[id='endpoint-connectors_{context}']
= Endpoint protocol connectors
Endpoints multiplex different protocol connectors through a single port.
Protocol connectors employ detectors to inspect incoming traffic and direct client connections to the appropriate handler.
An endpoint will enable all protocol connectors that support the configured security realm, unless connectors are declared
explicitly.
The default endpoint configuration, using the default property security realm, implicitly enables all the protocol connectors
(Hot Rod, REST, RESP, Memcached).

.XML
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="primary"]
----
include::xml/server_endpoints_default.xml[]
----

.JSON
[source,json,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="secondary"]
----
include::json/server_endpoints_default.json[]
----

.YAML
[source,yaml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="secondary"]
----
include::yaml/server_endpoints_default.yaml[]
----

Enable specific protocol connectors using explicit declaration.

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|===
|Configuration element or attribute |Description

|`endpoints`
|Wraps endpoint connector configuration.

|`endpoint`
|Declares a {brandname} Server endpoint that configures Hot Rod and REST connectors to use a socket binding and security realm.

|`hotrod-connector`
|Includes the Hot Rod endpoint in the `endpoint` configuration.

|`rest-connector`
|Includes the REST endpoint in the `endpoint` configuration.

|`resp-connector`
|Includes the RESP endpoint in the `endpoint` configuration.

|`memcached-connector`
|Includes the Memcached endpoint in the `endpoint` configuration.
|===

Expose a single endpoint with only the REST and Hot Rod connectors on the `default` socket binding with the `default`
security realm:

.XML
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="primary"]
----
include::xml/server_endpoints_rest_hotrod.xml[]
----

.JSON
[source,json,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="secondary"]
----
include::json/server_endpoints_rest_hotrod.json[]
----

.YAML
[source,yaml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="secondary"]
----
include::yaml/server_endpoints_rest_hotrod.yaml[]
----

Expose a REST connector on the `default` socket binding with the `default` security realm and a RESP connector on the
`resp` socket binding with the `none` security realm:

.XML
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="primary"]
----
include::xml/server_endpoints_rest_resp.xml[]
----

.JSON
[source,json,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="secondary"]
----
include::json/server_endpoints_rest_resp.json[]
----

.YAML
[source,yaml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+,role="secondary"]
----
include::yaml/server_endpoints_rest_resp.yaml[]
----

== Endpoint request limits

Endpoints, by default, impose a `10MB` limit on request sizes. 
If the client sends a request larger than the limit, the request may be met with an exception or the connection may be forcibly closed.
The limit is configured via the `max-content-length` attributed. This is expressed in bytes and allows for a string
value with a size suffix (e.g. 128KB, 10MB, 1.5GB). Note that this is the size of the entire request and is not limited to a single key or value.

.Hot Rod, RESP & Memcached endpoints

[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
----
include::xml/server_endpoints_limits_hotrod_resp_memcached.xml[]
----

.REST endpoint

[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
----
include::xml/server_endpoints_limits_rest.xml[]
----

[role="_additional-resources"]
.Additional resources
* link:../../configuration-schema/index.html[{brandname} schema reference]
