Seeking thoughts on ProxyConf—An Elixir-Powered Control Plane for Envoyproxy

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Hey everyone! :wave:

I’ve been working on a side project for the last 4 months that I’m excited to share—it’s called ProxyConf! ProxyConf is a control plane for Envoyproxy, designed to make Envoy configuration simpler and more manageable through OpenAPI specs.

Unlike most Envoy control plane projects, which tend to be written in Golang, I built ProxyConf entirely in Elixir. After 10 years of working with BEAM languages, I’m continuously impressed with how well Elixir handles reliability and concurrency. It’s been the perfect choice for efficiently building robust systems, and the functional approach aligns really well with this kind of control plane use case.

That said, ProxyConf is still a work in progress. It’s starting to take shape, but there’s more to be done before it’s ready for wider use. Once it’s polished and has a stable API, I’ll make a proper announcement with a deeper dive into its features and capabilities.

For now, I’d love to hear any thoughts, suggestions, or early feedback if you’re curious. Looking forward to sharing more soon—thanks for reading!

Cheers,
Andre

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This looks great! I’ve worked a lot with Envoy, but not at the control plane level. Going to dig through this. I see you also have a flake in there, this will make bringing up the environment much easier :slight_smile:

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Hi @aos

Thanks for your message. Please let me know if you need some clarifications :wink: documentation is still pretty low.

Can you share more about your experience with Envoy? What kind of use case were you addressing?

Cheers,
Andre