How To Host a Website with Caddy

Caddy is an open source web server designed with simplicity and security in mind. In this tutorial, you’ll build Caddy from source and use it to host a website secured with HTTPS and TLS, utilizing Caddy’s integration with Let’s Encrypt. Choose your operating system below to get started.

CentOS

Ubuntu

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