Sites¶

The Sites page manages Caddy site blocks and their deployment state.

Create a site¶

Provide:

• a descriptive site name;
• one or more domains;
• the Caddy directives that belong inside the site block;
• whether the site is enabled.

Use Validate before saving to check the generated configuration. Create & Deploy stores the site and loads the updated Caddy configuration.

Multiple domains¶

A site can contain multiple normalized domains. Certificate state is displayed for the configured names when Caddy's certificate storage is mounted.

Edit or disable a site¶

Editing and deploying replaces the generated site block. Disabling a site keeps its definition in CaddyBuddy but omits it from the active configuration.

Delete a site¶

Deletion removes the stored site and deploys the resulting configuration. Review the confirmation dialog carefully because the active Caddy configuration changes immediately.

Certificate renewal¶

Certificate-renewal actions depend on the detected certificate state. A force renewal that purges local certificate artifacts requires certificate-storage access and a working runtime control mode; CaddyBuddy then reloads Caddy and restarts it if needed. Without a control mode, artifact-purge cases fall back to a best-effort Admin API reload, while repairs that require a restart are unavailable. The reload prompts Caddy to renew only certificates that are missing or within their renewal window; a still-valid certificate is left untouched. CaddyBuddy monitors the resulting certificate state instead of assuming the action completed the renewal.