How to setup Caddy file server with disks C: D: and E: on Win10?

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1. The problem I’m having:

I want Caddy to run as a file server for all disks: C:, D:\ and E:\ in Windows 10.
This is my present Caddyfile:
localhost
root * E:
file_server browse

And Caddy file server works great, for files on disk E:.

But I want other disks, namely C:\ and D:\ to be included in file share

2. Error messages and/or full log output:

Not relevant

3. Caddy version:

Caddy version 2.6.4.

4. How I installed and ran Caddy:

I installed Caddy using Install — Caddy Documentation

a. System environment:

Windows 10.

b. Command:

Not applicable.

c. Service/unit/compose file:

PASTE OVER THIS, BETWEEN THE ``` LINES.
Please use the preview pane to ensure it looks nice.

d. My complete Caddy config:

My Caddyfile which works well for files on disk E:\ is:
localhost
root * E:
file_server browse
Not sure why \ must be left out?

I have tried, without success, the following:
localhost {
  root * C:\
  root * E:\
  root * D:\
}
file_server browse

ALSO tried
localhost {
  root * C:
  root * E:
  root * D:
}
file_server browse

5. Links to relevant resources:

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Well first you should read this:

to gain an understanding of the Caddyfile structure. You’ll notice that all directives have to be within site blocks.

I would do it this way:

localhost

file_server /c/* {
   root C:
}
file_server /d/* {
   root D:
}
file_server /e/* {
   root E:
}

If you absolutely need just 1 root (why?) you might be able to access multiple drives from a single root filepath because Windows is weird:

But I think we also reject unusual file paths for security reasons.

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But it also must be said, serving your entire system drive is a terrible idea for a variety of reasons (security etc). Be very careful when doing this.

4

Thank you,
suggest way does not include “browse”, how to include it?
I tried

localhost

file_server browse /c/* {
   root C:
}
file_server browse /d/* {
   root D:
}
file_server browse /e/* {
   root E:
}

but I gets error when starting caddy.
5

What error?

And just add “browse” inside the file_server blocks.

But be aware that anyone that can access your server can now read all the files on your OS (that Caddy has permission to read, at least).

6

This record in Caddyfile:

localhost
file_server /c/* {
root C:
}

produces blank HTML page. However, Caddy web server starts. I get this error:
Caddyfile input is not formatted; run the ‘caddy fmt’ command to fix inconsistencies {“adapter”: “caddyfile”, “file”: “Caddyfile”, “line”: 3}

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That’s not an error, that’s just a warning.

Show a request with curl -v. Enable the debug global option and look at your logs. Please review the structure of the Caddyfile: Caddyfile Concepts — Caddy Documentation

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Are these even the correct paths? Windows would treat them as relative ones without the leading backslash.

C:\ would describe the filesystem root as an absolute path. C: would refer to the current directy within C.

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