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🔧 Configuration Guide

Comprehensive configuration for enterprise deployment

This guide covers all configuration options for deploying Reforms Messenger in enterprise environments, from basic setups to advanced multi-region deployments.

🚀 Quick Start Configuration​

Basic Self-Hosted Setup​

Minimum viable configuration for getting started:

# config/production.yaml
server:
  host: "0.0.0.0"
  port: 8443
  ssl:
    enabled: true
    certPath: "/etc/ssl/certs/reforms.crt"
    keyPath: "/etc/ssl/private/reforms.key"

signaling:
  mode: "zero-knowledge"
  retentionPolicy: "never"
  
crypto:
  identityProvider: "self-sovereign"
  encryptionLevel: "maximum"

logging:
  level: "info"
  destination: "stdout"

🌐 Environment Variables​

Set these essential environment variables:

# Core Configuration
REFORMS_MODE=production
REFORMS_HOST=your-domain.com
REFORMS_PORT=8443

# Security
REFORMS_SSL_CERT=/path/to/cert.pem
REFORMS_SSL_KEY=/path/to/key.pem
REFORMS_ENCRYPTION_LEVEL=maximum

# Database (optional)
REFORMS_DB_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/reforms

# Monitoring
REFORMS_LOG_LEVEL=info
REFORMS_METRICS_ENABLED=true

🏢 Enterprise Configuration​

🏥 Healthcare (HIPAA Compliance)​

# config/healthcare.yaml
compliance:
  standard: "HIPAA"
  auditLogging: true
  dataRetention: "never"
  encryptionLevel: "FIPS-140-2"

server:
  host: "0.0.0.0"
  port: 8443
  ssl:
    enabled: true
    protocols: ["TLSv1.3"]
    ciphers: ["ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384"]

signaling:
  mode: "zero-knowledge"
  metadataCollection: "minimal"
  geoRestriction:
    enabled: true
    allowedRegions: ["US"]

security:
  authentication:
    multiFactorRequired: true
    sessionTimeout: 3600 # 1 hour
  
  audit:
    enabled: true
    destination: "file"
    path: "/var/log/reforms/audit.log"
    retention: "7-years"
    
networking:
  firewall:
    strictMode: true
    allowedPorts: [443, 8443]
  
  turn:
    enabled: true
    credentials: "time-limited"
    servers:
      - url: "turn:turn.your-domain.com:3478"
        username: "reforms"
        credential: "${TURN_SECRET}"

🏦 Financial Services (Multi-Jurisdiction)​

# config/financial.yaml
compliance:
  standards: ["GDPR", "SOX", "MiFID-II"]
  auditLogging: true
  dataClassification: "confidential"

server:
  cluster:
    enabled: true
    nodes:
      - region: "us-east-1"
        endpoint: "https://us-east.reforms.example.com"
      - region: "eu-west-1" 
        endpoint: "https://eu-west.reforms.example.com"

signaling:
  mode: "zero-knowledge"
  redundancy: "multi-region"
  
security:
  dataLocalization:
    enabled: true
    rules:
      - region: "EU"
        countries: ["DE", "FR", "IT"]
        servers: ["eu-west-1"]
      - region: "US"
        countries: ["US", "CA"]
        servers: ["us-east-1"]
  
  encryption:
    level: "maximum"
    keyRotation: "daily"
    
  recording:
    policy: "encrypted-local"
    retention: "7-years"
    destination: "/encrypted/recordings"

monitoring:
  compliance:
    enabled: true
    standards: ["SOX-404"]
    reporting: "automated"

🏛️ Government & Defense​

# config/government.yaml
security:
  clearanceLevel: "secret"
  airGapped: true
  
compliance:
  standards: ["FedRAMP", "FISMA"]
  certification: "in-progress"

server:
  deployment: "isolated"
  networkAccess: "restricted"
  
signaling:
  mode: "air-gapped"
  external: false
  
crypto:
  algorithm: "post-quantum-ready"
  keyManagement: "hardware-security-module"
  
authentication:
  method: "certificate-based"
  pki:
    rootCA: "/etc/pki/reforms/ca.crt"
    clientCert: "required"
    
audit:
  level: "maximum"
  realtime: true
  siem: 
    enabled: true
    endpoint: "https://siem.agency.gov"

⚙️ Advanced Configuration Options​

📊 Performance Tuning​

# config/performance.yaml
performance:
  connections:
    maxConcurrent: 10000
    keepAlive: 300
    timeout: 30
    
  media:
    codecs: ["VP9", "H264", "Opus"]
    adaptiveBitrate: true
    hardwareAcceleration: true
    
  memory:
    heapSize: "2GB"
    connectionPool: 1000
    messageBuffer: 10000
    
  cpu:
    workers: "auto" # or specific number
    cryptoWorkers: 4
    
networking:
  bandwidth:
    maxUpload: "10Mbps"
    maxDownload: "50Mbps"
    adaptive: true
    
  topology:
    meshLimit: 10
    sfuThreshold: 50
    
  ice:
    gatheringTimeout: 5000
    candidateTimeout: 30000

Multi-Platform Configuration​

# config/platforms.yaml
platforms:
  web:
    pwa:
      enabled: true
      serviceWorker: true
      offlineSupport: true
    
    security:
      contentSecurityPolicy: "strict"
      featurePolicy: "camera 'self'; microphone 'self'"
      
  mobile:
    pushNotifications:
      enabled: true
      apns:
        keyId: "${APNS_KEY_ID}"
        teamId: "${APNS_TEAM_ID}"
        bundleId: "com.reforms.messenger"
      fcm:
        serverKey: "${FCM_SERVER_KEY}"
        
    background:
      voipEnabled: true
      backgroundSync: true
      
  desktop:
    autoUpdater:
      enabled: true
      updateServer: "https://updates.reforms.com"
      
    integration:
      osNotifications: true
      protocolHandler: "reforms://"

AI & Productivity Features​

# config/ai.yaml
ai:
  privacy:
    mode: "local-first"
    consentRequired: true
    dataRetention: "never"
    
  features:
    summarization:
      enabled: true
      model: "local"
      maxLength: 500
      
    translation:
      enabled: true
      languages: ["en", "es", "fr", "de", "zh"]
      provider: "local"
      
    smartReply:
      enabled: true
      suggestions: 3
      contextWindow: 10
      
  models:
    local:
      summarization: "/models/summarization.onnx"
      translation: "/models/translation.onnx"
      
    fallback:
      provider: "anthropic" # or "openai"
      apiKey: "${AI_API_KEY}"
      dataPolicy: "sanitized"

🔒 Security Configuration​

Certificate Management​

# config/certificates.yaml
ssl:
  certificates:
    primary:
      cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/reforms.crt"
      key: "/etc/ssl/private/reforms.key"
      chain: "/etc/ssl/certs/chain.crt"
      
    backup:
      cert: "/etc/ssl/certs/reforms-backup.crt"
      key: "/etc/ssl/private/reforms-backup.key"
      
  letsencrypt:
    enabled: true
    email: "admin@your-domain.com"
    domains: ["reforms.your-domain.com"]
    autoRenew: true
    
  hsts:
    enabled: true
    maxAge: 31536000
    includeSubdomains: true

Access Control​

# config/access-control.yaml
authentication:
  methods:
    - type: "self-sovereign"
      required: true
    - type: "oauth2"
      provider: "active-directory"
      clientId: "${AD_CLIENT_ID}"
      optional: true
      
authorization:
  rbac:
    enabled: true
    roles:
      - name: "admin"
        permissions: ["*"]
      - name: "user"
        permissions: ["chat", "call", "file-transfer"]
      - name: "guest"
        permissions: ["chat"]
        
  policies:
    - resource: "file-transfer"
      condition: "file.size < 100MB"
    - resource: "group-call"
      condition: "participants <= 50"

🌍 Multi-Region Deployment​

Global Configuration​

# config/global.yaml
deployment:
  strategy: "multi-region"
  regions:
    - name: "us-east-1"
      primary: true
      endpoint: "https://us-east.reforms.com"
      datacenter: "AWS us-east-1"
      
    - name: "eu-west-1"
      primary: false
      endpoint: "https://eu-west.reforms.com"
      datacenter: "AWS eu-west-1"
      
    - name: "ap-southeast-1"
      primary: false
      endpoint: "https://ap-southeast.reforms.com"
      datacenter: "AWS ap-southeast-1"

routing:
  strategy: "latency-based"
  healthCheck:
    enabled: true
    interval: 30
    timeout: 5
    
  failover:
    automatic: true
    threshold: 3
    
dataSync:
  method: "eventual-consistency"
  conflictResolution: "last-write-wins"

📊 Monitoring & Observability​

Metrics Configuration​

# config/monitoring.yaml
metrics:
  enabled: true
  exporters:
    - type: "prometheus"
      endpoint: "/metrics"
      port: 9090
    - type: "cloudwatch"
      region: "us-east-1"
      
  dashboard:
    grafana:
      enabled: true
      datasource: "prometheus"
      
logging:
  structured: true
  format: "json"
  
  appenders:
    - type: "console"
      level: "info"
    - type: "file"
      level: "debug"
      path: "/var/log/reforms/app.log"
      rotation: "daily"
    - type: "elasticsearch"
      level: "warn"
      endpoint: "https://logs.your-domain.com"
      
tracing:
  enabled: true
  sampler: "probabilistic"
  rate: 0.1
  exporter: "jaeger"

Health Checks​

# config/health.yaml
health:
  checks:
    - name: "database"
      type: "sql"
      query: "SELECT 1"
      interval: 30
      
    - name: "signaling"
      type: "websocket"
      endpoint: "wss://localhost:8443/ws"
      interval: 60
      
    - name: "turn-server"
      type: "udp"
      host: "turn.your-domain.com"
      port: 3478
      interval: 120
      
  alerts:
    slack:
      webhook: "${SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL}"
      channel: "#ops-alerts"
      
    email:
      smtp: "smtp.your-domain.com"
      recipients: ["ops@your-domain.com"]

🐳 Container Configuration​

Docker Compose​

# docker-compose.yml
version: '3.8'
services:
  reforms-server:
    image: reforms/messenger:latest
    ports:
      - "8443:8443"
    environment:
      - REFORMS_MODE=production
      - REFORMS_CONFIG=/app/config/production.yaml
    volumes:
      - ./config:/app/config
      - ./ssl:/etc/ssl
      - ./logs:/var/log/reforms
    restart: unless-stopped
    
  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"
    volumes:
      - redis-data:/data
    restart: unless-stopped
    
  postgres:
    image: postgres:15
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=reforms
      - POSTGRES_USER=reforms
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    restart: unless-stopped

volumes:
  redis-data:
  postgres-data:

Kubernetes Deployment​

# k8s/deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: reforms-messenger
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: reforms-messenger
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: reforms-messenger
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: reforms
        image: reforms/messenger:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8443
        env:
        - name: REFORMS_MODE
          value: "production"
        volumeMounts:
        - name: config
          mountPath: /app/config
        - name: ssl
          mountPath: /etc/ssl
      volumes:
      - name: config
        configMap:
          name: reforms-config
      - name: ssl
        secret:
          secretName: reforms-ssl

⚡ Configuration Examples​

Startup Scripts​

#!/bin/bash
# scripts/start-production.sh

# Set environment
export NODE_ENV=production
export REFORMS_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/reforms/config.yaml

# Validate configuration
reforms validate-config

# Start with clustering
reforms start \
  --cluster \
  --workers=4 \
  --log-level=info \
  --metrics \
  --health-check

Configuration Validation​

// scripts/validate-config.ts
import { validateConfig } from '@reforms/config';

async function main() {
    try {
        const config = await validateConfig(process.env.REFORMS_CONFIG_PATH);
        console.log('✅ Configuration is valid');
        
        // Check compliance requirements
        if (config.compliance?.standard) {
            console.log(`📋 Compliance: ${config.compliance.standard}`);
        }
        
        // Verify certificates
        if (config.ssl?.enabled) {
            console.log('🔒 SSL configuration validated');
        }
        
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('❌ Configuration validation failed:', error.message);
        process.exit(1);
    }
}

main();

🎯 Best Practices​

Security Best Practices​

  1. Always use HTTPS in production
  2. Enable HSTS for web deployments
  3. Rotate certificates regularly (automated)
  4. Use strong ciphers (TLS 1.3 only)
  5. Enable audit logging for compliance
  6. Restrict network access to essential ports
  7. Use time-limited TURN credentials

Performance Best Practices​

  1. Size clusters appropriately based on load
  2. Enable hardware acceleration when available
  3. Use CDN for static assets
  4. Configure adaptive bitrate for media
  5. Monitor connection quality continuously
  6. Implement health checks for all services

Operational Best Practices​

  1. Use infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  2. Implement blue-green deployments
  3. Set up comprehensive monitoring
  4. Plan disaster recovery procedures
  5. Regular security audits and updates
  6. Document all configurations

Your configuration, optimized. Your deployment, secure. Your operation, simplified.