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I'm always a bit bothered by them saying they are the "only" web server that can do this. First you can also just configure it in a way where it will not use HT

by dxuh 3y ago

I'm always a bit bothered by them saying they are the "only" web server that can do this. First you can also just configure it in a way where it will not use HTTPS (e.g. if you provide an IP:port instead of a hostname). And if you do require specific configuration to enable HTTPS and automatically get certificates via ACME, then lots of other web servers can do this too. Even my own web server can do it: https://github.com/pfirsich/htcpp https://github.com/pfirsich/htcpp (see https://github.com/pfirsich/htcpp/blob/main/configs/acme.joml https://github.com/pfirsich/htcpp/blob/main/configs/acme.jom... for an admittedly much more complicated config).

mholt 3y ago
> if you provide an IP:port instead of a hostname That still gets served over HTTPS. The only time HTTPS isn't used is if a host portion is missing entirely (IP or name).
- lyeager 3y ago
  Or if you explicitly prefix the hostname with http:// http://
  - mholt 3y ago
    True, you can definitely turn HTTPS off explicitly.
- dxuh 3y ago
  I didn't even know about that. Thanks!
francislavoie 3y ago
The distinction is that Caddy is the only webserver* that enables HTTPS by default. All others don't attempt to enable HTTPS by default, they start with HTTP and you need to add config to make it use HTTPS. Nor do they enable ACME by default. With Caddy you only need to tell it your domain name and it'll do the rest. * popular webserver anyway; we can't reasonably count yours with only 6 github stars that we've never heard of :P