# User Manual

Welcome to Styx user manual. 

 - [Basic Usage](user-guide/basic-usage.md) - Installing, Starting, and basic configuration of Styx.
 
 - [Styx Reverse Proxy and Routing](user-guide/reverse-proxying.md) - Overview of Styx proxy functionality.
 
 - [Styx response codes](user-guide/response-codes.md) - List of possible response codes.
   
 - [Configuration Overview](user-guide/configure-overview.md) - Overview of Styx configuration.
 
 - [Backend services and origins](user-guide/configure-origins.md) - Configuration of a backend service and its origins.
  
 - [Transport Layer Security](user-guide/configure-tls.md) - Configure TLS for Styx proxying.
 
 - [Load Balancing](user-guide/configure-load-balancing.md) - Configure load balancing.

 - [Session Affinity](user-guide/configure-session-affinity.md) - Configure Session Affinity.
 
 - [Connection Pooling](user-guide/configure-connection-pooling.md) - Configuring connection pooling for Styx.
 
 - [Health Checks](user-guide/configure-health-checks.md) - Understanding and configuring health checks.

 - [Retry Mechanism](user-guide/configure-retry-mechanism.md) - Configure retry mechanism.
 
 - [Admin Interface](user-guide/admin-interface.md)
 
 - [Metrics](user-guide/metrics.md) - Styx metrics overview.

 - [Metrics Reference](user-guide/metrics-reference.md) - Detailed description for each of Styx metrics.

 - [Advanced Routing](user-guide/configure-advanced-routing.md)
 
 - [Response Headers](user-guide/headers.md)