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Caddy coupled with Caddy-Docker-Proxy [0] is a marvelous way to set up a server with multiple docker projects. I have it running on a couple of servers, and it

Caddy coupled with Caddy-Docker-Proxy [0] is a marvelous way to set up a server with multiple docker projects. I have it running on a couple of servers, and it just works! [0] https://github.com/lucaslorentz/caddy-docker-proxy https://github.com/lucaslorentz/caddy-docker-proxy

globular-toast 2y ago
I used this for my homelab before I decided my life was too easy and switched to k8s+cert manager. I use traefik[0] to handle multiple docker-compose projects in development, but this is pretty much a drop in replacement and gets you HTTPS if you have a domain and your registrar has an API. I ran a single docker-compose file with everything in it behind a single reverse proxy for quite a while. [0] https://blog.gpkb.org/posts/multiple-web-projects-traefik/ https://blog.gpkb.org/posts/multiple-web-projects-traefik/
- plagiarist 2y ago
  This will be interesting to read, thank you. This sounds like what I was struggling with a while ago. I found traefik to be a small nightmare in k8s. I struggled my way up to a working implementation years ago, then a k8s version change on my k8s hosting service forced me to start from scratch. The whole thing soured me on traefik and also k8s. I wanted to learn pods and autoscaling while having interservice networking resolved for me. I don't want to spend hours struggling with the ingress and load balancing tools (I thought) k8s is supposed to solve for me. If I ever try it again, I'd use a different ingress tool for sure.
  - globular-toast 2y ago
    I used traefik ingress for a while for k8s as it is included by default with k3s. But I very quickly switched to ingress-nginx. It's very easy to install and then it just takes care of itself letting you just declare Ingresses and forget about it.
    - plagiarist 2y ago
      That's what I wanted to do. If/when I try k8s again it absolutely will be a different ingress. There's no reason it should be such a struggle.
twasold 2y ago
Have you tried Traefik? Could you compare the two? I was going to migrate to traefik soon but would consider any alternative
- wingworks 2y ago
  I've been using Caddy since the early days, and a few times looked into using Traefik, but it's config looked pretty complicated for what is a simple reverse proxy on Caddy.
- oliwary 2y ago
  I do not have in-depth knowledge of traefik unfortunately. I tried it a while ago, but decided to switch to the setup mentioned above for the setup simplicity. For my use-case, the setup mentioned on github under "Basic usage example, using docker-compose" plus adding two lines to a docker-compose file has been enough for most of my use-cases, and never given me any trouble. I think achieving a similar setup in traefik (e.g. https://github.com/tiangolo/blog-posts/blob/master/deploying-fastapi-apps-with-https-powered-by-traefik/README.md https://github.com/tiangolo/blog-posts/blob/master/deploying...) would be more complicated, and I felt like I was not sure what all the labels did or how to adapt the setup.

globular-toast 2y ago

I used this for my homelab before I decided my life was too easy and switched to k8s+cert manager. I use traefik[0] to handle multiple docker-compose projects in development, but this is pretty much a drop in replacement and gets you HTTPS if you have a domain and your registrar has an API. I ran a single docker-compose file with everything in it behind a single reverse proxy for quite a while. [0] https://blog.gpkb.org/posts/multiple-web-projects-traefik/ https://blog.gpkb.org/posts/multiple-web-projects-traefik/

plagiarist 2y ago
This will be interesting to read, thank you. This sounds like what I was struggling with a while ago. I found traefik to be a small nightmare in k8s. I struggled my way up to a working implementation years ago, then a k8s version change on my k8s hosting service forced me to start from scratch. The whole thing soured me on traefik and also k8s. I wanted to learn pods and autoscaling while having interservice networking resolved for me. I don't want to spend hours struggling with the ingress and load balancing tools (I thought) k8s is supposed to solve for me. If I ever try it again, I'd use a different ingress tool for sure.
- globular-toast 2y ago
  I used traefik ingress for a while for k8s as it is included by default with k3s. But I very quickly switched to ingress-nginx. It's very easy to install and then it just takes care of itself letting you just declare Ingresses and forget about it.
  - plagiarist 2y ago
    That's what I wanted to do. If/when I try k8s again it absolutely will be a different ingress. There's no reason it should be such a struggle.

twasold 2y ago

Have you tried Traefik? Could you compare the two? I was going to migrate to traefik soon but would consider any alternative

wingworks 2y ago
I've been using Caddy since the early days, and a few times looked into using Traefik, but it's config looked pretty complicated for what is a simple reverse proxy on Caddy.
oliwary 2y ago
I do not have in-depth knowledge of traefik unfortunately. I tried it a while ago, but decided to switch to the setup mentioned above for the setup simplicity. For my use-case, the setup mentioned on github under "Basic usage example, using docker-compose" plus adding two lines to a docker-compose file has been enough for most of my use-cases, and never given me any trouble. I think achieving a similar setup in traefik (e.g. https://github.com/tiangolo/blog-posts/blob/master/deploying-fastapi-apps-with-https-powered-by-traefik/README.md https://github.com/tiangolo/blog-posts/blob/master/deploying...) would be more complicated, and I felt like I was not sure what all the labels did or how to adapt the setup.