Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by francislavoie » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:20 PM UTC

Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0
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Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by todotask » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:33 PM UTC

How useful is dynamic upstream which is new to me?

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by mysterydip » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:46 PM UTC

todotask wrote: post #2

How useful is dynamic upstream which is new to me?

Sounds like it would allow automatic handling of either failed backend nodes or adding new capacity over time without restarting the proxy, but I could be reading it wrong.

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by mholt » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:54 PM UTC

todotask wrote: post #2

How useful is dynamic upstream which is new to me?

If your backends are registered via SRV records (e.g. Consul), this will be very useful for you! It also works similarly for A/AAAA records.

This feature is modular, so other methods of retrieving backends can be implemented as well.

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by torquemodwanted » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:59 PM UTC

How long does it usually take for first-party packages to be updated, e.g., https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/caddy/caddy/ ?

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by francislavoie » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:02 PM UTC

torquemodwanted wrote: post #5

How long does it usually take for first-party packages to be updated, e.g., https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/caddy/caddy/ ?

We've notified the package maintainers, so it's in their hands now. It's not automated, it needs a human to do it.

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by mholt » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:07 PM UTC

mysterydip wrote: post #3

todotask wrote: post #2

How useful is dynamic upstream which is new to me?

Sounds like it would allow automatic handling of either failed backend nodes or adding new capacity over time without restarting the proxy, but I could be reading it wrong.

Basically this, yeah. You can add or take down backends without having to keep web server config in sync and reload it. (Though config reloads are pretty light anyways.)

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by mholt » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:09 PM UTC

Francis definitely gets to claim the "Show HN" on this one, as he authored more commits to Caddy during this timeframe than I did: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/graphs/contributors?fro...

He and several other maintainers, community helpers, distribution team members, and sponsors go a long way to making this project tick. Thanks for all you do!

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by config_yml » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:13 PM UTC

mholt wrote: post #8

Francis definitely gets to claim the "Show HN" on this one, as he authored more commits to Caddy during this timeframe than I did: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/graphs/contributors?fro... He and several other maintainers, community helpers, distribution team members, and sponsors go a long way to making this project tick. Thanks for all you do!

Thank you all. Caddy is an absolute blessing!

Re: Show HN: Caddy v2.5.0

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Post by barkerja » Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 6:20 PM UTC

Where does Caddy live in a Kubernetes world -- or does it? (I'm not the most knowledgeable with either, so genuinely curious how these pieces all fit together).