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---
layout: docs
page_title: Lua Envoy Extension
description: >-
Learn how the `lua` Envoy extension enables Consul to run Lua scripts during Envoy requests and responses from Consul-generated Envoy resources.
---
# Run Lua scripts in Envoy proxy
The Lua Envoy extension enables the [HTTP Lua filter](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/http/http_filters/lua_filter) in your Consul Envoy proxies, letting you run Lua scripts when requests and responses pass through Consul-generated Envoy resources.
Envoy filters support setting and getting dynamic metadata, allowing a filter to share state information with subsequent filters. To set dynamic metadata, configure the HTTP Lua filter. Users can call `streamInfo:dynamicMetadata()` from Lua scripts to get the request's dynamic metadata.
## Configuration specifications
To use the Lua Envoy extension, configure the following arguments in the `EnvoyExtensions` block:
| Arguments | Description |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `ProxyType` | Determines the proxy type the extension applies to. The only supported value is `connect-proxy`. |
| `ListenerType` | Specifies if the extension is applied to the `inbound` or `outbound` listener. |
| `Script` | The Lua script that is configured to run by the HTTP Lua filter. |
## Workflow
There are two steps to configure the Lua Envoy extension:
1. Configure EnvoyExtensions through `service-defaults` or `proxy-defaults`.
1. Apply the configuration entry.
### Configure `EnvoyExtensions`
To use Envoy extensions, you must configure and apply a `proxy-defaults` or `service-defaults` configuration entry with the Envoy extension.
- When you configure Envoy extensions on `proxy-defaults`, they apply to every service.
- When you configure Envoy extensions on `service-defaults`, they apply to a specific service.
Consul applies Envoy extensions configured in `proxy-defaults` before it applies extensions in `service-defaults`. As a result, the Envoy extension configuration in `service-defaults` may override configurations in `proxy-defaults`.
The following example configures the Lua Envoy extension on every service by using the `proxy-defaults`.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="HCL" group="hcl">
<CodeBlockConfig filename="lua-envoy-extension-proxy-defaults.hcl">
```hcl
Kind = "proxy-defaults"
Name = "global"
Protocol = "http"
EnvoyExtensions {
Name = "builtin/lua"
Arguments = {
ProxyType = "connect-proxy"
Listener = "inbound"
Script = <<-EOS
function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
meta = request_handle:streamInfo():dynamicMetadata()
m = meta:get("consul")
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-service", m["service"])
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-namespace", m["namespace"])
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-datacenter", m["datacenter"])
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-trust-domain", m["trust-domain"])
end
EOS
}
}
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="JSON" group="json">
<CodeBlockConfig filename="lua-envoy-extension-proxy-defaults.json">
```hcl
{
"kind": "proxy-defaults",
"name": "global",
"protocol": "http",
"envoy_extensions": [{
"name": "builtin/lua",
"arguments": {
"proxy_type": "connect-proxy",
"listener": "inbound",
"script": "function envoy_on_request(request_handle)\nmeta = request_handle:streamInfo():dynamicMetadata()\nm = \nmeta:get("consul")\nrequest_handle:headers():add("x-consul-service", m["service"])\nrequest_handle:headers():add("x-consul-namespace", m["namespace"])\nrequest_handle:headers():add("x-consul-datacenter", m["datacenter"])\nrequest_handle:headers():add("x-consul-trust-domain", m["trust-domain"])\nend"
}
}]
}
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Kubernetes" group="kubernetes">
<CodeBlockConfig filename="lua-envoy-extension-proxy-defaults.yaml">
```yaml
apiVersion: consul.hashicorp.com/v1alpha1
kind: ProxyDefaults
metadata:
name: global
spec:
protocol: http
envoyExtensions:
name = "builtin/lua"
arguments:
proxyType: "connect-proxy"
listener: "inbound"
script: |-
function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
meta = request_handle:streamInfo():dynamicMetadata()
m = meta:get("consul")
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-service", m["service"])
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-namespace", m["namespace"])
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-datacenter", m["datacenter"])
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-trust-domain", m["trust-domain"])
end
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
</Tab>
</Tabs>
For a full list of parameters for `EnvoyExtensions`, refer to the [`service-defaults`](/consul/docs/connect/config-entries/service-defaults#envoyextensions) and [`proxy-defaults`](/consul/docs/connect/config-entries/proxy-defaults#envoyextensions) configuration entries reference documentation.
!> **Warning:** Applying `EnvoyExtensions` to `ProxyDefaults` may produce unintended consequences. We recommend enabling `EnvoyExtensions` with `ServiceDefaults` in most cases.
Refer to [Configuration specification](#configuration-specification) section to find a full list of arguments for the Lua Envoy extension.
### Apply the configuration entry
Apply the `proxy-defaults` or `service-defaults` configuration entry.
<Tabs>
<Tab heading="HCL" group="hcl">
```shell-session
$ consul config write lua-envoy-extension-proxy-defaults.hcl
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="JSON" group="json">
```shell-session
$ consul config write lua-envoy-extension-proxy-defaults.json
```
</Tab>
<Tab heading="Kubernetes" group="kubernetes">
```shell-session
$ kubectl apply lua-envoy-extension-proxy-defaults.yaml
```
</Tab>
</Tabs>
## Examples
In the following example, the `service-defaults` configure the Lua Envoy extension to insert the HTTP Lua filter for service `myservice` and add the Consul service name to the`x-consul-service` header for all inbound requests. The `ListenerType` makes it so that the extension applies only on the inbound listener of the service's connect proxy.
<CodeBlockConfig filename="lua-envoy-extension.json">
```hcl
Kind = "service-defaults"
Name = "myservice"
EnvoyExtensions {
Name = "builtin/lua"
Arguments = {
ProxyType = "connect-proxy"
Listener = "inbound"
Script = <<EOF
function envoy_on_request(request_handle)
local service = request_handle:streamInfo():dynamicMetadata():get("consul")["service"]
request_handle:headers():add("x-consul-service", service)
end
EOF
}
}
```
</CodeBlockConfig>
Alternatively, you can apply the same extension configuration to [`proxy-defaults`](/consul/docs/connect/config-entries/proxy-defaults#envoyextensions) configuration entries.