Introduction
smoxy sits between your visitors and your origin server. It caches content, optimizes images, secures traffic with WAF and SSL, and gives you real-time analytics - all without changes to your application code.
First Time Here?
Follow the Getting Started guide to connect your first domain, verify DNS, and activate smoxy. The entire setup takes a few minutes.
Core Concepts
| Concept | What It Does | Learn More |
|---|---|---|
| Organization | Your account - it holds your zones, domains, team, and billing | Zone Overview |
| Zones | A reusable configuration bundle (proxy, caching, optimization, security, rules) that applies to its attached hostnames | What is a Zone? |
| Hostnames | The domains and subdomains you attach to a zone - point their CNAME at smoxy and the zone's settings take over | What is a Zone? |
| Domains | A whole domain whose DNS smoxy can host and manage for you | Domain Overview |
| Origins | Your backend servers where smoxy forwards requests | Backends |
| Rules | Conditions and actions that modify requests, responses, or routing on the fly | Rules Overview |
Popular Topics
Performance
- Advanced Caching - TTL, cache keys, cache tags, stale cache
- Image Optimization - Automatic compression, format conversion (WebP, AVIF)
- HTML Caching - Dynamic cache for text/html at the edge, minification
Security
- Security & WAF - Web Application Firewall, Basic Auth, Under Attack Mode
- How SSL Works in smoxy - Auto-managed and self-managed certificates
- Access Rules - Block or allow traffic by IP, country, header, or path
Operations
- Dashboard - Real-time traffic charts, cache management, Go-Live checklist
- Cache Invalidation - Purge cached content by URL or tag
- DNS Management - Host your DNS zones in smoxy
Need Help?
- Browse the documentation using the sidebar or search
- Check SSL Troubleshooting for certificate issues
- Contact our support team if you're stuck