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Caddy

Caddy is The Ultimate Server with Automatic HTTPS, used for HTTP Server HTML . Caddy 2 is a powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS written in Go

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Prepare​

When referring to this document to use Caddy, please read and ensure the following points:

  • Login to Websoft9 Console and find or install Caddy:

    • Go to My Apps listing applications
    • Go to App Store installing target application

  • This application is installed by Websoft9 console.

  • The purpose of this application complies with the apache2 open source license agreement.

  • Configure the domain name or server security group opens external network ports for application access.

Getting started​

Use Caddy in the Websoft9 for the following:

  • Deploy a static website
  • Running the reverse proxy service for application

Deploy a static website​

  1. When you have completed the installation of Caddy in the Websoft9 Console, get the applicaiton's overview and access information from My Apps

  2. Refer to Deploying Applications Based on Program Environment to deploy a static website.

Reverse proxy applications​

Follow the steps below to learn how to configure Caddy's reverse proxy:

  1. Select Websoft9 Console > App Store, and install the applications Netdata and Caddy

  2. Select My Apps > Caddy > Compose > Go to Edit Repository, modify the src/Caddyfile as follows:

    :80 {
     reverse_proxy http://netdata_h31py:19999
    }

  3. Restart the Caddy application. Access the Caddy URL, and you will see the Netdata page

In the Websoft9, the Netdata access is routed as follows: User browser> Websoft9 Gateway > Caddy > Netdata container

Configuration options​

  • Application root directory in the container: /srv
  • Caddy container port: 80
  • API
  • CLI: caddy help
  • Configuration template
  • Caddy configuration file in the container(mounted bind): /etc/caddy/Caddyfile

Administer​

Troubleshooting​