Caddy Public Hosting

This project allows you to publish your local projects to the internet using your public IP and a custom domain, leveraging the power of Caddy as a web server and reverse proxy.

Step 1: Get Your Public IP

To easily obtain your public IP address, you can use the included script:

npm run get-ip

This will execute the get-public-ip.bat file, which uses curl to fetch your public IP from myip.directadmin.com. Useful for DNS configuration and troubleshooting.

Step 2: DNS Configuration

In your Hosting Panel, go to DNS Management and add a subdomain with an "A" record pointing to your public IP address.

Step 3: Router Port Forwarding

Access your router and configure Port Forwarding:

• Forward WAN port 80 to your destination PC on port 80.
• Forward WAN port 443 to your destination PC on port 443.

This ensures HTTP and HTTPS traffic reaches your server.

Step 4: Caddyfile Configuration

Edit the Caddyfile to add your domain and configure how requests are handled. For example:

your-subdomain.yourdomain.com {
    reverse_proxy localhost:3000
}

You can add multiple sites or services by repeating the block with different domains or ports.

Step 5: Run the Service

Start the Caddy server by running:

caddy.exe run

Caddy will automatically obtain SSL certificates and serve your projects securely.

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Copyright & Official URL

Official project URL: https://github.com/MarAntBQ/Caddy

These instructions were created by Marco Antonio Bustillos (https://github.com/MarAntBQ/)

The purpose of this guide is to help you serve projects using a public IP, making it easy for the community to contribute and improve. The goal is to have a ready-to-use, hassle-free solution for quick deployment.

You can always download the latest version of the executable file (.exe) from the official Caddy website: https://caddyserver.com/download

Caddy is an open-source project. For more details, visit the official repository: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy