Caddy Plugins RPM File

sslamsal · January 28, 2023, 5:20pm

Hi,
When I was using NGINX, I always had a problem of not having precompiled RPM files of modules.
Now, here on Caddy, I am still facing the similar issue!
I have Caddy server RPM file to install on my AlmaLinux 9 (EL9) VPS. However, I am not getting RPM files of Caddy plugins or Caddy compiled with plugins RPM file to directly install and use.
I tired to use xCaddy but I don’t know to do with it because I am not that expert! But, I could have complied the rpm file of Caddy plugins if I had the .spec file available.
So, finally I am asking in this community if somebody could favor me by providing RPM repo of Caddy server with plugins or the .spec file so I can use Caddy server with the required plugins.
Thanks

francislavoie · January 29, 2023, 11:34pm

For debian-based distros, we have instructions here for “diverting” the installed binary from the packaged one. That makes it easy to keep the support files updated while controlling the binary itself with xcaddy.

I don’t know of any equivalent for rpm-based distros. I don’t use them, so I’ve not had a reason to look into it. If you find something similar, let us know and we can document it.

You build the binary with xcaddy build, it outputs it beside where you ran it. Then you move it to /usr/bin/caddy to overwrite the binary that ships with the rpm packaged one. Keep in mind that if the package updates, it will overwrite your built binary, and you’ll need to rebuild it for the new version and move it again.

sslamsal · January 30, 2023, 6:18am

Not so much helpful in my case where I am looking to get RPM or .spec file of Caddy with plugins for RHEL 9!!

Mohammed90 · January 30, 2023, 6:37am

Well, this is the spec file of our official build. You have to figure out how to edit it for your needs.

github.com

caddyserver/dist/blob/master/rpm/caddy.spec

%global debug_package %{nil}

%global basever 2.6.2
#global prerel rc
#global prerelnum 3
%global tag v%{basever}%{?prerel:-%{prerel}.%{prerelnum}}

Name:           caddy
# https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Versioning/#_versioning_prereleases_with_tilde
Version:        %{basever}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}%{prerelnum}}
Release:        1%{?dist}
Summary:        Web server with automatic HTTPS
License:        ASL 2.0
URL:            https://caddyserver.com

# In order to build Caddy with version information, we need to import it as a
# go module.  To do that, we are going to forgo the traditional source tarball
# and instead use just this file from upstream.  This method requires that we
# allow networking in the build environment.
Source0:        https://raw.githubusercontent.com/caddyserver/caddy/%{tag}/cmd/caddy/main.go

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system · February 27, 2023, 5:21pm

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