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Problem

How to use the caddy command: An enterprise-ready open source web server with automatic HTTPS, written in Go. More information: <https://caddyserver.com/docs/command-line>.

Solution

caddy — An enterprise-ready open source web server with automatic HTTPS, written in Go. More information: <https://caddyserver.com/docs/command-line>.

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}}

Code Snippets

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

Context

tldr-pages: common/caddy

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