quickstart.md

Quickstart

Build the release binary:

make release

Start Praxis:

./target/release/praxis

The server starts on 127.0.0.1:8080 with a built-in default configuration. Verify it:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/

{"status": "ok", "server": "praxis"}

Proxy to a backend

Create praxis.yaml:

listeners:
  - name: web
    address: "127.0.0.1:8080"
    filter_chains: [main]

filter_chains:
  - name: main
    filters:
      - filter: router
        routes:
          - path_prefix: "/"
            cluster: backend
      - filter: load_balancer
        clusters:
          - name: backend
            endpoints:
              - "127.0.0.1:3000"

Start Praxis with your config:

./target/release/praxis -c praxis.yaml

Requests to port 8080 are now forwarded to your backend on port 3000:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/

Next steps

• Configuration: filter chains, routing, load balancing, TLS, and all options.
• Example configs: working YAML for every feature.
• Filters: built-in filters and how to write your own.