Install caddy reverse proxy on Alpine linux

[Mojtaba (Beheshtian)]

Hi,
I’m trying to install the Caddy reverse proxy on the Alpine linux server (not container)
I could not find the official version of Caddy for Alpine linux.
I tried to install using the Build from source method, and after compiling with Go , no directory with caddy name was created in the path “/etc/caddy”

Build from source - Caddy Documentation

Thanks

[francislavoie]

Caddy is in the Alpine repos Alpine Linux packages but it’s community maintained. We’ve had a really hard time getting a hold of the maintainers to get them to fix some issues.

@Mojtaba

I tried to install using the Build from source method, and after compiling with Go , no directory with caddy name was created in the path “/etc/caddy”

Yeah, no support files come with the Caddy binary. When you build Caddy, it only produces the program (binary) and nothing else. You need to move it yourself to /usr/bin or whatever and do any other config/setup yourself.

I don’t know what upstart system alpine uses, it’s not systemd though, right? So you’ll need to figure that out yourself if you’re not using the Alpine package.