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Caddy seems to good to be true? I just set it up and it works perfect, straight out of the box (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Zestyclose_Car1088@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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This seems too straightforward, what's the catch?

Like how secure is it? Should I be turning it off (and disabling the port forwarding) when not using it?

Do I need any additional security? Mainly just want to use it for Jellyfin

Thanks

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[–] Hot_Nectarine_5816@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I started with caddy because it seemed to have the least complex config file even though the documentation lacks examples which I found really annoying when troubleshooting or trying any less basic stuff. I also found certificate related issues really hard to fix.

Now I run nignx-proxymanager as a docker-container which unifies nearly all services into portainer for updating therefore making it easier to keep my stuff up to date. nginx-proxymanager is also much easier imo on the certificate side of things. I create wildcard certificates for a few domains and select the right one depending on the proxy I add. I also use forwards for a few of my shelly-devices which don't seem to work with proxies and make it easier for me to access them via a domain instead of memorizing a growing number of IPs.