Caddy: Browse directive for v2

[pgporada]

Per your explicit in-person permission to bypass the template :P

It would be nice to set folders like this

    browse /imgs/garden/
    browse /imgs/porch-swing/
    browse /imgs/arcade-cabinet/

or like this

    file_server /imgs/garden /imgs/porch-swing /imgs/arcade-cabinet {
        browse
    }

[mholt]

Ah, I just remembered, you can use the matcher directive to specify all your paths in one:

matcher browseable {
    path imgs/garden /imgs/porch-swing /imgs/arcade-cabinet
}
file_server match:browseable browse

Or one per line:

matcher browseable {
    path imgs/garden \
         /imgs/porch-swing \
         /imgs/arcade-cabinet
}
file_server match:browseable browse

Is that satisfactory? I'd prefer just using this if that's okay. 😅

(Make sure to add another file_server directive if you just want a regular file server for everything else.)

[Henrocker]

Since I only serve one browsable path, I did:

file_server /md browse
file_server

[pgporada]

Using the following match block throws an error

    matcher browseable {
        path /imgs/garden \
             /imgs/porch-swing \
             /imgs/arcade-cabinet
    }
    file_server match:browseable browse

2019/09/27 14:20:27 adapting config using caddyfile: getting matcher module '/imgs/porch-swing': module not registered: http.matchers./imgs/porch-swing



md5-382338cb376a0c685346d8a410cc60bc



    matcher browseable {
        path /imgs/garden /imgs/porch-swing /imgs/arcade-cabinet
    }
    file_server match:browseable browse

[mholt]

@Henrocker Ah, true, that could also work, for easy one-liners. I didn't think of that. 😅

@pgporada There's a wee bug in the lexer (escaping newlines is kind of a new thing), so I'm fixing that now and adding a test case for it. Stay tuned!

[mholt]

Just pushed commit c12bf40 which fixes escaped newlines in the Caddyfile.

I still like @Henrocker's solution:

file_server /imgs/garden         browse
file_server /imgs/porch-swing    browse
file_server /imgs/arcade-cabinet browse
file_server

Is that acceptable for you @pgporada?

A separate browse directive like v1 has is possible, but kinda complicated and has limited flexibility.

[mholt]

Closing, since I believe this is resolved! Feel free to continue the conversation if needed though.

[Henrocker]

Hi @mholt, idk when this happened but with the latest v2 and the following config:

V2: CONFIG

hnrk.io, www.hnrk.io {
        root * /etc/caddy/html
        tls /path/to/cert /path/to/key
        encode brotli zstd gzip
        php_fastcgi unix//run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock
        file_server /md browse
        file_server
}

browsing a specific directory using this method no longer works (I receive 404). Website is live, so you can see the current behaviour.

Is there now a specific way to configure file browsing with Caddy v2?

Thanks!

[mholt]

@Henrocker Using which version, exactly? Beta 12 or are you building from source.

[Henrocker]

I've built Caddy v2 from source (including 372540f)

[mholt]

@Henrocker path matching is no longer prefix by default; please see #2981.

[Henrocker]

Ahh thank you! Adding a '*' after /md solved it.

My config looks like this now:

V2: CONFIG

hnrk.io, www.hnrk.io {
        root * /etc/caddy/html
        tls /path/to/cert /path/to/key
        encode brotli zstd gzip
        php_fastcgi unix//run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock
        file_server /md* browse
        file_server
}