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Caddy Has a Free API — Zero-Config HTTPS Web Server
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Caddy Has a Free API — Zero-Config HTTPS Web Server

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov4h ago

Caddy: Automatic HTTPS, Zero Config Caddy provisions and renews TLS certificates automatically via Lets Encrypt. No cert management, no expired certs, no nginx config nightmares. Why Caddy Automatic HTTPS — certs auto-provisioned Zero config for basic use HTTP/3 and QUIC built-in JSON REST API for config Single binary, no deps The Free API # Get config curl http://localhost:2019/config/ # Set reverse proxy curl -X POST http://localhost:2019/load \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @caddy.json Caddyfile api.example.com { reverse_proxy localhost : 8080 } example.com { root * /var/www/html file_server encode gzip } Real-World Use Case 50 microservices with nginx had 3 cert expiry incidents/year. Caddy: zero cert management, auto renewals, API config. Zero incidents since. Quick Start brew install caddy caddy reverse-proxy --from :443 --to :8080 Resources GitHub Docs Need web infrastructure automation? Check out my tools on Apify or email spinov001@gmail.com .

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