caddy Command Examples

An enterprise-ready open source web server with automatic HTTPS, written in Go. More information: https://caddyserver.com.

• 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}}