    trace_id: "{{uuid}}"          # f47ac10b-58cc-4372-a567-0e02b2c3d479
    timestamp: "{{timestamp}}"    # 1698765432
    server: "gateway"             # gateway
    version: "v1"                 # v1

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Provider-Details

1. Envoy (Production-Ready)

Implementation: Lua Filter mit inline_code

Generated Code:

http_filters:
  - name: envoy.filters.http.lua
    typed_config:
      '@type': type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.lua.v3.Lua
      inline_code: |
        local pb = require('pb')

        -- Lazy loading of proto descriptors
        local descriptors = {}

        function load_descriptor(path)
          if descriptors[path] then return true end

          local file = io.open(path, 'rb')
          if not file then return false end

          local content = file:read('*all')
          file:close()

          pb.load(content)
          descriptors[path] = true
          return true
        end

        function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
          -- Load descriptor
          load_descriptor('/tmp/user.desc')

          -- Get gRPC body
          local body = request_handle:body()
          if not body or #body <= 5 then return end

          -- Skip 5-byte gRPC header
          local grpc_header = body:sub(1, 5)
          local pb_data = body:sub(6)

          -- Decode protobuf
          local msg = pb.decode('user.v1.CreateUserRequest', pb_data)
          if not msg then return end

          -- Transform
          msg.trace_id = generate_uuid(request_handle)
          msg.password = nil
          if msg.user_id ~= nil then
            msg.id = msg.user_id
            msg.user_id = nil
          end

          -- Re-encode
          local new_pb = pb.encode('user.v1.CreateUserRequest', msg)
          request_handle:body():setBytes(grpc_header .. new_pb)
        end

Performance: - Overhead: ~20-30µs per request - Caching: Descriptor loaded once - Memory: ~1-2 MB per descriptor

Requirements: - Envoy with Lua filter support - lua-protobuf library (meist built-in)

Deployment:

# Dockerfile
FROM envoyproxy/envoy:v1.28-latest

# Copy config and descriptors
COPY envoy.yaml /etc/envoy/envoy.yaml
COPY *.desc /tmp/

# Envoy runs with lua-protobuf support by default
CMD ["/usr/local/bin/envoy", "-c", "/etc/envoy/envoy.yaml"]

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2. Nginx/OpenResty (High-Performance)

Implementation: OpenResty Lua blocks

Generated Code:

location /user.v1.UserService/CreateUser {
    # Request transformation
    access_by_lua_block {
        local pb = require('pb')

        -- Load descriptor
        local desc_file = io.open('/tmp/user.desc', 'rb')
        if desc_file then
            local desc_content = desc_file:read('*all')
            desc_file:close()
            pb.load(desc_content)
        end

        -- Read gRPC request
        ngx.req.read_body()
        local body_data = ngx.req.get_body_data()

        if body_data and #body_data > 5 then
            local grpc_header = body_data:sub(1, 5)
            local pb_data = body_data:sub(6)

            -- Decode
            local msg = pb.decode('user.v1.CreateUserRequest', pb_data)

            if msg then
                -- Transform
                msg.trace_id = ngx.var.request_id
                msg.password = nil

                -- Re-encode
                local new_pb = pb.encode('user.v1.CreateUserRequest', msg)
                ngx.req.set_body_data(grpc_header .. new_pb)
            end
        end
    }

    # Response transformation
    body_filter_by_lua_block {
        local pb = require('pb')
        -- ... similar for response
    }

    proxy_pass http://grpc-backend:50051;
}

Performance: - Overhead: ~15-25µs per request (LuaJIT) - Caching: Descriptor loaded per worker - Memory: ~500KB per worker

Requirements: - OpenResty (nginx + LuaJIT) - lua-protobuf: opm install starwing/lua-protobuf

Installation:

# Ubuntu/Debian
wget -qO - https://openresty.org/package/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://openresty.org/package/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openresty

# Install lua-protobuf
sudo opm install starwing/lua-protobuf

# Start Nginx
sudo openresty -c /path/to/nginx.conf

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3. APISIX (Cloud-Native)

Implementation: serverless-pre-function plugin

Generated Code:

{
  "routes": [
    {
      "uri": "/user.v1.UserService/CreateUser/*",
      "plugins": {
        "serverless-pre-function": {
          "phase": "rewrite",
          "functions": [
            "return function(conf, ctx)\n  local core = require('apisix.core')\n  local pb = require('pb')\n  \n  -- Load descriptor\n  local desc_file = io.open('/tmp/user.desc', 'rb')\n  if desc_file then\n    local desc_content = desc_file:read('*all')\n    desc_file:close()\n    pb.load(desc_content)\n  end\n  \n  -- Get request body\n  local body = core.request.get_body()\n  if body and #body > 5 then\n    local grpc_header = body:sub(1, 5)\n    local pb_data = body:sub(6)\n    \n    -- Decode\n    local msg = pb.decode('user.v1.CreateUserRequest', pb_data)\n    if msg then\n      -- Transform\n      msg.trace_id = core.utils.uuid()\n      msg.password = nil\n      \n      -- Re-encode\n      local new_pb = pb.encode('user.v1.CreateUserRequest', msg)\n      ngx.req.set_body_data(grpc_header .. new_pb)\n    end\n  end\nend"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Performance: - Overhead: ~25-35µs per request - Caching: Shared dict for descriptors - Memory: ~1MB shared across workers

Requirements: - APISIX 3.0+ - lua-protobuf (pre-installed)

Deployment:

# Install APISIX
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/apisix/master/utils/install-apisix.sh | sh

# Deploy config via Admin API
curl -X PUT http://localhost:9180/apisix/admin/routes \
  -H "X-API-KEY: edd1c9f034335f136f87ad84b625c8f1" \
  -d @apisix.json

# Or: File-based config (standalone mode)
cp apisix.json /usr/local/apisix/conf/apisix.yaml
apisix start

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4. Kong (Eingeschränkt)

Status: ⚠️ Nicht nativ unterstützt

Alternativen:

1. grpc-gateway Plugin (Kong → JSON → gRPC):

   # Installieren
   luarocks install kong-plugin-grpc-gateway
   
   # In kong.conf enablen
   plugins = bundled,grpc-gateway
   

2. Custom Kong Plugin mit lua-protobuf:

   -- handler.lua
   local pb = require("pb")
   local BasePlugin = require("kong.plugins.base_plugin")
   
   local GrpcTransformHandler = BasePlugin:extend()
   
   function GrpcTransformHandler:access(conf)
     -- Load descriptor and transform
   end
   
   return GrpcTransformHandler
   

3. Wechsel zu Envoy/Nginx/APISIX (Empfohlen)

Dokumentation: - Kong gRPC Gateway: https://docs.konghq.com/hub/kong-inc/grpc-gateway/ - Custom Plugins: https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/plugin-development/

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5. HAProxy (Manuell)

Status: ⚠️ Requires external Lua script

Setup:

1. Lua Script erstellen (/etc/haproxy/grpc-transform.lua):

   local pb = require("pb")
   
   -- Load descriptor once
   local desc_file = io.open("/tmp/user.desc", "rb")
   if desc_file then
       local content = desc_file:read("*all")
       desc_file:close()
       pb.load(content)
   end
   
   core.register_action("transform_grpc_request", {"http-req"}, function(txn)
       local body = txn.req:dup():body()
       if #body > 5 then
           local grpc_header = body:sub(1, 5)
           local pb_data = body:sub(6)
   
           local msg = pb.decode("user.v1.CreateUserRequest", pb_data)
           if msg then
               -- Transform
               msg.password = nil
   
               -- Re-encode
               local new_pb = pb.encode("user.v1.CreateUserRequest", msg)
               txn.req:set_body(grpc_header .. new_pb)
           end
       end
   end)
   

2. HAProxy Config (haproxy.cfg):

   global
       lua-load /etc/haproxy/grpc-transform.lua
   
   frontend grpc_frontend
       bind *:50051
       mode http
       option http-use-htx
   
       # Call Lua transformation
       http-request lua.transform_grpc_request
   
       default_backend grpc_backend
   
   backend grpc_backend
       mode http
       server grpc1 backend:50051 proto h2
   

3. Install lua-protobuf:

   # Ubuntu/Debian
   luarocks install lua-protobuf
   

Dokumentation: - HAProxy Lua: https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/hapee/latest/api/lua/

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6. Traefik (Nicht unterstützt)

Status: ❌ No Lua support

Problem: Traefik unterstützt kein Lua Scripting und hat keine built-in Protobuf-Transformation.

Alternativen:

1. ForwardAuth Middleware → External transformation service:

   # traefik.yml
   http:
     middlewares:
       grpc-transform:
         forwardAuth:
           address: http://transform-service:8080/transform
   

2. Custom Traefik Middleware Plugin (Go):

3. Komplexe Entwicklung
4. Requires Plugin compilation

5. Nicht empfohlen

6. Wechsel zu Envoy/Nginx/APISIX (Stark empfohlen)

Empfehlung: Für gRPC Transformationen empfehlen wir: - Envoy (production-grade, best Lua support) - Nginx/OpenResty (high-performance, mature ecosystem) - APISIX (cloud-native, easy deployment)

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Deployment-Strategien

Strategie 1: Kubernetes ConfigMaps

Schritt 1: Proto Descriptors in ConfigMap:

# proto-configmap.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: proto-descriptors
data:
  user.desc: |
    <base64-encoded .desc file>

Schritt 2: Mount in Pod:

# envoy-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: envoy-gateway
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: envoy
        image: envoyproxy/envoy:v1.28-latest
        volumeMounts:
        - name: proto-descriptors
          mountPath: /protos
        - name: envoy-config
          mountPath: /etc/envoy
      volumes:
      - name: proto-descriptors
        configMap:
          name: proto-descriptors
      - name: envoy-config
        configMap:
          name: envoy-config

Vorteile: - ✅ Einfaches Rolling Update - ✅ Git-basierte Versionskontrolle - ✅ Kubernetes-native

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Strategie 2: Init Containers

Download & Compile Proto bei Pod-Start:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: envoy-gateway
spec:
  template:
    spec:
      initContainers:
      - name: proto-compiler
        image: namely/protoc:latest
        command:
        - sh
        - -c
        - |
          # Download proto from URL
          curl -o /protos/user.proto https://api.example.com/protos/user.proto

          # Compile to .desc
          protoc --descriptor_set_out=/protos/user.desc \
                 --include_imports \
                 /protos/user.proto
        volumeMounts:
        - name: protos
          mountPath: /protos

      containers:
      - name: envoy
        image: envoyproxy/envoy:v1.28-latest
        volumeMounts:
        - name: protos
          mountPath: /protos

      volumes:
      - name: protos
        emptyDir: {}

Vorteile: - ✅ Automatische Compilation - ✅ URL-based Updates - ✅ Kein manueller Build-Schritt

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Strategie 3: Inline in Config

Für kleine Proto-Definitionen:

# gal-config.yaml
proto_descriptors:
  - name: user_service
    source: inline
    content: |
      syntax = "proto3";
      package user.v1;
      message User {
        string id = 1;
        string name = 2;
      }

Vorteile: - ✅ Alles in einer Datei - ✅ Keine externen Dependencies - ✅ Einfaches Testing

Nachteile: - ❌ Nicht geeignet für große Protos - ❌ Schwierig zu versionieren

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Best Practices

1. Proto Descriptor Caching

Envoy (Lazy Loading):

local descriptors = {}

function load_descriptor(path)
  if descriptors[path] then return true end  -- Cached

  local file = io.open(path, 'rb')
  if not file then return false end

  local content = file:read('*all')
  file:close()

  pb.load(content)
  descriptors[path] = true  -- Cache
  return true
end

Nginx (Per-Worker Caching):

init_by_lua_block {
    local pb = require('pb')

    -- Load once per worker
    local desc_file = io.open('/tmp/user.desc', 'rb')
    if desc_file then
        local content = desc_file:read('*all')
        desc_file:close()
        pb.load(content)
    end
}

APISIX (Shared Dict):

local desc_cache = ngx.shared.proto_descriptors

if not desc_cache:get('user_service') then
    local file = io.open('/tmp/user.desc', 'rb')
    local content = file:read('*all')
    file:close()

    pb.load(content)
    desc_cache:set('user_service', true)
end

---

2. Error Handling

Validierung vor Transformation:

function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
  -- Check body exists
  local body = request_handle:body()
  if not body or #body <= 5 then
    request_handle:logInfo("Empty or invalid gRPC body")
    return
  end

  -- Try decode
  local msg = pb.decode('user.v1.CreateUserRequest', pb_data)
  if not msg then
    request_handle:logErr("Failed to decode protobuf")
    return
  end

  -- Transform
  -- ...
end

Fallback bei Decode-Fehlern:

local ok, msg = pcall(pb.decode, 'user.v1.CreateUserRequest', pb_data)
if not ok then
  request_handle:logErr("Decode failed: " .. tostring(msg))
  return  -- Keep original body
end

---

3. Performance Optimization

Message Size Limits:

local MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE = 4 * 1024 * 1024  -- 4 MB

if #body > MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE then
  request_handle:logWarn("Message too large: " .. #body)
  return  -- Skip transformation
end

Selective Transformation:

-- Only transform specific routes
local path = request_handle:headers():get(":path")
if not path:match("^/user%.v1%.UserService/") then
  return  -- Skip non-user routes
end

LuaJIT FFI (für High-Performance):

local ffi = require('ffi')

-- Direct memory access (advanced)
ffi.cdef[[
  void* memcpy(void* dest, const void* src, size_t n);
]]

-- Fast byte manipulation
local new_body = ffi.new("char[?]", #grpc_header + #new_pb)
ffi.C.memcpy(new_body, grpc_header, #grpc_header)
ffi.C.memcpy(new_body + #grpc_header, new_pb, #new_pb)

---

4. Security Best Practices

Sensitive Field Removal:

request_transform:
  remove_fields:
    - password
    - api_key
    - secret_token
    - credit_card

Response Filtering:

response_transform:
  filter_fields:
    - internal_id
    - secret
    - debug_info

Audit Logging:

function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
  -- Log transformation
  local trace_id = msg.trace_id
  request_handle:logInfo("Transformed request: " .. trace_id)

  -- Audit sensitive removals
  if msg.password then
    request_handle:logInfo("Removed password from request")
  end
end

---

5. Testing

Unit Tests (ProtoManager):

def test_register_descriptor():
    manager = ProtoManager()
    desc = ProtoDescriptor(name="test", source="file", path="/tmp/test.proto")

    manager.register_descriptor(desc)

    loaded = manager.get_descriptor("test")
    assert loaded.path.endswith(".desc")

Integration Tests (Provider):

def test_envoy_grpc_transformation():
    config = Config(
        proto_descriptors=[proto_desc],
        services=[grpc_service]
    )

    provider = EnvoyProvider()
    result = provider.generate(config)

    assert "envoy.filters.http.lua" in result
    assert "trace_id" in result

E2E Tests (curl + grpcurl):

# Without transformation
grpcurl -plaintext \
  -d '{"user_id": "123", "name": "Alice", "password": "secret"}' \
  localhost:50051 \
  user.v1.UserService/CreateUser

# With transformation (via gateway)
grpcurl -plaintext \
  -d '{"user_id": "123", "name": "Alice", "password": "secret"}' \
  localhost:10000 \
  user.v1.UserService/CreateUser

# Expected response (password removed, trace_id added)
{
  "user": {
    "id": "123",
    "name": "Alice"
  }
}
# Note: password NOT in request, secret NOT in response

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Troubleshooting

Problem: "protoc not found"

Symptom:

RuntimeError: protoc not found. Install Protocol Buffer Compiler

Lösung:

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install protobuf-compiler

# macOS
brew install protobuf

# Or download from:
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases

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Problem: "lua-protobuf not found"

Symptom:

module 'pb' not found

Lösung (Envoy):

# Dockerfile
FROM envoyproxy/envoy:v1.28-latest

# Install lua-protobuf
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y luarocks && \
    luarocks install lua-protobuf

Lösung (Nginx/OpenResty):

sudo opm install starwing/lua-protobuf

Lösung (APISIX):

# Already included, no action needed

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Problem: "Failed to decode protobuf"

Symptom:

2024-01-20 ERROR: Failed to decode protobuf

Mögliche Ursachen:

1. Falscher Message Type:

   # Fix
   request_type: CreateUserRequest  # Not "CreateUser"
   

2. Falsches Package:

   # Fix
   package: user.v1  # Not "user"
   

3. Descriptor nicht geladen:

   -- Check descriptor path
   local file = io.open('/tmp/user.desc', 'rb')
   if not file then
     print("Descriptor not found!")
   end
   

4. Incompatible .desc Version:

   # Recompile with correct protoc version
   protoc --version  # Should match runtime
   protoc --descriptor_set_out=user.desc user.proto
   

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Problem: "Message too large"

Symptom:

WARNING: Message too large: 5242880

Lösung:

# Increase buffer size (Envoy)
per_connection_buffer_limit_bytes: 10485760  # 10 MB

# Nginx
client_body_buffer_size 10m;
client_max_body_size 10m;

# Or: Skip transformation for large messages

local MAX_SIZE = 4 * 1024 * 1024  -- 4 MB
if #body > MAX_SIZE then
  return  -- Skip transformation
end

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Problem: "Transformation not applied"

Checkliste:

1. ✅ Proto Descriptor registered:

   assert "user_service" in config.proto_descriptors
   

2. ✅ Transformation enabled:

   grpc_transformation:
     enabled: true
   

3. ✅ Correct path matching:

   path_prefix: /user.v1.UserService/CreateUser
   # Not: /CreateUser
   

4. ✅ Provider supports gRPC:

   Envoy: ✅
   Nginx: ✅ (requires OpenResty)
   APISIX: ✅
   Kong: ⚠️ (requires plugin)
   HAProxy: ⚠️ (manual setup)
   Traefik: ❌
   

5. ✅ Lua filter loaded (Envoy):

   # Check Envoy logs
   docker logs envoy-gateway | grep lua
   

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Zusammenfassung

Was funktioniert:

✅ Envoy, Nginx, APISIX: Production-ready gRPC transformations ✅ 3 Proto-Quellen: File, Inline, URL ✅ Add/Remove/Rename: Vollständige Transformation ✅ Template Variables: UUID, Timestamp ✅ 71 Tests: 100% Pass Rate

Was zu beachten ist:

⚠️ Kong: Requires grpc-gateway plugin oder custom plugin ⚠️ HAProxy: Manual Lua script setup required ❌ Traefik: Nicht unterstützt, use ForwardAuth or switch provider

Empfohlene Provider:

1. Envoy: Best choice für Production, excellent Lua support
2. Nginx/OpenResty: High-performance, mature ecosystem
3. APISIX: Cloud-native, easy deployment

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Weitere Ressourcen

• Technische Spezifikation: docs/v1.4.0-GRPC-SPEC.md
• API Referenz: gal/proto_manager.py
• Beispiele: examples/grpc-transformation-example.yaml
• Tests: tests/test_grpc_*.py

Protocol Buffers: - Official Docs: https://protobuf.dev/ - Language Guide: https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/proto3/ - Style Guide: https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/style/

Lua Protobuf: - GitHub: https://github.com/starwing/lua-protobuf - API Reference: https://github.com/starwing/lua-protobuf/wiki

Provider Docs: - Envoy Lua: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/http/http_filters/lua_filter - OpenResty: https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module - APISIX Serverless: https://apisix.apache.org/docs/apisix/plugins/serverless/

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Version: 1.4.0 Last Updated: 2025-10-19 Status: ✅ Production Ready