Caddy Server for Emby configuration file

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1. The problem I’m having:

I’ve been running Caddy for over a year on a Rasberry Pi. The SD card crashed so I created a new one from a backup. Besides Caddy I’m also running PiVPN and PiHole and they both work. I don’t have a web server; I’m using it for access to Emby on another device. But it seems my Caddyfile has gone stale. Caddy Server won’t start and I can’t validate the Caddyfile.

2. Error messages and/or full log output:

caddy validate --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
2023/10/06 20:03:46.942 INFO    using provided configuration    {"config_file": "/etc/caddy/Caddyfile", "config_adapter": ""}
Error: adapting config using caddyfile: parsing caddyfile tokens for 'log': /etc/caddy/Caddyfile:13 - Error during parsing: Wrong argument count or unexpected line ending after 'true', import chain: ['']

Also

sudo systemctl status caddy
● caddy.service - caddy
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/caddy.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2023-10-06 17:06:24 EDT; 4s ago
  Process: 26598 ExecStart=/home/pi/.local/bin/caddy run --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 26598 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 06 17:06:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: caddy.service: Service RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Oct 06 17:06:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: caddy.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Oct 06 17:06:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped caddy.
Oct 06 17:06:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: caddy.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Oct 06 17:06:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: caddy.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Oct 06 17:06:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start caddy.

3. Caddy version:

v2.7.4 h1:J8nisjdOxnYHXlorUKXY75Gr6iBfudfoGhrJ8t7/flI=

4. How I installed and ran Caddy:

curl -sS https://webinstall.dev/caddy | bash

later

caddy upgrade

To start

sudo systemctl start caddy

a. System environment:

Raspberry Pi 4b
Raspbian
5.10.103-v7+

b. Command:

curl ckran.noip.me

c. Service/unit/compose file:

Running native.

d. My complete Caddy config:

ckran.noip.me {
        encode gzip
        log {
                output file /var/log/caddy/emby_access.log {
                        roll true             # Rotate logs, enabled by default
                        roll_size_mb 5        # Set max size 5 MB
                        roll_gzip true        # Compress files
                        roll_local_time true  # use localhost time 
                        roll_keep 2           # Keep at most 2 log files
                        roll_keep_days 7      # Keep log files for 7 days
                }
        }
        reverse_proxy 192.168.1.37:8096
}

192.168.1.8 {
        reverse_proxy 192.168.1.8 /*  :480 */
}

http://pi.hole {
        reverse_proxy 192.168.1.8  /* :480 */
}

5. Links to relevant resources:

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See the docs, that doesn’t exist as an option:

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Thanks for your review. I had originally followed a tutorial for emby and caddy. I removed that line; I still get the same error. I see that roll_gzip isn’t on that doc page either. I removed it; same error. I still have roll_local_time which is on that page. Although without an argument. How is that supposed to work? Thanks again.,

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If there’s no argument then it’s simply a flag and specifying it enables that option.

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Got it. Thanks. I removed true and I can again validate the Caddyfile without error.

But the caddy server still fails to start.

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Okay, with what error? Can’t help without specifics.

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Same error as in original report in #2 above.

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I don’t understand. That’s not your full logs.

Please read Keep Caddy Running — Caddy Documentation to understand how to get your full logs.

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Thanks for your help. Found the error in the full log. Port 80 was in use.

As for the Caddyfile errors those parameters used to not cause errors. After I rebuilt my PI with the restored backup I updated everything including Caddy. I’m guessing that the parameters were deprecated and while they once were allowed the code was subsequently tightened.

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Those were never valid config options. I don’t know where they came from. Certainly not from our docs.

Don’t copy-paste random config you find on the internet without understanding what it does. Check the docs to confirm.

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