I do but I am wondering if the syntax in my caddyfile is wrong.

I did get past my initial error thanks to this group but I cannot get to my portainer via host name still.

Sounds like a bad prank show

YOU GOT YAML’D! 🤪

The error suggests that you’re trying to mount a file (Caddyfile) onto a directory or vice versa. Let’s debug this step by step.

Steps to Fix:

1. Check if the path exists and is correct Run:

   ls -ld /home/Joe/container/caddy/Caddyfile
   

   • If it’s a directory, it should be a file instead.
   • If it doesn’t exist, create an empty one:

     touch /home/Joe/container/caddy/Caddyfile
     

2. Ensure correct permissions

   chmod 644 /home/Joe/container/caddy/Caddyfile
   

3. Check YAML Formatting
   Your docker-compose.yml seems to have incorrect indentation and improper quotes around version. Here’s a fixed version:

   version: "3.3"
   
   networks:
     caddy:
   
   services:
     portainer:
       image: portainer/portainer-ce:latest
       container_name: portainer2
       restart: unless-stopped
       security_opt:
         - no-new-privileges:true
       volumes:
         - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
         - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
         - /home/Joe/containers/portainer/portainer-data:/data
       networks:
         - caddy
       ports:
         - 9000:9000
   
     caddy:
       image: caddy:latest
       restart: unless-stopped
       container_name: caddy
       ports:
         - 80:80
         - 443:443
       volumes:
         - /home/Joe/container/caddy/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
         - /home/Joe/container/caddy/site:/srv
         - /home/Joe/container/caddy/caddy_data:/data
         - /home/Joe/container/caddy/caddy_config:/config
       networks:
         - caddy
   

4. Restart Docker and Try Again

   docker compose down
   docker compose up -d
   

If the error persists, check docker logs caddy for additional hints.

Caddy is growing in popularity and finding its ways into more and more tutorials. Traefik and Caddy seem to be found in more reverse proxy tutorials/docs than NPM anymore. Forget about SWAG these days.

nginx >>>>>