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Setup Reverse Proxy

The mint service created in the previous section listens only on the loopback interface, meaning it is not reachable from outside.

This section will go over how to expose the mint service to the internet, by using a reverse proxy. In this example we'll use caddy.

This assumes you are installing the mint on a machine that is directly reachable from the internet using a domain or subdomain.

Edit the default Caddyfile at /etc/caddy/Caddyfile as follows:

  • un-comment the reverse-proxy line and change it to reverse-proxy localhost:8085
  • comment out the file-server line

Then restart caddy:

sudo systemctl restart caddy

Your mint should now be publicly accessible.

Once you've tested the mint is publicly reachable over HTTP, you can switch to HTTPS by editing the Caddyfile and replacing http:// in the first un-commented line with your-mint-domain.com. Re-start caddy to generate and apply an HTTPS certificate.