Feature Proposal: Advanced Configuration Tab for Custom Responses in Zoraxy

[gabriellxxix]

Overview:
Introduce an "Advanced Configuration" tab in Zoraxy’s user interface, similar to Nginx Proxy Manager (NPM), allowing users to define custom location blocks and responses for specific paths. This feature would greatly enhance Zoraxy’s flexibility for handling use cases like .well-known verification for Matrix servers or other scenarios requiring tailored responses.

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Key Features:

1. Custom Location Definition:

   • Allow users to specify custom paths (e.g., /path/to/resource) within the Advanced tab.
   • Enable granular configuration for these paths.

2. Custom Response Support:

   • Provide fields to define HTTP status codes (e.g., 200, 404) and the Content-Type header (e.g., application/json).
   • Allow users to input static responses (e.g., JSON payloads) directly in the UI.

3. Header Configuration:

   • Enable the addition of custom headers (e.g., X-Custom-Header) for specific responses.
   • Support for required headers for protocols like Matrix.

4. Preview and Validation:

   • Add a preview feature to validate configurations before applying.
   • Display a real-time preview of the response format.

5. Save and Apply:

   • Persist configurations and apply them seamlessly to the server without manual file edits.

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Example Use Case:

Goal: Configure .well-known paths for Matrix server verification.

1. In the Advanced Configuration tab:

   • Define the location /well-known/matrix/server.
   • Set Content-Type to application/json.
   • Set response payload to:

     { "m.server": "matrix.example.com:443" }

2. Define another location /well-known/matrix/client with:

   {
     "m.homeserver": { "base_url": "https://matrix.example.com" },
     "m.identity_server": { "base_url": "https://vector.im" }
   }

3. Apply the configuration and verify that both endpoints respond with the correct payload.

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Benefits:

• Ease of Use: Simplifies advanced configurations for users unfamiliar with manual file editing or command-line tools.
• Increased Flexibility: Broadens Zoraxy’s usability for diverse web server use cases.
• Competitiveness: Bridges the gap with tools like NPM, making Zoraxy more appealing for developers and sysadmins.

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This feature would make Zoraxy a more versatile and powerful tool for handling custom server configurations.

[tobychui]

Haven't seen such structured and reasonable request in a long time it almost looks like it is generated with ChatGPT.

For your suggestions, I think you pick the wrong tool. Have you tried Caddy?

Though I think the later introduction of the plugin system should be able to provide nessary interface for implementing something like this. But if you are already comfortable with CLI, I see no point for using Zoraxy which is designed for beginners.