In this video CJ shows you how to setup DNS records for domains and subdomains with Cloudflare and how to set up, configure and host multiple types of applications with Caddy Server.

Watch the 1st video on setting up a VPS here:    • Self Host 101  Set up and Secure You...  
Watch the 2nd video where CJ answers your questions here:    • Self Host 101  Office Hours  Losing...  
View all the Self Host 101 videos here:    • Self Host 101  

00:00 Intro
00:56 Domain Purchase and DNS Setup
02:43 Creating DNS Records
04:32 Query DNS Records with dig
07:50 www subdomain record, CNAME records and TEXT records
10:19 Email forwarding and a catchall address
11:23 DNS Resources
12:13 SSH to your VPS with a Domain Name
13:08 Responding to HTTP Requests from our Server
16:27 Web Server Software
18:12 Why do we need a Web Server?
19:05 How To Navigate The Caddy Docs
21:32 Caddy Architecture / reloading configuration
22:35 Install Caddy
24:17 Set up https for the root domain
25:39 Redirect IP to the root domain
27:21 Multiple Caddyfile Setup
31:41 Redirect www subdomain to root domain
34:15 Set up /var/www folder
39:05 Transfer files to the server with scp
40:35 Sync a folder with rsync
42:31 Clone a public git repo
44:44 Hide files from Caddy file_server
46:08 handle_errors in the Caddyfile
47:46 Clone private git repos with an SSH deploy key
52:16 Install node.js with nvm
54:03 Set up Holidays API Example
56:37 Create a reverse_proxy with Caddy
1:00:45 Manage long running processes with pm2
1:04:07 Run a TypeScript node.js API
1:09:52 Run a static website that has a build process
1:14:44 Caddyfile concepts and Logging
1:17:12 Common Caddyfile patterns including SPA redirects
1:18:15 Thanks!

DNS on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_...
Cloudflare DNS https://www.cloudflare.com/applicatio...
dig (command) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_(co...)

Cloudflare Email Routing https://www.cloudflare.com/developer...

How DNS Works Zine https://wizardzines.com/zines/dns/
Mess with DNS https://messwithdns.net/
a simple DNS lookup tool https://dnslookup.jvns.ca/

netcat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcat

Comparison of web server software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...
Apache HTTP https://httpd.apache.org/
nginx https://nginx.org/en/
traefik proxy https://traefik.io/traefik/
Caddy Server https://caddyserver.com/
Listen to Syntax Episode 340 https://syntax.fm/show/340/serverswi...

Caddyfile Reference https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile
Caddy Architecture https://caddyserver.com/docs/architec...
Keep Caddy Running https://caddyserver.com/docs/running#...

Install Caddy https://caddyserver.com/docs/install

Caddyfile root https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...
Caddyfile file_server https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...
Caddyfile redir https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...
Caddyfile Common Patterns redirect www https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...

ln (command) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ln_(Unix)

chown command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chown

Caddyfile file_server hide https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...
Caddyfile handle_errors https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...

Generate an SSH key https://docs.github.com/en/authentica...
Github deploy keys https://docs.github.com/en/authentica...

Node Version Manager https://github.com/nvmsh/nvm

Caddyfile reverse_proxy https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...

Run node.js with systemd https://nodesource.com/blog/runningy...
pm2 https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/...

Caddyfile concepts https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...
How logging works in Caddy https://caddyserver.com/docs/logging
Caddyfile SPA redirect https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfil...

Example sites:
notlocalhost.net https://github.com/w3cj/notlocalhost....
Holidays API https://github.com/codinggarden/holidays
Express API Starter TS https://github.com/w3cj/expressapis...
Big Timer https://github.com/CodingGarden/react...



Hit us up on Socials!

https://www.syntax.fm/links

Brought to you by Sentry Use code "tastytreats" to get 2 months free https://sentry.io/syntax

#vps #webdevelopment #selfhosted