What is a Site?

A site in smoxy is a reusable configuration that you assign to one or more domains. Instead of managing each domain individually, you group domains under a site so they all share the same settings for caching, security, optimization, and routing.

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How Sites Work

1. Create a site with your desired settings (caching, security, image optimization, etc.)

2. Assign domains to the site — each domain inherits the site's configuration

3. Manage centrally — changes to the site apply to all assigned domains

For example, you could assign www.example.com, shop.example.com, and blog.example.com to the same site. All three domains would share identical caching, security, and optimization settings.

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What You Can Configure

A site controls every aspect of how smoxy handles traffic for its assigned domains:

Feature	What It Does	Learn More
Origin / Load Balancer	Where smoxy sends traffic — a single server or a pool of servers	Basic Configuration
Caching	How long content is cached, cache key composition, cache tags, stale cache behavior	Advanced Caching
Image Optimization	Automatic compression, WebP/AVIF conversion, quality settings per format	Image Optimization
Acceleration	HTML caching and minification for faster page delivery	Acceleration
Security & WAF	Web Application Firewall, access rules, Basic Auth, Under Attack Mode	Security & WAF
Custom Pages	Branded error, security, and maintenance pages	Custom Pages
Rules	Override any site setting based on request conditions (URL, country, headers, etc.)	Rules Overview
Headers	Add or modify request and response HTTP headers	Basic Configuration

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Common Patterns

One Site Per Environment

Create separate sites for production, staging, and development. Each environment gets its own caching, security, and optimization settings.

Site	Domains	Settings
Production	www.example.com, shop.example.com	Aggressive caching, WAF enabled, image optimization on
Staging	staging.example.com	Short cache TTL, WAF enabled, debug headers on
Development	dev.example.com	No caching, WAF off, debug headers on

One Site for Multiple Domains

If several domains serve the same type of content with the same requirements, assign them all to one site. This avoids duplicating configuration.

Switching Configurations

You can reassign a domain to a different site at any time. The domain immediately inherits the new site's settings — no need to reconfigure anything manually.

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Sites vs. Redirect Sites

smoxy has two types of sites:

Type	Purpose
Site	Full configuration — caching, security, optimization, routing, rules
Redirect Site	Only redirects traffic to another URL — no caching, no optimization

Use a redirect site when you only need to forward one domain to another (e.g., redirecting example.com to www.example.com). See Redirect Sites for details.