DISCLAIMER FOR REDDIT USERS ⚠️

• You'll find the source code for the image on my github repo: 11notes/caddy or at the end of this post
• You can debug distroless containers. Check my RTFM/distroless for an example on how easily this can be done
• If you prefer the original image or any other image provider, that is fine, it is your choice and as long as you are happy, I am happy
• I post this image on this sub because it was requested by multiple Redditors from my other posts and on github
• No AI was used to write this post or to write the code for my images, all the spelling and formatting errors are proof of that!
• No, I don't plan to make a PR to the original image, because that PR would be huge and require a lot of effort and I have other stuff to attend to than to fix everyones Docker images
• This image uses a json file, if you prefer a Caddyfile, simply change the command of the image and use adapt instead of run.

INTRODUCTION 📢

Caddy is a web server written in Go, known for its simplicity and automatic HTTPS features. It acts as a powerful and flexible reverse proxy, handling various protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, WebSockets, gRPC, and FastCGI.

SYNOPSIS 📖

What can I do with this? This image will run caddy rootless and distroless, for maximum security.

UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION 💶

Why should I run this image and not the other image(s) that already exist? Good question! Because ...

If you value security, simplicity and optimizations to the extreme, then this image might be for you.

COMPARISON 🏁

Below you find a comparison between this image and the most used or original one.

VOLUMES 📁

• /caddy/etc - Directory of your default.json config
• /caddy/var - Directory of all dynamic data

COMPOSE ✂️

name: "proxy" services: caddy: image: "11notes/caddy:2.10.0" read_only: true environment: TZ: "Europe/Zurich" ports: - "80:80/tcp" - "443:443/tcp" volumes: - "caddy.etc:/caddy/etc" - "caddy.var:/caddy/var" # optional volume (can be tmpfs instead) to store backups of your config - "caddy.backup:/caddy/backup" networks: frontend: sysctls: # allow rootless container to access port 80 and higher net.ipv4.ip_unprivileged_port_start: 80 restart: "always" volumes: caddy.etc: caddy.var: caddy.backup: networks: frontend: 

SOURCE 💾

• 11notes/caddy

I've been working on an experimental project and would love to get your thoughts and feedback. It's a Self-hosted, P2P, End-to-End Encrypted (E2EE) File Transfer & Messaging Progressive Web App (PWA).

The core idea is to demonstrate what's possible with modern browser APIs for secure, decentralized communication and data ownership.

Check it out here: https://positive-intentions.com

Key Features & Highlights:

• Open Source: Transparent and auditable code.
• Cross-Platform:
  • Works as a PWA in any modern browser.
  • Self-compile options for iOS, Android, Desktop (Windows, MacOS, Linux).
  • App store / Play Store versions coming soon.
• Decentralized & Secure:
  • No cookies, no registration, no installing required.
  • P2P encrypted connections.
  • Your data stays local only (or on your self-hosted instance).
• Messaging & File Transfer:
  • Text and multimedia messaging.
  • Screensharing (on desktop browsers).
  • File transfer.
  • Video calls.
  • Group messaging and offline messaging are in research/coming soon.
• Data Ownership:
  • Self-hostable (even on GitHub Pages!).

Direct Links to Apps (Degoogled):

• P2P Chat: https://chat.positive-intentions.com
• P2P File Transfer: https://file.positive-intentions.com
• Encrypted Drive Storage Demo: https://dim.positive-intentions.com/?path=/story/usefs--encrypted-demo

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/positive-intentions

IMPORTANT NOTES (PLEASE READ!):

• These are NOT products. They are for testing and demonstration purposes only.
• They have NOT been reviewed or audited. DO NOT use for sensitive data.
• All functionality demonstrated is experimental.
• This is NOT meant to replace robust solutions like VeraCrypt, Simplexchat, Signal, Whatsapp, or wetransfer. It's purely a proof of concept to showcase the capabilities of browser APIs for these kinds of functionalities.

I'm keen to hear your feedback, bug reports, or any thoughts on the potential of such browser-based P2P solutions!

Sharing a small project I've been working on during some weekends. It's a simple session manager with a web interface (made with niceGUI) that lets you run and monitor bash/Python scripts. Maybe good for your automation and managing long-running processes?

Key features:

• 🌐 Web dashboard with real-time system stats
• 🐚 Run bash and Python scripts as tmux sessions
• 📊 Live log viewing and monitoring
• ⏰ Script scheduling and chaining
• 🖥️ CLI for automation and power users (WIP)
• 🔄 Keep sessions alive after script completion

Uses tmux under the hood so sessions persist even if you lose connection. Any feedback appreciated!

Github: https://github.com/kalfasyan/desto

I am missing the news articles from noted, and wondering why there is no update? Has the site owner retired?

Hey there, first of all I don't know if this is even possible in the extend that I want to use but I'll just give it a shot if someone got an Idea.

Sometimes I am in a restricted Network that blocks a lot of sites via proxy via blacklist. My Idea would be to host a website that I can access and use a browser via that site. Only problem: My Sever doesn't have a GPU... Is there a service / hosting solution that I could use?

Really greatful for every suggestion I get. I am really unsure if there is a way that will work. I know an old teacher of mine used some sort of whiteboard app in browser that allowed him to bypass youtube blocks in school somehow...

I have been using CF tunnels in the free plan for a server hosted in Europe. Accessing from Australia has been slow as hell.

Does is get better if I get a paid plan of 20$ ?

My content is mostly dynamic json and html.

I’ve been trying to build a self-hosted system for processing technical documents - ideally something that can support visual layout (tables, formulas, sections) and give traceable answers (i.e., being able to verify where in the document the response came from).

So far, most of the tools I’ve tried - like LocalGPT, LangChain setups, or even PDF-to-vector workflows - seem to treat PDFs as flat text, which works okay for basic Q&A but really struggles when a question relates to data in a table, or a specific formula in a multi-column section.

Traceability is also a weak point. If the model gives you an answer, there’s often no easy way to confirm where it came from unless you’ve built in a custom retriever or chunk-labeling system.

I’m looking for something that can: - Preserve tables, formulas, and section structure - Support scanned or complex layout PDFs - Allow traceable answers or segment-level grounding - Preferably be self-hosted and open source

Does anyone have recommendations or experiences with tools that come close? Bonus if it can plug into a local RAG pipeline or expose structured chunks for reuse.

Hi so I'm looking to start a small server because I need imache to share pictures between grapheneos profiles but I'm not sure whether to use some tech I have already or to buy a nas?

Things I want to try run: Immach(pictures cloud) My own email domain maybe Maybe my own art portfolio website maybe

Tech I have: 1tb HDD WDblack Thinkpad x230 with 1tbSSD (was using this to learn Linux though so not sure if I want to leave it on a shelf:/) Some old android phones with expandable storage to 126gb

I was thinking to buy a raspberry pi and add a few more HDD to it so I could store all.my content.

But basically I'm overwhelmed by all the choices and I don't know where to start/without wasting money. I want something with low electricity bills and quiet

I'm completely new to this but eager to get started but unsure what hardware to run.

I have a flexible budget of around £300-£400 and looking to run arch. Right now I'm planning to host something like next cloud/seafile, vault warden, and some analytics that I can access through a purchased domain while having the space and room to add things or apps I find/create in the future.

If someone could suggest what to get as either an all in one or parts based it would be appreciated ❤️

Is there any web hosting panel that is free & open source that has following support:

apache

nginx

redis

mysql = mysql 8 or and newer or mariadb and newer

ftp

mail server

DNS server with records

and rest

something like cpanel/plesk etc but free and does the work.

Panels i tried:

aapanel = installs odd Composer that breaks the script i'm trying to run

OpenPanel = Does not include mail server and ftp server (Requires enterprise edition)

So hope anyone has solution to my problem :)