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--- caddy [2024/04/01 18:21] – melo
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-====== extremely bare bones website server guide ======
-i'm bored and wanted to write a guide on how to launch the most basic web server ever to serve a static webpage directory. i'm using caddy because that's what i already use and it literally makes things shit easy
-===== requirements =====
-  * **no cgnat router** - look up the model of your router. if you're under cgnat i can't help you (for now?) because reasons
-  * **caddy** - basic but powerful web server software. [[https://caddyserver.com/docs/install|install it according to the caddy docs]]
-  * **html knowledge** - css knowledge optional
-===== caddy usage =====
-the caddyfile is where everything that configures your server will live. it's extremely easy to use but official caddy docs are confusing about it so i'll try to simplify.
-the file is in different locations depending on your OS. for linux, that location is ///etc/caddy/// and the file is just **Caddyfile** with no extension. i don't know where it is elsewhere and/or if it's not there for you as a linux user, then create the caddyfile anywhere in your system, then type the following in your terminal:
-<code>caddy -conf /path/to/Caddyfile</code>
-caddy should detect the caddyfile now. time to edit it!
-so the syntax goes like this:
-<code>example.com {
-root * /path/to/site
-file_server
-}</code>