Caddy

Fast, multi-platform web server and reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS, written in Go.

Port	80
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy
Source	https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy
Website	https://caddyserver.com

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Official upstream Caddy FreeBSD binary (auto-tracks latest release).	Most users — recommended.
pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  caddy:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy:latest"
    container_name: caddy
    environment:
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/caddy:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/caddy/data:/data"
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
      - "443:443"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=caddy
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  caddy:
    name: caddy
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '80:80 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '443:443 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '443:443 proto:udp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - caddy: /config
      - caddy_data: /data
volumes:
  caddy:
    device: '/path/to/containers/caddy'
  caddy_data:
    device: '/path/to/containers/caddy/data'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name caddy \
  -p 80:80 \
  -p 443:443 \
  -p 443:443 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/caddy:/config \
  -v /path/to/containers/caddy/data:/data \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="80:80 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="443:443 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="443:443 proto:udp" \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/caddy /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/caddy/data /data <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy:latest caddy

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah, shares the host network stack (inherit), and persists image-declared volumes under --data-path.

services:
  caddy:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy:latest"
    container_name: caddy
    network_mode: host  # jail shares host networking
    environment:
      - TZ=UTC

Save as podman-compose.yml, then run bastille up. Or via CLI:

bastille create -O \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --data-path /path/to/containers/caddy \
  caddy ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy:latest inherit

Ansible

- name: Deploy caddy
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: caddy
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/caddy:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/caddy:/config"
      - "/path/to/containers/caddy/data:/data"

Save as caddy-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook caddy-deploy.yaml.

Access at: http://localhost:80

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory (Caddyfile)
/data	Persistent data (ACME certificates, OCSP staples)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
80	TCP	HTTP
443	TCP	HTTPS (TCP + UDP/HTTP-3)
443	UDP	HTTPS (TCP + UDP/HTTP-3)

Architectures: amd64, aarch64 User: root (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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