remap.yaml

The remap.yaml file (by default, located in /usr/local/etc/trafficserver/) provides a YAML-based alternative to remap.config for configuring URL remapping rules. Traffic Server uses these mapping rules to perform the following actions:

  • Map URL requests for a specific origin server to the appropriate location on Traffic Server when Traffic Server acts as a reverse proxy for that particular origin server

  • Reverse-map server location headers so that when origin servers respond to a request with a location header that redirects the client to another location, the clients do not bypass Traffic Server

  • Redirect HTTP requests permanently or temporarily without Traffic Server having to contact any origin servers

Refer to Reverse Proxy and HTTP Redirects, for information about redirecting HTTP requests and using reverse proxy.

After you modify the remap.yaml run the traffic_ctl config reload to apply the changes. The current configuration is replaced with the new configuration only if there are no errors in the file. Any syntax error will prevent an update. Even if syntactically correct the file is considered valid only if it has at least proxy.config.url_remap.min_rules_required rules in it. This defaults to 0, but can be set higher if it is desirable to prevent loading an empty or missing file.

Configuration File Fallback

Traffic Server will attempt to load remap.yaml first. If this file is not found, it will fall back to loading remap.config. If both files exist, only remap.yaml will be used. This allows for a gradual migration from the legacy configuration format to YAML.

Format

The remap.yaml file uses YAML syntax with two main sections:

  • acl_filters (optional): Global named filter definitions

  • remap (required): Sequence of remapping rules

Basic Structure

# Optional: Global named filter definitions
acl_filters:
  filter_name:
    # filter definition

# Required: Remapping rules
remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://example.com/foo
    to:
      url: http://backend.com/bar
  - type: redirect
    from:
      url: old.example.com
    to:
      url: new.example.com

Comments and Empty Lines

Lines starting with # are comments and are ignored. Empty lines are also ignored. Unlike remap.config, YAML does not support line continuation with \.

Rule Structure

Each remap rule is a YAML mapping with the following fields:

type

Specifies the type of remapping rule. Required field. One of:

  • map – translates an incoming request URL to the appropriate origin server URL.

  • map_with_recv_port – exactly like ‘map’ except that it uses the port at which the request was received to perform the mapping instead of the port present in the request. The regex_ prefix can also be used for this type. When present, ‘map_with_recv_port’ mappings are checked first.

  • map_with_referer – extended version of ‘map’, which can be used to activate “deep linking protection”, where target URLs are only accessible when the Referer header is set to a URL that is allowed to link to the target.

  • reverse_map – translates the URL in origin server redirect responses to point to the Traffic Server.

  • redirect – redirects HTTP requests permanently without having to contact the origin server. Permanent redirects notify the browser of the URL change (by returning an HTTP status code 301) so that the browser can update bookmarks.

  • redirect_temporary – redirects HTTP requests temporarily without having to contact the origin server. Temporary redirects notify the browser of the URL change for the current request only (by returning an HTTP status code 307).

Note

use the regex_ prefix for the type to indicate that the rule uses regular expressions.

from

Specifies the request (“from”) URL as a YAML mapping. URL can be defined as a single URL or in components. Single URL takes precedence over components:

  • url: scheme://host:port/path

URL components:

  • scheme (optional): http, https, ws, wss, or tunnel.

  • host (optional for forward maps with path, required otherwise): Hostname or IP address

  • port (optional): Port number

  • path (optional): Path prefix

Example:

from:
  url: http://example.com:80/foo
from:
  scheme: http
  host: example.com
  port: 80
  path: /foo

Note

A remap rule for requests that upgrade from HTTP to WebSocket still require a remap rule with the ws or wss scheme.

to

Specifies the origin (“to”) URL as a YAML mapping. Required field.

URL components are the same as from.

Example:

to:
  url: http://backend.example.com:8080/bar
to:
  scheme: http
  host: backend.example.com
  port: 8080
  path: /bar

Optional Fields

acl_filter

Inline ACL filter definition for a single remap rule. See ACL Filters for details.

acl_filter:
  src_ip:
   - 10.0.0.0/8
  method:
   - GET
   - POST
  action: allow

plugins

Sequence of plugin configurations. Each plugin has:

  • name (required): Plugin filename

  • params (optional): List of plugin parameters

plugins:
  - name: header_rewrite.so
    params:
     - config.txt
     - param2
  - name: another_plugin.so
    params:
     - param1

strategy

NextHop selection strategy name. See Hierarchical Caching and strategies.yaml.

strategy: my_strategy

redirect

Used with map_with_referer type. Specifies redirect URL and allowed referer patterns.

redirect:
  url: http://example.com/denied  # or "default" for default redirect URL
  regex:
    - "~https://trusted\\.com/.*"  # regex pattern
    - "~"  # allow any referer (makes referer optional)

Precedence

Remap rules in remap.yaml follow the same precedence order as remap.config:

  1. map_with_recv_port and regex_map_with_recv_port

  2. map and regex_map and reverse_map

  3. redirect and redirect_temporary

  4. regex_redirect and regex_redirect_temporary

For each precedence group the rules are checked in two phases. If the first phase fails to find a match then the second phase is performed against the same group of rules. In the first phase the rules are checked using the host name of the request. Only rules that specify a host name can match. If there is no match in that phase, then the rules are checked again with no host name and only rules without a host will match. The result is that rules with an explicit host take precedence over rules without.

Match-All

A map rule with only a path of / acts as a wildcard, it will match any request. This should be use with care, and certainly only once at the end of the remap section. E.g.

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: /
    to:
      url: http://all.example.com

remap.config equivalent

map / http://all.example.com

Examples

The following sections show example mapping rules in the remap.yaml file.

Reverse Proxy Mapping Rules

The following example shows a map rule that does not specify a path prefix in the target or replacement:

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.x.com/
    to:
      url: http://server.hoster.com/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://server.hoster.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.x.com/

remap.config equivalent

map http://www.x.com/ http://server.hoster.com/
reverse_map http://server.hoster.com/ http://www.x.com/

This rule results in the following translations:

Client Request

Translated Request

http://www.x.com/Widgets/index.html

http://server.hoster.com/Widgets/index.html

http://www.x.com/cgi/form/submit.sh?arg=true

http://server.hoster.com/cgi/form/submit.sh?arg=true

The following example shows a map rule with path prefixes specified in the target:

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.y.com/marketing/
    to:
      url: http://marketing.y.com/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://marketing.y.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.y.com/marketing/
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.y.com/sales/
    to:
      url: http://sales.y.com/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://sales.y.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.y.com/sales/
 - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.y.com/engineering/
    to:
      url: http://engineering.y.com/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://engineering.y.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.y.com/engineering/
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.y.com/stuff/
    to:
      url: http://info.y.com/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://info.y.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.y.com/stuff/

remap.config equivalent

map http://www.y.com/marketing/ http://marketing.y.com/
reverse_map http://marketing.y.com/ http://www.y.com/marketing/
map http://www.y.com/sales/ http://sales.y.com/
reverse_map http://sales.y.com/ http://www.y.com/sales/
map http://www.y.com/engineering/ http://engineering.y.com/
reverse_map http://engineering.y.com/ http://www.y.com/engineering/
map http://www.y.com/stuff/ http://info.y.com/
reverse_map http://info.y.com/ http://www.y.com/stuff/

These rules result in the following translations:

Client Request

Translated Request

http://www.y.com/marketing/projects/manhattan/specs.html

http://marketing.y.com/projects/manhattan/specs.html

http://www.y.com/stuff/marketing/projects/boston/specs.html

http://info.y.com/marketing/projects/boston/specs.html

The following example shows that the order of the rules matters:

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.g.com/
    to:
      url: http://external.g.com/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://external.g.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.g.com/
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.g.com/stuff/
    to:
      url: http://stuff.g.com/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://stuff.g.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.g.com/stuff/

remap.config equivalent

map http://www.g.com/ http://external.g.com/
reverse_map http://external.g.com/ http://www.g.com/
map http://www.g.com/stuff/ http://stuff.g.com/
reverse_map http://stuff.g.com/ http://www.g.com/stuff/

These rules result in the following translation.

Client Request

Translated Request

http://www.g.com/stuff/a.gif

http://external.g.com/stuff/a.gif

In the above examples, the second rule is never applied because all URLs that match the second rule also match the first rule. The first rule takes precedence because it appears earlier in the remap.config file.

This is different if one rule does not have a host. For example consider these rules using the Match-All rule

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: /
    to:
      url: http://127.0.0.1:8001/
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://example.com/dist_get_user
    to:
      url: http://127.0.0.1:8001/denied.html

These rules are set up to redirect requests to another local process. Using them will result in

Client Request

Translated Request

http://example.com/a.gif

http://127.0.0.1:8001/a.gif

http://example.com/dist_get_user

http://127.0.0.1:8001/denied.html

For the first request the second rule host matches but the path does not and so the second rule is not selected. The first rule is then matched in the second phase when the rules are checked without a host value.

The second request is matched by the second rule even though the rules have the same base precedence. Because the first rule does not have a host it will not match in the first phase. The second rule does have a host that matches the host in the second request along with the other parts of the URL and is therefore selected in the first phase.

This will yield the same results if the rules are reversed because the rule selection happens in different phases making the order irrelevant.

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://example.com/dist_get_user
    to:
      url: http://127.0.0.1:8001/denied.html
  - type: map
    from:
      url: /
    to:
      url: http://127.0.0.1:8001/

The following example shows a mapping with a path prefix specified in the target and replacement

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.h.com/a/b/
    to:
      url: http://server.h.com/customers/x/y
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://server.h.com/customers/x/y/
    to:
      url: http://www.h.com/a/b/

This rule results in the following translation.

Client Request

Translated Request

http://www.h.com/a/b/c/d/doc.html

http://server.h.com/customers/x/y/c/d/doc.html

http://www.h.com/a/index.html

Translation fails

The following example shows reverse-map rules

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: www.x.com
    to:
      url: http://server.hoster.com/x/
  - type: reverse_map
    from:
      url: http://server.hoster.com/x/
    to:
      url: http://www.x.com/

These rules result in the following translations.

Client Request

Translated Request

http://www.x.com/Widgets

http://server.hoster.com/x/Widgets

Client Request

Origin Server Header

Translated Request

http://www.x.com/Widgets

http://server.hoster.com/x/Widgets/

http://www.x.com/Widgets/

When acting as a reverse proxy for multiple servers, Traffic Server is unable to route to URLs from older browsers that do not send the Host: header. As a solution, set the variable proxy.config.header.parse.no_host_url_redirect in the records.yaml file to the URL to which Traffic Server will redirect requests without host headers.

Redirect Mapping Rules

The following rule permanently redirects all HTTP requests for www.company.com to www.company2.com:

remap:
  - type: redirect
    from:
      url: http://www.company.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.company2.com/

The following rule temporarily redirects all HTTP requests for www.company1.com to www.company2.com:

remap:
  - type: redirect_temporary
    from:
      url: http://www.company1.com/
    to:
      url: http://www.company2.com/

Regular Expression (regex) Remap Support

Regular expressions can be specified in remapping rules by using the regex_ prefix for the rule type, with the same limitations as remap.config:

  • Only the host field can contain a regex; the scheme, port, and other fields cannot. For path manipulation via regexes, use the Regex Remap Plugin.

  • The number of capturing subpatterns is limited to 9. This means that $0 through $9 can be used as substitution placeholders ($0 will be the entire input string).

  • The number of substitutions in the expansion string is limited to 10.

  • There is no regex_ equivalent to reverse_remap, so when using regex_map you should make sure the reverse path is clear by setting (proxy.config.url_remap.pristine_host_hdr)

Examples

remap:
  - type: regex_map
    from:
      url: http://x([0-9]+).z.com/
    to:
      url: http://real-x$1.z.com/
  - type: regex_redirect
    from:
      url: http://old.(.*).z.com
    to:
      url: http://new.$1.z.com

map_with_recv_port

The map_with_recv_port type supports two special URL schemes, http+unix and https+unix. These are useful if you want to have different mapping rules or different plugin configuration for requests received via Unix Domain Socket.

Examples

remap:
  - type: map_with_recv_port
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com:8000/
    to:
      url: http://x.example.com/
  - type: map_with_recv_port
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com:8888/
    to:
      url: http://y.example.com/

Explanation: Requests received on port 8000 and 8888 are forwarded to different servers.

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://x.example.com/
    plugins:
      - name: plugin1.so
  - type: map_with_recv_port
    from:
      url: http+unix://foo.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://x.example.com/

Explanation: All requests are forwarded to the same server, but plugin1 does not run for requests received via Unix Domain Socket.

map_with_referer

‘redirect-URL’ is a redirection URL specified according to RFC 2616 and can contain special formatting instructions for run-time modifications of the resulting redirection URL. All regexes Perl compatible regular expressions, which describes the content of the “Referer” header which must be verified. In case an actual request does not have “Referer” header or it does not match with referer regular expression, the HTTP request will be redirected to ‘redirect-URL’.

The map_with_referer type enables “deep linking protection” by validating the Referer header against regular expressions.

remap:
  - type: map_with_referer
    from:
      url: client-URL
    to:
      url: origin-server-URL
    redirect:
      url: redirect-URL
      regex:
        - regex1
        - regex2

At least one regular expression must be specified. In order to enable the ‘deep linking protection’ feature in Traffic Server, configure records.yaml with:

1records:
2  http:
3    referer_filter: 1

In order to enable run-time formatting for redirect URL, configure:

1records:
2  http:
3    referer_format_redirect: 1

When run-time formatting for redirect-URL is enabled the following format symbols can be used:

%r - to substitute original "Referer" header string
%f - to substitute client-URL from 'map_with_referer' record
%t - to substitute origin-server-URL from 'map_with_referer' record
%o - to substitute request URL to origin server, which was created as
     the result of a mapping operation

Note: There is a special referer type “~*” that can be used to specify that the Referer header is optional in the request. If “~*” referer was used in map_with_referer mapping, only requests with Referer header will be verified for validity. If the “~” symbol was specified before a referer regular expression, it means that the request with a matching referer header will be redirected to redirectURL. It can be used to create a so-called negative referer list. If “*” was used as a referer regular expression - all referrers are allowed.

Examples

remap:
  - type: map_with_referer
    from:
      url: http://y.foo.bar.com/x/yy/
    to:
      url: http://foo.bar.com/x/yy/
    redirect:
      url: http://games.bar.com/new_games
      regex:
        - ".*\\.bar\\.com"
        - "www.bar-friends.com"

Explanation: Referer header must be in the request, only “.*\.bar\.com” and “www.bar-friends.com” are allowed.

remap:
  - type: map_with_referer
    from:
      url: http://y.foo.bar.com/x/yy/
    to:
      url: http://foo.bar.com/x/yy/
    redirect:
      url: http://games.bar.com/new_games
      regex:
        - "*"
        - "~.*\\.evil\\.com"

Explanation: Referer header must be in the request but all referrers are allowed except “.*\.evil\.com”.

remap:
  - type: map_with_referer
    from:
      url: http://y.foo.bar.com/x/yy/
    to:
      url: http://foo.bar.com/x/yy/
    redirect:
      url: http://games.bar.com/error
      regex:
        - "~*"
        - "*"
        - "~.*\\.evil\\.com"

Explanation: Referer header is optional. However, if Referer header exists, only request from “.*\.evil\.com” will be redirected to redirect-URL.

Plugin Chaining

Plugins can be configured to be evaluated in a specific order, passing the results from one to the next (unless a plugin returns 0, then the “chain” is broken).

Examples

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://url/path
    to:
      url: http://url/path
    plugins:
      - name: /etc/traffic_server/config/plugins/plugin1.so
        params:
         - "1"
         - "2"
      - name: /etc/traffic_server/config/plugins/plugin2.so
        params:
         - "3"

This will pass “1” and “2” to plugin1.so and “3” to plugin2.so.

NextHop Selection Strategies

You may configure Nexthop or Parent hierarchical caching rules by remap using the strategy field. See Hierarchical Caching and strategies.yaml for configuration details and examples.

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: htpp://example.com
    to:
      url: http://backend.com
    strategy: my_strategy

ACL Filters

In-line Filter

In-line filters can be created to control access of specific remap rules. The markup is very similar to that of ip_allow.yaml, structured as YAML mappings instead of directive-based syntax.

Actions

Each ACL filter takes one of a number of actions specified by the action field:

  • allow: This behaves like the allow action in ip_allow.yaml in which a list of allowed methods are provided. Any request with a method in the list is allowed, while any request with a method not in the list is denied. The exception to this is if proxy.config.url_remap.acl_behavior_policy is set to 0. In this case, the allow action is a synonym for add_allow, described below.

  • add_allow: This action adds a list of allowed methods to whatever other methods are allowed in a subsequently matched ACL filter or ip_allow.yaml rule.

  • deny: This behaves like the deny action in ip_allow.yaml in which a list of denied methods are provided. Any request with a method in the list is denied, while any request with a method not in the list is allowed. The exception to this is if proxy.config.url_remap.acl_behavior_policy is set to 0. In this case, the deny action is a synonym for add_deny, described below.

  • add_deny: This action adds a list of denied methods to whatever other methods are denied in a subsequently matched ACL filter or ip_allow.yaml rule.

Filter Fields

  • src_ip – source IP address or CIDR range (can be a list)

  • src_ip_invert – inverted source IP address or CIDR range (can be a list)

  • src_ip_category – source IP category name (string)

  • src_ip_category_invert – inverted source IP category name (string)

  • in_ip – incoming IP address or CIDR range (can be a list)

  • in_ip_invert – inverted incoming IP address or CIDR range (can be a list)

  • method – HTTP method or list of methods

  • action – action to take (allow, deny, add_allow, add_deny)

  • internal – boolean, matches internal requests only

Examples

remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/neverpost
    to:
      url: http://foo.example.com/neverpost
    acl_filter:
      action: deny
      method: post

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/onlypost
    to:
      url: http://foo.example.com/onlypost
    acl_filter:
      action: allow
      method: post

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    acl_filter:
      action: deny
      src_ip: 1.2.3.4

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    acl_filter:
      action: allow
      src_ip:
       - 10.5.2.1
      in_ip:
       - 72.209.23.4

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    acl_filter:
      action: allow
      src_ip: 127.0.0.1
      method:
       - post
       - get
       - head

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    acl_filter:
      action: allow
      src_ip_category: ACME_INTERNAL
      method:
       - post
       - get
       - head

Note that these ACL filters will return a 403 response if the resource is restricted.

The difference between src_ip and in_ip is that src_ip is the client IP and in_ip is the IP address the client is connecting to (the incoming address). src_ip_category functions like ip_category described in ip_allow.yaml. If no IP address is specified for src_ip, src_ip_category, or in_ip, the filter will implicitly apply to all incoming IP addresses. This can be explicitly stated with src_ip: all.

Named Filters

Named filters can be defined globally in the acl_filters section and then activated or deactivated for blocks of mappings using filter directives.

Filter Directives

Filter directives are special entries in the remap sequence:

  • activate_filter: <name> – activates a named filter for subsequent rules

  • deactivate_filter: <name> – deactivates a named filter

  • delete_filter: <name> – removes a filter definition

  • define_filter – defines a new named filter inline

The internal operator can be used to filter on whether a request is generated by Traffic Server itself, usually by a plugin. This operator is helpful for remapping internal requests without allowing access to external users. By default both internal and external requests are allowed.

Examples

acl_filters:
  disable_delete_purge:
    action: deny
    method:
     - delete
     - purge
  local_only:
    action: allow
    src_ip:
     - 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.254
     - 10.0.0.1-10.0.0.254

remap:
  - activate_filter: disable_delete_purge

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://foo.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://bar.example.com/

  - activate_filter: local_only

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.example.com/admin
    to:
      url: http://internal.example.com/admin

  - deactivate_filter: local_only

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://internal.example.com/

  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://auth.example.com/
    to:
      url: http://auth.internal.example.com/
    acl_filter:
      action: allow
      internal: true

The filter disable_delete_purge will be applied to all of the mapping rules after it is activated. (It is activated before any mappings and is never deactivated.) The filter local_only will only be applied to the www.example.com/admin mapping.

Special Filter and ip_allow Named Filter

If ip_allow.yaml has a “deny all” filter, it is treated as a special filter that is applied before remapping for optimization. To control this for specific remap rules, a named filter called ip_allow is pre-defined. This named filter is activated implicitly by default. To stop applying the special rule, disable the ip_allow filter as shown below.

# ip_allow.yaml
ip_allow:
   - apply: in
     ip_addrs: 198.51.100.0/24
     action: deny
     method: ALL
# remap.yaml
remap:
  - deactivate_filter: ip_allow
  - type: map ...
  - type: map ...
  - activate_filter: ip_allow

Note this entirely disables ip_allow.yaml checks for those remap rules.

Evaluation Order and Matching Policy

Traffic Server evaluates multiple ACL filters in the following order:

  1. Special “deny all” filter in ip_allow.yaml

  2. In-line Filter in remap.yaml

  3. Named Filters in remap.yaml

  4. Filters in ip_allow.yaml

When a matching ACL filter is found, Traffic Server stops processing subsequent ACL filters.

Note that step 1 happens at the start of the connection before any transactions are processed, unlike the other rules here. This is an optimization: if literally all requests are denied for a source IP address via an ip_allow.yaml rule, then there is no need to process any content from that IP for the connection at all, so the connection is simply denied at the start.

Note

The ACL filter behavior in remap.yaml is identical to that in remap.config. See remap.config for details on ACL Action Behavior Changes for 10.x, Legacy Policy, Modern Policy, and examples of ACL filter combinations.

Including Additional Remap Files

The include directive allows mapping rules to be spread across multiple files. The argument to the include directive is a file path or directory path. Unless the path is absolute, it is resolved relative to the Traffic Server configuration directory.

The effect of the include directive is as if the contents of the included file(s) is included in the parent and parsing restarted at the point of inclusion. This means that any filters defined in the included files are global in scope, and that additional include directives are allowed.

Note

Included remap files are currently tracked by the configuration subsystem. Changes to included remap files will be noticed by online configuration changes applied by traffic_ctl config reload.

Examples

In a top-level remap.yaml file:

remap:
  - include: filters.yaml
  - include: one.example.com.yaml
  - include: two.example.com.yaml
  - include: /path/to/remap_fragments/  # directory

The file filters.yaml contains:

acl_filters:
  deny_purge:
    action: deny
    method: purge
  allow_purge:
    action: allow
    method: purge

The file one.example.com.yaml contains:

remap:
  - activate_filter: deny_purge
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://one.example.com
    to:
      url: http://origin-one.example.com
  - deactivate_filter: deny_purge

The file two.example.com.yaml contains:

remap:
  - activate_filter: allow_purge
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://two.example.com
    to:
      url: http://origin-two.example.com
  - deactivate_filter: allow_purge

Migration from remap.config

The remap.yaml format provides equivalent functionality to remap.config with YAML structure. Here are some common patterns:

remap.config to remap.yaml

remap.config

remap.yaml

map http://www.x.com/ http://server.com/
remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://www.x.com/
    to:
      url: http://server.com/
redirect http://old.com/ http://new.com/
remap:
  - type: redirect
    from:
      url: http://old.com/
    to:
      url: http://new.com/
map http://example.com/ http://backend.com/ \
  @plugin=plugin.so @pparam=arg1
remap:
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://example.com/
    to:
      url: http://backend.com/
    plugins:
      - name: plugin.so
        params:
         - arg1
.definefilter my_filter @action=allow @src_ip=10.0.0.0/8
.activatefilter my_filter
map http://example.com/ http://backend.com/
acl_filters:
  my_filter:
    action: allow
    src_ip: 10.0.0.0/8

remap:
  - activate_filter: my_filter
  - type: map
    from:
      url: http://example.com/
    to:
      url: http://backend.com/