Using a seperate webserver and a applicationserver with php applications

[epb (PeterB)]

1. Output of caddy version:

na

2. How I run Caddy:

Run as a service.

a. System environment:

Ubuntu 22.04.1 Caddy v2.5.2

b. Command:

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c. Service/unit/compose file:

For my question not NA.

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d. My complete Caddy config:

Not yet made. Because I don’ t know if it is possible.

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3. The problem I’m having:

I have 2 computers. The first runs caddy as a webserver. The other one is the application server with php applications. My question is, is it possible to use/connect/start the php applications on the application server from the caddy webserver without using reverse_proxy but perhaps using the command file_server? If there is a solution, where perhaps can I find a example.

4. Error messages and/or full log output:

NA

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5. What I already tried:

I looked at the php_fastcgi documentation but I couldn’t find any answers.

6. Links to relevant resources:

NA

[al-caddyserver (Aleks)]

Please can you full fill the requested information’s from 1-5, thank you

[francislavoie]

Yes you can delegate running PHP to another machine, but you must have the files accessible to both Caddy and PHP, since they both need to read the files. Caddy needs them to serve static files and to perform URL rewrites based on whether files exist on disk before sending it to PHP, and PHP needs them to actually run the PHP code.