set_up_DS_rate_limiter.md

Setting up the DS Rate Limiter in the Application Profile

1. On the controller, go to Templates
2. Under the Application tab, select and edit your Application Profile (or create a new one)
3. Select the DDoS tab
4. Under Add Rate Limit, select Rate Limit all HTTP requests that map to any custom string to all URLs of the Virtual Service.
5. Enter the values for Threshold and Time Period. For this particular use-case select Action as Send HTTP Local Response and Status Code as 429. You do not need to upload a file.
6. Click Save