Soli Proxy
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The facts
Each one read from Soli Proxy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Admin API
- The REST Admin API manages routes, apps, circuit breakers, and server configuration at runtime.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- The Admin API can use an API key, and the documentation says it must be bound to loopback if no authentication is configured.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Routing configuration can be hot-reloaded without restarting the server.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The deployment guide provides examples for Docker, daemon mode, and systemd.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployments
- Managed apps support blue-green deployments with health checks and traffic switching.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented deployment and app hosting options include Docker and systemd, and metrics can be used with Grafana dashboards.checked 8 Oct 2026
- License
- The site footer identifies Soli Proxy as MIT licensed.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Metrics
- A built-in Prometheus metrics endpoint is compatible with Prometheus, Grafana Agent, and other compatible collectors.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Observability
- A built-in Prometheus metrics endpoint can be scraped by Prometheus, Grafana Agent, or compatible collectors.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Soli Proxy is an HTTP/2 reverse proxy server built with Rust and Hyper 1.0.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Protocols
- The proxy supports HTTP/2, WebSockets, and HTTP/1.1 fallback as described in the maker's repository README.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Soli Proxy is an HTTP/2 reverse proxy server built with Rust and Hyper 1.0.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Rate limiting
- Soli Proxy does not include a built-in rate limiter; the security guide describes implementing one through Lua scripting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Resilience
- Per-backend circuit breakers can stop routing to failing backends, and multiple targets support round-robin, weighted, or failover load balancing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Scripting
- Lua 5.4 scripts can add authentication, routing, response transformation, and logging hooks.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The admin API can require an API key and refuses non-loopback binding unless authentication is configured.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security limits
- The documentation says Soli Proxy does not include a built-in rate limiter; rate limiting can be implemented through Lua scripting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- TLS
- It supports self-signed certificates for development and automated Let's Encrypt certificates for configured domains.checked 8 Oct 2026
- WebSockets
- It supports transparent WebSocket proxying with bidirectional streaming.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App hosting
- It can discover apps in a sites directory, allocate ports, run health checks, and deploy apps with blue-green updates.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The install script supports Linux and macOS on x86_64 and arm64; the guide also documents building from source with Rust 1.75 or later.checked 8 Oct 2026
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