smartproxy/readme.md

# @push.rocks/smartproxy 🚀

**A high-performance, Rust-powered proxy toolkit for Node.js** — unified route-based configuration for SSL/TLS termination, HTTP/HTTPS reverse proxying, WebSocket support, load balancing, custom protocol handlers, and kernel-level NFTables forwarding.

## 📦 Installation

```bash
npm install @push.rocks/smartproxy
# or
pnpm add @push.rocks/smartproxy
```

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## 🎯 What is SmartProxy?

SmartProxy is a production-ready proxy solution that takes the complexity out of traffic management. Under the hood, all networking — TCP, TLS, HTTP reverse proxy, connection tracking, security enforcement, and NFTables — is handled by a **Rust engine** for maximum performance, while you configure everything through a clean TypeScript API with full type safety.

Whether you're building microservices, deploying edge infrastructure, or need a battle-tested reverse proxy with automatic Let's Encrypt certificates, SmartProxy has you covered.

### ⚡ Key Features

| Feature | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| 🦀 **Rust-Powered Engine** | All networking handled by a high-performance Rust binary via IPC |
| 🔀 **Unified Route-Based Config** | Clean match/action patterns for intuitive traffic routing |
| 🔒 **Automatic SSL/TLS** | Zero-config HTTPS with Let's Encrypt ACME integration |
| 🎯 **Flexible Matching** | Route by port, domain, path, client IP, TLS version, headers, or custom logic |
| 🚄 **High-Performance** | Choose between user-space or kernel-level (NFTables) forwarding |
| ⚖️ **Load Balancing** | Round-robin, least-connections, IP-hash with health checks |
| 🛡️ **Enterprise Security** | IP filtering, rate limiting, basic auth, JWT auth, connection limits |
| 🔌 **WebSocket Support** | First-class WebSocket proxying with ping/pong keep-alive |
| 🎮 **Custom Protocols** | Socket handlers for implementing any protocol in TypeScript |
| 📊 **Live Metrics** | Real-time throughput, connection counts, and performance data |
| 🔧 **Dynamic Management** | Add/remove ports and routes at runtime without restarts |
| 🔄 **PROXY Protocol** | Full PROXY protocol v1/v2 support for preserving client information |

## 🚀 Quick Start

Get up and running in 30 seconds:

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createCompleteHttpsServer } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

// Create a proxy with automatic HTTPS
const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  acme: {
    email: 'ssl@yourdomain.com',
    useProduction: true
  },
  routes: [
    // Complete HTTPS setup in one call! ✨
    ...createCompleteHttpsServer('app.example.com', {
      host: 'localhost',
      port: 3000
    }, {
      certificate: 'auto'  // Automatic Let's Encrypt cert 🎩
    })
  ]
});

await proxy.start();
console.log('🚀 Proxy running with automatic HTTPS!');
```

## 📚 Core Concepts

### 🏗️ Route-Based Architecture

SmartProxy uses a powerful **match/action** pattern that makes routing predictable and maintainable:

```typescript
{
  name: 'api-route',
  match: {
    ports: 443,
    domains: 'api.example.com',
    path: '/v1/*'
  },
  action: {
    type: 'forward',
    targets: [{ host: 'backend', port: 8080 }],
    tls: { mode: 'terminate', certificate: 'auto' }
  }
}
```

Every route consists of:
- **Match** — What traffic to capture (ports, domains, paths, IPs, headers)
- **Action** — What to do with it (`forward` or `socket-handler`)
- **Security** (optional) — IP allow/block lists, rate limits, authentication
- **Headers** (optional) — Request/response header manipulation with template variables
- **Name/Priority** (optional) — For identification and ordering

### 🔄 TLS Modes

SmartProxy supports three TLS handling modes:

| Mode | Description | Use Case |
|------|-------------|----------|
| `passthrough` | Forward encrypted traffic as-is (SNI-based routing) | Backend handles TLS |
| `terminate` | Decrypt at proxy, forward plain HTTP to backend | Standard reverse proxy |
| `terminate-and-reencrypt` | Decrypt, then re-encrypt to backend | Zero-trust environments |

## 💡 Common Use Cases

### 🌐 HTTP to HTTPS Redirect

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createHttpToHttpsRedirect } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  routes: [
    createHttpToHttpsRedirect(['example.com', '*.example.com'])
  ]
});
```

### ⚖️ Load Balancer with Health Checks

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createLoadBalancerRoute } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  routes: [
    createLoadBalancerRoute(
      'app.example.com',
      [
        { host: 'server1.internal', port: 8080 },
        { host: 'server2.internal', port: 8080 },
        { host: 'server3.internal', port: 8080 }
      ],
      {
        tls: { mode: 'terminate', certificate: 'auto' },
        loadBalancing: {
          algorithm: 'round-robin',
          healthCheck: {
            path: '/health',
            interval: 30000,
            timeout: 5000
          }
        }
      }
    )
  ]
});
```

### 🔌 WebSocket Proxy

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createWebSocketRoute } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  routes: [
    createWebSocketRoute(
      'ws.example.com',
      { host: 'websocket-server', port: 8080 },
      {
        path: '/socket',
        useTls: true,
        certificate: 'auto',
        pingInterval: 30000,
        pingTimeout: 10000
      }
    )
  ]
});
```

### 🚦 API Gateway with Rate Limiting

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createApiGatewayRoute, addRateLimiting } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

let apiRoute = createApiGatewayRoute(
  'api.example.com',
  '/api',
  { host: 'api-backend', port: 8080 },
  {
    useTls: true,
    certificate: 'auto',
    addCorsHeaders: true
  }
);

// Add rate limiting — 100 requests per minute per IP
apiRoute = addRateLimiting(apiRoute, {
  maxRequests: 100,
  window: 60,
  keyBy: 'ip'
});

const proxy = new SmartProxy({ routes: [apiRoute] });
```

### 🎮 Custom Protocol Handler

SmartProxy lets you implement any protocol with full socket control. Routes with JavaScript socket handlers are automatically relayed from the Rust engine back to your TypeScript code:

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createSocketHandlerRoute, SocketHandlers } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

// Use pre-built handlers
const echoRoute = createSocketHandlerRoute(
  'echo.example.com',
  7777,
  SocketHandlers.echo
);

// Or create your own custom protocol
const customRoute = createSocketHandlerRoute(
  'custom.example.com',
  9999,
  async (socket, context) => {
    console.log(`Connection from ${context.clientIp}`);
    socket.write('Welcome to my custom protocol!\n');

    socket.on('data', (data) => {
      const command = data.toString().trim();
      switch (command) {
        case 'PING': socket.write('PONG\n'); break;
        case 'TIME': socket.write(`${new Date().toISOString()}\n`); break;
        case 'QUIT': socket.end('Goodbye!\n'); break;
        default: socket.write(`Unknown: ${command}\n`);
      }
    });
  }
);

const proxy = new SmartProxy({ routes: [echoRoute, customRoute] });
```

**Pre-built Socket Handlers:**

| Handler | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `SocketHandlers.echo` | Echo server — returns everything sent |
| `SocketHandlers.proxy(host, port)` | TCP proxy to another server |
| `SocketHandlers.lineProtocol(handler)` | Line-based text protocol |
| `SocketHandlers.httpResponse(code, body)` | Simple HTTP response |
| `SocketHandlers.httpRedirect(url, code)` | HTTP redirect with template variables (`{domain}`, `{path}`, `{port}`, `{clientIp}`) |
| `SocketHandlers.httpServer(handler)` | Full HTTP request/response handling |
| `SocketHandlers.httpBlock(status, message)` | HTTP block response |
| `SocketHandlers.block(message)` | Block with optional message |

### ⚡ High-Performance NFTables Forwarding

For ultra-low latency on Linux, use kernel-level forwarding (requires root):

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createNfTablesTerminateRoute } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  routes: [
    createNfTablesTerminateRoute(
      'fast.example.com',
      { host: 'backend', port: 8080 },
      {
        ports: 443,
        certificate: 'auto',
        preserveSourceIP: true,  // Backend sees real client IP
        maxRate: '1gbps'         // QoS rate limiting
      }
    )
  ]
});
```

### 🔒 SNI Passthrough (TLS Passthrough)

Forward encrypted traffic to backends without terminating TLS — the proxy routes based on the SNI hostname alone:

```typescript
import { SmartProxy, createHttpsPassthroughRoute } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  routes: [
    createHttpsPassthroughRoute('secure.example.com', {
      host: 'backend-that-handles-tls',
      port: 8443
    })
  ]
});
```

## 🔧 Advanced Features

### 🎯 Dynamic Routing

Route traffic based on runtime conditions using function-based host/port resolution:

```typescript
const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  routes: [{
    name: 'dynamic-backend',
    match: {
      ports: 443,
      domains: 'app.example.com'
    },
    action: {
      type: 'forward',
      targets: [{
        host: (context) => {
          return context.path?.startsWith('/premium')
            ? 'premium-backend'
            : 'standard-backend';
        },
        port: 8080
      }],
      tls: { mode: 'terminate', certificate: 'auto' }
    }
  }]
});
```

> **Note:** Routes with dynamic functions (host/port callbacks) are automatically relayed through the TypeScript socket handler server, since JavaScript functions can't be serialized to Rust.

### 🔒 Security Controls

Comprehensive per-route security options:

```typescript
{
  name: 'secure-api',
  match: { ports: 443, domains: 'api.example.com' },
  action: {
    type: 'forward',
    targets: [{ host: 'api-backend', port: 8080 }],
    tls: { mode: 'terminate', certificate: 'auto' }
  },
  security: {
    // IP-based access control
    ipAllowList: ['10.0.0.0/8', '192.168.*'],
    ipBlockList: ['192.168.1.100'],

    // Connection limits
    maxConnections: 1000,

    // Rate limiting
    rateLimit: {
      enabled: true,
      maxRequests: 100,
      window: 60
    },

    // Authentication
    basicAuth: { users: [{ username: 'admin', password: 'secret' }] },
    jwtAuth: { secret: 'your-jwt-secret', algorithm: 'HS256' }
  }
}
```

**Security modifier helpers** let you add security to any existing route:

```typescript
import { addRateLimiting, addBasicAuth, addJwtAuth } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

let route = createHttpsTerminateRoute('api.example.com', { host: 'backend', port: 8080 });
route = addRateLimiting(route, { maxRequests: 100, window: 60, keyBy: 'ip' });
route = addBasicAuth(route, { users: [{ username: 'admin', password: 'secret' }] });
```

### 📊 Runtime Management

Control your proxy without restarts:

```typescript
// Dynamic port management
await proxy.addListeningPort(8443);
await proxy.removeListeningPort(8080);
const ports = await proxy.getListeningPorts();

// Update routes on the fly (atomic, mutex-locked)
await proxy.updateRoutes([...newRoutes]);

// Get real-time metrics
const metrics = proxy.getMetrics();
console.log(`Active connections: ${metrics.connections.active()}`);
console.log(`Requests/sec: ${metrics.throughput.requestsPerSecond()}`);

// Get detailed statistics from the Rust engine
const stats = await proxy.getStatistics();

// Certificate management
await proxy.provisionCertificate('my-route-name');
await proxy.renewCertificate('my-route-name');
const certStatus = await proxy.getCertificateStatus('my-route-name');

// NFTables status
const nftStatus = await proxy.getNfTablesStatus();
```

### 🔄 Header Manipulation

Transform requests and responses with template variables:

```typescript
{
  action: {
    type: 'forward',
    targets: [{ host: 'backend', port: 8080 }]
  },
  headers: {
    request: {
      'X-Real-IP': '{clientIp}',
      'X-Request-ID': '{uuid}',
      'X-Forwarded-Proto': 'https'
    },
    response: {
      'Strict-Transport-Security': 'max-age=31536000',
      'X-Frame-Options': 'DENY'
    }
  }
}
```

### 🔀 PROXY Protocol Support

Preserve original client information through proxy chains:

```typescript
const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  // Accept PROXY protocol from trusted load balancers
  acceptProxyProtocol: true,
  proxyIPs: ['10.0.0.1', '10.0.0.2'],

  // Forward PROXY protocol to backends
  sendProxyProtocol: true,

  routes: [...]
});
```

### 🏗️ Custom Certificate Provisioning

Supply your own certificates or integrate with external certificate providers:

```typescript
const proxy = new SmartProxy({
  certProvisionFunction: async (domain: string) => {
    // Return 'http01' to let the built-in ACME handle it
    if (domain.endsWith('.example.com')) return 'http01';

    // Or return a static certificate object
    return {
      publicKey: myPemCert,
      privateKey: myPemKey,
    };
  },
  certProvisionFallbackToAcme: true,  // Fall back to ACME if callback fails
  routes: [...]
});
```

## 🏛️ Architecture

SmartProxy uses a hybrid **Rust + TypeScript** architecture:

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  Your Application                    │
│     (TypeScript — routes, config, socket handlers)   │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
                   │  IPC (JSON over stdin/stdout)
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────┐
│              Rust Proxy Engine                        │
│  ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐  │
│  │ TCP/TLS │ │  HTTP    │ │  Route  │ │  ACME    │  │
│  │ Listener│ │ Reverse  │ │ Matcher │ │ Cert Mgr │  │
│  │         │ │  Proxy   │ │         │ │          │  │
│  └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └──────────┘  │
│  ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌──────────┐  │
│  │ Security│ │ Metrics  │ │ Connec- │ │ NFTables │  │
│  │ Enforce │ │ Collect  │ │  tion   │ │  Mgr     │  │
│  │         │ │          │ │ Tracker │ │          │  │
│  └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └──────────┘  │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
                   │  Unix Socket Relay
┌──────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────┐
│       TypeScript Socket Handler Server               │
│  (for JS-defined socket handlers & dynamic routes)   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

- **Rust Engine** handles all networking, TLS, HTTP proxying, connection management, security, and metrics
- **TypeScript** provides the npm API, configuration types, route helpers, validation, and socket handler callbacks
- **IPC** — JSON commands/events over stdin/stdout for seamless cross-language communication
- **Socket Relay** — a Unix domain socket server for routes requiring TypeScript-side handling (socket handlers, dynamic host/port functions)

## 🎯 Route Configuration Reference

### Match Criteria

```typescript
interface IRouteMatch {
  ports: number | number[] | Array<{ from: number; to: number }>;  // Port(s) to listen on
  domains?: string | string[];         // 'example.com', '*.example.com'
  path?: string;                       // '/api/*', '/users/:id'
  clientIp?: string[];                 // ['10.0.0.0/8', '192.168.*']
  tlsVersion?: string[];               // ['TLSv1.2', 'TLSv1.3']
  headers?: Record<string, string | RegExp>;  // Match by HTTP headers
}
```

### Action Types

| Type | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `forward` | Proxy to one or more backend targets (with optional TLS, WebSocket, load balancing) |
| `socket-handler` | Custom socket handling function in TypeScript |

### Target Options

```typescript
interface IRouteTarget {
  host: string | string[] | ((context: IRouteContext) => string);
  port: number | 'preserve' | ((context: IRouteContext) => number);
  tls?: { ... };           // Per-target TLS override
  priority?: number;        // Target priority
  match?: ITargetMatch;    // Sub-match within a route (by port, path, headers, method)
}
```

### TLS Options

```typescript
interface IRouteTls {
  mode: 'passthrough' | 'terminate' | 'terminate-and-reencrypt';
  certificate: 'auto' | {
    key: string;
    cert: string;
    ca?: string;
    keyFile?: string;
    certFile?: string;
  };
  acme?: {
    email: string;
    useProduction?: boolean;
    challengePort?: number;
    renewBeforeDays?: number;
  };
  versions?: string[];
  ciphers?: string[];
  honorCipherOrder?: boolean;
  sessionTimeout?: number;
}
```

### WebSocket Options

```typescript
interface IRouteWebSocket {
  enabled: boolean;
  pingInterval?: number;     // ms between pings
  pingTimeout?: number;      // ms to wait for pong
  maxPayloadSize?: number;   // Maximum frame payload
  subprotocols?: string[];   // Allowed subprotocols
  allowedOrigins?: string[]; // CORS origins
}
```

### Load Balancing Options

```typescript
interface IRouteLoadBalancing {
  algorithm: 'round-robin' | 'least-connections' | 'ip-hash';
  healthCheck?: {
    path: string;
    interval: number;   // ms
    timeout: number;    // ms
    unhealthyThreshold?: number;
    healthyThreshold?: number;
  };
}
```

## 🛠️ Helper Functions Reference

All helpers are fully typed and return `IRouteConfig` or `IRouteConfig[]`:

```typescript
import {
  // HTTP/HTTPS
  createHttpRoute,                 // Plain HTTP route
  createHttpsTerminateRoute,       // HTTPS with TLS termination
  createHttpsPassthroughRoute,     // SNI passthrough (no termination)
  createHttpToHttpsRedirect,       // HTTP → HTTPS redirect
  createCompleteHttpsServer,       // HTTPS + redirect combo (returns IRouteConfig[])

  // Load Balancing
  createLoadBalancerRoute,         // Multi-backend with health checks
  createSmartLoadBalancer,         // Dynamic domain-based backend selection

  // API & WebSocket
  createApiRoute,                  // API route with path matching
  createApiGatewayRoute,           // API gateway with CORS
  createWebSocketRoute,            // WebSocket-enabled route

  // Custom Protocols
  createSocketHandlerRoute,        // Custom socket handler
  SocketHandlers,                  // Pre-built handlers (echo, proxy, block, etc.)

  // NFTables (Linux, requires root)
  createNfTablesRoute,             // Kernel-level packet forwarding
  createNfTablesTerminateRoute,    // NFTables + TLS termination
  createCompleteNfTablesHttpsServer, // NFTables HTTPS + redirect combo

  // Dynamic Routing
  createPortMappingRoute,          // Port mapping with context
  createOffsetPortMappingRoute,    // Simple port offset
  createDynamicRoute,              // Dynamic host/port via functions

  // Security Modifiers
  addRateLimiting,                 // Add rate limiting to any route
  addBasicAuth,                    // Add basic auth to any route
  addJwtAuth,                      // Add JWT auth to any route

  // Route Utilities
  mergeRouteConfigs,               // Deep-merge two route configs
  findMatchingRoutes,              // Find routes matching criteria
  findBestMatchingRoute,           // Find best matching route
  cloneRoute,                      // Deep-clone a route
  generateRouteId,                 // Generate deterministic route ID
  RouteValidator,                  // Validate route configurations
} from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';
```

## 📖 API Documentation

### SmartProxy Class

```typescript
class SmartProxy extends EventEmitter {
  constructor(options: ISmartProxyOptions);

  // Lifecycle
  start(): Promise<void>;
  stop(): Promise<void>;

  // Route Management (atomic, mutex-locked)
  updateRoutes(routes: IRouteConfig[]): Promise<void>;

  // Port Management
  addListeningPort(port: number): Promise<void>;
  removeListeningPort(port: number): Promise<void>;
  getListeningPorts(): Promise<number[]>;

  // Monitoring & Metrics
  getMetrics(): IMetrics;              // Sync — returns cached metrics adapter
  getStatistics(): Promise<any>;       // Async — queries Rust engine

  // Certificate Management
  provisionCertificate(routeName: string): Promise<void>;
  renewCertificate(routeName: string): Promise<void>;
  getCertificateStatus(routeName: string): Promise<any>;
  getEligibleDomainsForCertificates(): string[];

  // NFTables
  getNfTablesStatus(): Promise<Record<string, any>>;

  // Events
  on(event: 'error', handler: (err: Error) => void): this;
}
```

### Configuration Options

```typescript
interface ISmartProxyOptions {
  routes: IRouteConfig[];                   // Required: array of route configs

  // ACME/Let's Encrypt
  acme?: {
    email: string;                          // Contact email for Let's Encrypt
    useProduction?: boolean;                // Use production servers (default: false)
    port?: number;                          // HTTP-01 challenge port (default: 80)
    renewThresholdDays?: number;            // Days before expiry to renew (default: 30)
    autoRenew?: boolean;                    // Enable auto-renewal (default: true)
    certificateStore?: string;              // Directory to store certs (default: './certs')
    renewCheckIntervalHours?: number;       // Renewal check interval (default: 24)
  };

  // Custom certificate provisioning
  certProvisionFunction?: (domain: string) => Promise<ICert | 'http01'>;
  certProvisionFallbackToAcme?: boolean;    // Fall back to ACME on failure (default: true)

  // Global defaults
  defaults?: {
    target?: { host: string; port: number };
    security?: { ipAllowList?: string[]; ipBlockList?: string[]; maxConnections?: number };
  };

  // PROXY protocol
  proxyIPs?: string[];                      // Trusted proxy IPs
  acceptProxyProtocol?: boolean;            // Accept PROXY protocol headers
  sendProxyProtocol?: boolean;              // Send PROXY protocol to targets

  // Timeouts
  connectionTimeout?: number;               // Backend connection timeout (default: 30s)
  initialDataTimeout?: number;              // Initial data/SNI timeout (default: 120s)
  socketTimeout?: number;                   // Socket inactivity timeout (default: 1h)
  maxConnectionLifetime?: number;           // Max connection lifetime (default: 24h)
  inactivityTimeout?: number;               // Inactivity timeout (default: 4h)
  gracefulShutdownTimeout?: number;         // Shutdown grace period (default: 30s)

  // Connection limits
  maxConnectionsPerIP?: number;             // Per-IP connection limit (default: 100)
  connectionRateLimitPerMinute?: number;    // Per-IP rate limit (default: 300/min)

  // Keep-alive
  keepAliveTreatment?: 'standard' | 'extended' | 'immortal';
  keepAliveInactivityMultiplier?: number;   // (default: 6)
  extendedKeepAliveLifetime?: number;       // (default: 7 days)

  // Metrics
  metrics?: {
    enabled?: boolean;
    sampleIntervalMs?: number;
    retentionSeconds?: number;
  };

  // Behavior
  enableDetailedLogging?: boolean;          // Verbose connection logging
  enableTlsDebugLogging?: boolean;          // TLS handshake debug logging

  // Rust binary
  rustBinaryPath?: string;                  // Custom path to the Rust binary
}
```

### NfTablesProxy Class

A standalone class for managing nftables NAT rules directly (Linux only, requires root):

```typescript
import { NfTablesProxy } from '@push.rocks/smartproxy';

const nftProxy = new NfTablesProxy({
  fromPorts: [80, 443],
  toHost: 'backend-server',
  toPorts: [8080, 8443],
  protocol: 'tcp',
  preserveSourceIP: true,
  enableIPv6: true,
  maxRate: '1gbps',
  useIPSets: true
});

await nftProxy.start();      // Apply nftables rules
const status = nftProxy.getStatus();
await nftProxy.stop();        // Remove rules
```

## 🐛 Troubleshooting

### Certificate Issues
- ✅ Ensure domain DNS points to your server
- ✅ Port 80 must be accessible for ACME HTTP-01 challenges
- ✅ Check DNS propagation with `dig` or `nslookup`
- ✅ Verify the email in ACME configuration is valid
- ✅ Use `getCertificateStatus('route-name')` to check cert state

### Connection Problems
- ✅ Check route priorities (higher number = matched first)
- ✅ Verify security rules aren't blocking legitimate traffic
- ✅ Test with `curl -v` for detailed connection output
- ✅ Enable debug logging with `enableDetailedLogging: true`

### Rust Binary Not Found
SmartProxy searches for the Rust binary in this order:
1. `SMARTPROXY_RUST_BINARY` environment variable
2. Platform-specific npm package (`@push.rocks/smartproxy-linux-x64`, etc.)
3. Local dev build (`./rust/target/release/rustproxy`)
4. System PATH (`rustproxy`)

Set `rustBinaryPath` in options to override.

### Performance Tuning
- ✅ Use NFTables forwarding for high-traffic routes (Linux only)
- ✅ Enable connection keep-alive where appropriate
- ✅ Use `getMetrics()` and `getStatistics()` to identify bottlenecks
- ✅ Adjust `maxConnectionsPerIP` and `connectionRateLimitPerMinute` based on your workload
- ✅ Use `passthrough` TLS mode when backend can handle TLS directly

## 🏆 Best Practices

1. **📝 Use Helper Functions** — They provide sensible defaults and prevent common mistakes
2. **🎯 Set Route Priorities** — More specific routes should have higher priority values
3. **🔒 Enable Security** — Always use IP filtering and rate limiting for public-facing services
4. **📊 Monitor Metrics** — Use the built-in metrics to catch issues early
5. **🔄 Certificate Monitoring** — Set up alerts before certificates expire
6. **🛑 Graceful Shutdown** — Always call `proxy.stop()` for clean connection termination
7. **✅ Validate Routes** — Use `RouteValidator.validateRoutes()` to catch config errors before deployment
8. **🔀 Atomic Updates** — Use `updateRoutes()` for hot-reloading routes (mutex-locked, no downtime)
9. **🎮 Use Socket Handlers** — For protocols beyond HTTP, implement custom socket handlers instead of fighting the proxy model

## License and Legal Information

This repository contains open-source code licensed under the MIT License. A copy of the license can be found in the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file.

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