diff --git a/lib/actions/createAction.ts b/lib/actions/createAction.ts
index d3e36ec..467b9fc 100644
--- a/lib/actions/createAction.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/createAction.ts
@@ -11,16 +11,15 @@ export class CreatedAction<
   Type extends Record<string, any> = ExtractConfigType<ConfigType>,
 > {
   private constructor(
-    public readonly myMetaData: Omit<ActionMetaData, "input"> & {
-      input: Config<Type, WrapperData>
-    },
+    public readonly myMetaData: ActionMetaData,
     readonly fn: (options: {
       effects: Effects
       utils: Utils<WrapperData>
       input: Type
     }) => Promise<ActionResult>,
+    readonly input: Config<Type, WrapperData> | Config<Type, never>,
   ) {}
-  private validator = this.myMetaData.input.validator
+  public validator = this.input.validator
 
   static of<
     WrapperData,
@@ -36,7 +35,8 @@ export class CreatedAction<
       input: Type
     }) => Promise<ActionResult>,
   ) {
-    return new CreatedAction<WrapperData, ConfigType, Type>(metaData, fn)
+    const { input, ...rest } = metaData
+    return new CreatedAction<WrapperData, ConfigType, Type>(rest, fn, input)
   }
 
   exportedAction: ExportedAction = ({ effects, input }) => {
@@ -47,16 +47,19 @@ export class CreatedAction<
     })
   }
 
-  async exportAction(effects: Effects) {
-    const myUtils = utils<WrapperData>(effects)
-    const metaData = {
-      ...this.myMetaData,
-      input: await this.myMetaData.input.build({
-        effects,
-        utils: myUtils,
-      }),
-    }
-    await effects.exportAction(metaData)
+  run = async ({ effects, input }: { effects: Effects; input?: Type }) => {
+    return this.fn({
+      effects,
+      utils: utils<WrapperData>(effects),
+      input: this.validator.unsafeCast(input),
+    })
+  }
+
+  async getConfig({ effects }: { effects: Effects }) {
+    return this.input.build({
+      effects,
+      utils: utils<WrapperData>(effects) as any,
+    })
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/actions/setupActions.ts b/lib/actions/setupActions.ts
index c93ad44..5efc844 100644
--- a/lib/actions/setupActions.ts
+++ b/lib/actions/setupActions.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 import { Effects, ExpectedExports, ExportedAction } from "../types"
 import { ActionMetaData } from "../types"
+import { once } from "../util/once"
 import { CreatedAction } from "./createAction"
 
 export function setupActions(...createdActions: CreatedAction<any, any>[]) {
+  const myActions = once(() => {
+    const actions: Record<string, CreatedAction<any, any>> = {}
+    for (const action of createdActions) {
+      actions[action.myMetaData.id] = action
+    }
+    return actions
+  })
   return {
     get actions() {
-      const actions: Record<string, ExportedAction> = {}
-      for (const action of createdActions) {
-        actions[action.myMetaData.id] = action.exportedAction
-      }
-      return actions
+      return myActions()
     },
     get actionsMetadata() {
       return createdActions.map((x) => x.myMetaData)
diff --git a/lib/config/builder/value.ts b/lib/config/builder/value.ts
index ca1118f..6d725de 100644
--- a/lib/config/builder/value.ts
+++ b/lib/config/builder/value.ts
@@ -627,12 +627,15 @@ export class Value<Type, WD> {
   static filteredUnion<WrapperData = never>(
     getDisabledFn: LazyBuild<WrapperData, string[]>,
   ) {
-    return <Type extends Record<string, any>>(
+    return <
+      Required extends RequiredDefault<string>,
+      Type extends Record<string, any>,
+    >(
       a: {
         name: string
         description?: string | null
         warning?: string | null
-        required: RequiredDefault<string>
+        required: Required
         default?: string | null
       },
       aVariants: Variants<Type, WrapperData> | Variants<Type, never>,
diff --git a/lib/config/constants.ts b/lib/config/constants.ts
index b2e4002..c098b12 100644
--- a/lib/config/constants.ts
+++ b/lib/config/constants.ts
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ export const smtpConfig = Value.filteredUnion(async ({ effects, utils }) => {
     },
   }),
 )
+type test = typeof smtpConfig.validator._TYPE
diff --git a/lib/types.ts b/lib/types.ts
index 26b700e..24a3984 100644
--- a/lib/types.ts
+++ b/lib/types.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ export namespace ExpectedExports {
    * service starting, and that file would indicate that it would rescan all the data.
    */
   export type actions = {
-    [id: string]: ExportedAction
+    [id: string]: {
+      run: ExportedAction
+      getConfig: (options: { effects: Effects }) => Promise<InputSpec>
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -155,7 +158,6 @@ export type ActionMetaData = {
   name: string
   description: string
   id: string
-  input: null | InputSpec
   runningOnly: boolean
   /**
    * So the ordering of the actions is by alphabetical order of the group, then followed by the alphabetical of the actions
@@ -424,6 +426,26 @@ export type Effects = {
   exists(packageId: PackageId): Promise<boolean>
   /** Exists could be useful during the runtime to know if some service is running, option dep */
   running(packageId: PackageId): Promise<boolean>
+
+  /** Instead of creating proxies with nginx, we have a utility to create and maintain a proxy in the lifetime of this running. */
+  reverseProxy(options: {
+    bind: {
+      /** Optional, default is 0.0.0.0 */
+      ip?: string
+      port: number
+      ssl: boolean
+    }
+    dst: {
+      /** Optional: default is 127.0.0.1 */
+      ip?: string // optional, default 127.0.0.1
+      port: number
+      ssl: boolean
+    }
+    http: {
+      // optional, will do TCP layer proxy only if not present
+      headers: (headers: Record<string, string>) => Record<string, string>
+    }
+  }): Promise<{ stop(): Promise<void> }>
   restart(): void
   shutdown(): void
 }