Deploy Caddy - Reverse Proxy Configuration

This repository configures Caddy as a reverse proxy for hollant.dashlab.in:443 with automatic HTTPS using Cloudflare DNS-01 challenge.

Features

• Reverse proxy to hollant.dashlab.in:443
• Automatic HTTPS certificate management via Let's Encrypt
• DNS-01 challenge using Cloudflare DNS
• HTTP/3 support (QUIC)
• Automatic HTTP to HTTPS redirect

Prerequisites

• Docker and Docker Compose
• Cloudflare account with API token
• DNS records managed by Cloudflare for hollant.dashlab.in

Setup

1. Clone this repository

2. Create a .env file from the example:

   cp .env.example .env

3. Edit .env and add your Cloudflare API token:

   CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your_actual_token_here
   

   To create a Cloudflare API token:

   • Go to Cloudflare Dashboard → My Profile → API Tokens
   • Create a token with Zone:DNS:Edit permissions for your domain
   • Copy the token to your .env file

4. Build and start the container:

   docker compose up -d --build

5. Check logs:

   docker compose logs -f

Configuration

• Caddyfile: Contains the Caddy server configuration
• docker-compose.yml: Defines the Docker service and volumes
• Dockerfile: Builds Caddy with the Cloudflare DNS plugin

Volumes

• caddy_data: Stores certificates and other data
• caddy_config: Stores Caddy's configuration cache

Ports

• 80: HTTP (automatically redirects to HTTPS)
• 443/tcp: HTTPS
• 443/udp: HTTP/3 (QUIC)

Stopping

docker compose down

To remove volumes as well:

docker compose down -v