Invoice Ninja is an open-source platform which helps you take care of clients, invoices, payments, expenses, time-tracking, and more… In this guide I explain how you can run Invoice Ninja on your own server with Caddy and PHP-FPM. Prerequisites MySQL Server up and running PHP-FPM up and running I assume that you have already setup… Read more »
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Running Caddy as a service on macOS X server
Installing Caddy Download Caddy from the official website. Give the executable root permissions1: $ chown root ./caddy $ chmod +s ./caddy Caddyfile Caddy reads it configuration for the Caddyfile. More information can be found in the official documentation. Launchd config Create a launchd plist file: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.caddyserver.web.plist. This file should look like this: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>… Read more »
Running Gogs (Go Git Service) as a service on macOS X server
This guides explains how you can run Gogs git server as a service on your Mac using launchd. Command line tools First you need to install Xcode from the Mac App Store. Once installed, you also need the Command Line Tools, you can initiate the download process by executing $ xcode-select –install in the Terminal…. Read more »
HTTP caching mechanisms in Caddy
Providing the ability for clients to cache static file requests is very important. It prevents the unneeded transfer of (static) files from server to client. Caching doesn’t only speedup things for the client, but also decreases the server load. But which caching mechanisms does Caddy provide, and how can they be enabled? ETag The HTTP… Read more »
Two months ago I started to “Serve The Web Like It’s 2016”, and I’m still loving Caddy!
Caddy? Wooha, hold your horses, what is Caddy?! Caddy is a web server like Apache or Nginx, but different: Caddy is a modern web server (supporting HTTP/2) with elegant and easy configuration. It comes with automated HTTPS (with Let’s Encrypt) and a growing number of extensions (including Git support). It’s open source software, written in… Read more »
Serving ownCloud with Caddy
In this post, I’ll walk you through how to set up ownCloud with Caddy for a secure, personal cloud service. I wrote this guide while configuring on Ubuntu 14. ownCloud A quick introduction to ownCloud for those who never heard about it (as found on Wikipedia): OwnCloud (stylized ownCloud) is a suite of client-server software… Read more »
Raspberry Pi with HifiBerry running Volumio, an awesome music streamer!
I guess everyone knows the Raspberry Pi, a tiny, extendable single-board computer that is capable of doing almost everything. But have you already used the Raspberry Pi with the HifiBerry, a better sound card? The HifiBerry is a high fidelity DAC (digital-to-analog converter) which brings high-quality sound to the Pi. (Yes, it’s very easy to install, it’s just… Read more »
Running Caddy Server as a service with systemd
In a previous blogpost I explained how to run Caddy (a brilliant and simple web server) as a service using Upstart. Systemd, however, replaced Upstart on most of the operating systems, so it makes more sense to have a guide for systemd. Caddy executable We don’t run Caddy as root to keep things as secure as… Read more »
Caddy Server and WordPress (PHP-FPM)
Update: I added rewrite rules for WordPress permalinks to the Caddyfile. I also removed all unnecessary bits which are not needed anymore since Caddy now has built-in HTTPS support with Let’s Encrypt. Recently I discovered an amazing open source project: Caddy, a fully functional HTTP/2 webserver, written in Go. Caddy is a lightweight, general-purpose web server for… Read more »
Running Caddy Server as a service with Upstart
Update: Need to run Caddy as service with systemd? Checkout this blogpost! Recently I discovered a very promising webserver (written in Go) called Caddy. Now, Caddy is just an executable, which I wanted to turn into a service on my Ubuntu server. Upstart Running any executable as a service can be done using Upstart. Once… Read more »