Proxy Servers

A proxy is a server that stands in front of another: viewers connect to the proxy, the proxy relays to the real streaming server behind it. The backend’s address never appears in a playlist — what the world sees is a box you can replace in minutes.

Why run one

Address separation. Playlists point at the proxy. If the proxy’s IP is blocked, burned or attacked, you swap the proxy — the streaming fleet and the panel never move.

Locality. Put a proxy near an audience while the heavy infrastructure stays where bandwidth is cheap.

Install and configure

Proxies install like load balancers — Servers → Install Server, type proxy, fronting the backend server you choose. Each proxy then carries its own settings:

• Ports — HTTP and HTTPS broadcast ports, with HTTPS switchable.
• Total clients — a hard connection ceiling.
• Guaranteed speed — the bandwidth figure balancing decisions weigh.
• Domain names — the hostnames this proxy answers to.
• Random IP — rotate among the proxy’s addresses when it has several.
• Geo rules — a proxy can carry its own country preferences, same as any server.

The proxy appears in the server list with the same live monitoring as everything else — connections, resources, throughput.

Proxy, or load balancer?

A load balancer adds capacity: it streams. A proxy adds separation: it relays. Fleets use both — balancers to carry the audience, proxies to decide what address the audience ever sees. Where viewers land is the next page: geo routing.