I often use Nginx with Let's Encrypt to provide TLS to my services. The setup is straightforward: install Nginx and Cerbot, which will automatically renew your certificates.  That has been my favorite approach over the past years. What if we could make it even easier?  Caddy is a server that functions as a web server, reverse proxy, and load balancer. All with built-in automatic certificate management. With Caddy, there is no need to install or manage anything other than Caddy itself. This integration reduces the setup complexity and minimizes the potential for errors, which makes it super efficient to start using. Everything that needs to be done is pointing a DNS record to the Caddy server and everything will be taken care of, leaving you with a secure communication for your services. Caddy has a strong set of features that it provides. Serving static files Reverse Proxy HTTPS and certificate management Making Localhost HTTPS development easy One thing we need to understand is how the certificate management is performed. Caddy leverages the ACME protocol to manage certificates This video was sponsored by Betterstack. You can view their product at BetterStack specializes in collecting logs and monitoring.