How can I use a DNS-01 challenge for Caddy?

[seitzbg]

How can I use a DNS-01 challenge for Caddy?

Thanks!

[vitabaks]

We haven’t tried using the DNS-01 challenge in Caddy ourselves. We usually just create an A record with our DNS provider pointing to our server’s IP address, which is enough to obtain a certificate via the standard HTTP challenge.

You may want to check Caddy’s documentation — it provides instructions for setting up the DNS-01 challenge with various providers.

[seitzbg]

Sorry I should have qualified this. When I start the Autobase container via docker-compose, it tries to set up Caddy with the HTTP-01 challenge and it hangs there b/c my host is not open to the internet. Any tips appreciated.

[vitabaks]

Do not use this version of compose :)

[vitabaks]

Run a simple version of the container:

docker run -d --name autobase-console \
  --publish 80:80 \
  --publish 8080:8080 \
  --env PG_CONSOLE_API_URL=http://localhost:8080/api/v1 \
  --env PG_CONSOLE_AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN=secret_token \
  --volume console_postgres:/var/lib/postgresql \
  --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  --volume /tmp/ansible:/tmp/ansible \
  --restart=unless-stopped \
  autobase/console:2.3.1

Note: If you are running the console on a dedicated server (rather than on your laptop), replace localhost with the server’s IP address in the PG_CONSOLE_API_URL variable.