Caddy cheat-sheet

What is Caddy ? 🔗

caddy is an enterprise-ready open source web server with automatic HTTPS, written in Go.

Common command usage 🔗

Start Caddy in the foreground:

caddy run

Start Caddy with the specified Caddyfile:

caddy run --config path/to/Caddyfile

Start Caddy in the background:

caddy start

Stop a background Caddy process:

caddy stop

Run a simple file server on the specified port with a browsable interface:

caddy file-server --listen :8000 --browse

Run a reverse proxy server:

caddy reverse-proxy --from :80 --to localhost:8000

For more information, checkout the official documentation/website: https://caddyserver.com .

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