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Caddy > Traefik > NPM (lemmy.nz)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by qwacko@lemmy.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Come on and fight me.....

I just tried out caddy for the first time and found it to be fantastic, I have used both Traefik and Nginx Proxy Manager extensively and although they were both great, the simplicity of the Caddfilr is fantastic. With a few snippets configured, I can add a host with a single line that just defines the port and url, it's like magic.

Has anyone got any known traps ( or tips) with caddy to make it useful.

The issues I have had previously with Traefik were the need to have multiplelines to configure it (and configure the host and router separately), and the difference between local docker services ( I do like using labels to configure, but with lots of services it gets a bit fragmented and difficult toanahe) and remote services ( had to use the file config).

With NPM, I find using the GUI to configure the servers difficult ( and challenging to keep consistent ) and I had a time that it forgot something ( can't remember if it was certificates or something else ) and that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

Anyway, currently I am happy with caddy and am not planning on replacing it (at least for a month or two :D ). It would be nice if there was a GUI, but no big drama honestly, and the text config is great.

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[–] Edo78@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago (8 children)

It's interesting how different people have different approaches ... I migrate from Caddy to Traefik because I found it magical ... Whenever I need to add another selfhosted service I just adapt a docker-compose like this one

version: '3.8'

services:
  homeassistant:
    container_name: homeassistant
    image: ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable
    #image: homeassistant/raspberrypi4-homeassistant:stable
    volumes:
      - ./media/:/media
      - ./config/:/config
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    environment:
      - TZ=${TZ}
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - t2_proxy
      - backend
    labels:
      - traefik.enable=true
      - traefik.docker.network=t2_proxy
      - traefik.http.routers.homeassistant.rule=Host(`home.mydomain.bla.bla`)
      - traefik.http.routers.homeassistant.entrypoints=websecure
      - traefik.http.routers.homeassistant.tls.certresolver=myresolver
      - traefik.http.services.homeassistant.loadbalancer.server.port=8123

networks:
  backend:
    external: true
  t2_proxy:
    external: true

As you can see I just need to change the host and the port in the labels to have a new domain pointing to the right port ... I wasn't able to find an easier way to add a new service to caddy

[–] karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Completely a personal preference, but this is one reason I prefer caddy. I like to keep the configs separate and not clutter up my compose files.

It means I need to update two things when adding a new service (a compose file plus my caddy file), but I like the separation of concerns.

It also makes my proxy config consistent for all services, regardless of whether that run in docket or elsewhere.

[–] Edo78@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just use dockerized service and I plan to move to k8s so I don't have (nor plan to) deal with anything besides dockerized services

[–] karlthemailman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, then I can see the appeal of keeping everything in the same configs.

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