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I’m so confused by these things, setting up a Linux box with nginx isn’t that hard. It takes maybe a day to do, and while doing it you really understand better

I’m so confused by these things, setting up a Linux box with nginx isn’t that hard. It takes maybe a day to do, and while doing it you really understand better how your server works. The first time might take you 5 days to go through some tutorials, but generally after that it’s less than 1 day of work. For me personally I really want to know what is going on in each folder and keep track of new folders, files etc. It’s maybe my paranoia of hacking. Context; when I was a kid I hacked so many things and knowing where the files are kept and hiding them is a key part of hacking. Therefore it’s always been a priority for me to check in regularly see what’s happening.

amanzi 3y ago
The main benefit for me is the integrated SSL certificate generation without needing to configure separate certificate infrastructure or Letsencrypt/acme. Also, Caddy implements a number of best practices by default without needing to specifically configure them, e.g. redirecting HTTP to HTTPS. I do still manage a couple of fairly complex Nginx configurations, and I don't really see any benefit to retrofitting Caddy into that kind of scenario. But for a new deployment, I'll almost always reach for Caddy in the first instance.
- mholt 3y ago
  Yes! The best part of: > without needing to configure separate certificate infrastructure or Letsencrypt/acme. is not only that your deployment is simpler, it also scales better and is more robust to failures. It can tolerate external factors more robustly.