Railway Caddy Password Auth

A lightweight Caddy reverse proxy with HTTP Basic Authentication for Railway.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description	Example
ORIGIN	✅	Upstream URL to proxy to	https://myapp.railway.app
BASIC_AUTH	❌	Username:password format	admin:secret
PORT	❌	Port to listen on (defaults to 80)	8080

Quick Start

Railway Deployment

1. Create a new Railway project
2. Set environment variables:
   • ORIGIN: Your upstream service URL
   • BASIC_AUTH: Username and password (optional)
3. Deploy!

Troubleshooting

502 Bad Gateway:

• Verify ORIGIN URL is accessible
• Check upstream service is running

Check logs:

docker logs <container-id>

Credits

Inspired by railway-nginx-password-auth.

License

MIT License