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Caddy

Caddy is the reverse proxy for both hosts. It terminates TLS, routes hostnames to containers, and protects the homepage with HTTP basic auth.

Hosts: Dankserver + Dankclaw — Docs: https://caddyserver.com/docs

Facts (from live inventory + knowledge base)

Item Value
Image docker.io/library/caddy:latest
Config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile (bind mount)
Data /root/.local/share/caddy (certs, ACME state)
Ports 80, 443
Existing on Dankserver systemd caddy service (native), config at /etc/caddy/Caddyfile — being migrated into this repo

Existing Dankserver Caddyfile (live, to migrate)

The live Caddyfile proxies:

  • plex.franksdank.casa / plex.franksdank.cloud / plex.dankserver.local → localhost:32400 (Plex)
  • books.franksdank.cloud → localhost:8083 (Calibre-Web)
  • llms.franksdank.cloud / llms.dankserver.local → localhost:3000 (OpenWebUI — being moved to Dankclaw)
  • search.dankserver.local → localhost:8081 (SearXNG — being moved to Dankclaw)

Hostname Convention

Every service gets a .dankserver.local or .dankclaw.local hostname so no one has to remember port numbers:

romm.dankserver.local
books.dankserver.local
files.dankserver.local
search.dankclaw.local
chat.dankclaw.local
gitea.dankclaw.local
comfyui.dankclaw.local
grafana.dankclaw.local
prometheus.dankclaw.local

Basic Auth

Generate a bcrypt hash with caddy hash-password, then:

chat.dankclaw.local {
    basicauth {
        dank $2a$14$xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    }
    reverse_proxy localhost:3000
}

The homepage uses basic auth too; see Homepage.

Homepage

A static page lists all services with live status (up/down) and a short description plus a link to each service's documentation. Served by Caddy with file_server and protected by basic auth.

Gotchas

  • Caddy auto-provisions Let's Encrypt certs for public domains; .local names stay internal (no external DNS).
  • Validate before reload: caddy validate --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile --adapter caddyfile.
  • Certificates live in the caddy data volume; back it up with the stack.

See Also