Caddy file server browse not working when I root a specific directory

Question

Here is my Caddyfile:

aruiplex.com {
        encode gzip
        file_server /files/* {
                root /files
                browse
        }
        reverse_proxy /api/* localhost:7022
        file_server {
                root /srv
        }
}

Here is my plan:

1. When request URL is aruiplex.com, Caddy can show me the index.html in /srv directory.

2. When request URL is aruiplex.com/files, Caddy can show me the file list in the /files directory in docker container.

3. When request URL is aruiplex.com/api, Caddy can pass this request to localhost:7022.

But when I request aruiplex.com/files file server is not working, it gives me a 404. And I have check this directory in docker container, there have some files.

Here is my file tree at / in docker container:

/
    /home
    /etc
    /...
    /files
        /aaa.txt
        /bbb.txt
    /srv
        /index.html

Version: Caddy 2.4.6 in Docker.

P.S.: If you see the post on the caddy.community, it also me.

Answer 1

Deploying and serving different contents of the project

Serve the website, API, and content of the folder with the handle and handle_path directives to serve

Here is the sample project I created for the same usercase

├── Caddyfile
├── app
│   └── index.html
├── docker-compose.yml
├── files
│   ├── bye.txt
│   └── hello.txt
└── logs
    └── access.log

Caddyfile, replace 8080 with your domain example.com

:8080 {
    handle /api* {
        reverse_proxy localhost:7022
    }
    handle_path /files* {
        root * /files
        file_server browse
    }
    handle {
        root * /srv
        file_server browse
    }
}

:7022 {
    respond "Hey! I AM API" 
}

docker-compose.yml

version: "3"
services:
  caddy:
    restart: always
    image: caddy:2.4.6
    container_name: caddy
    ports:
      - 8080:8080 # Configure Caddyfile with port opened
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
      - caddy_data:/data
      - caddy_config:/config
      - ./app:/srv
      - ./files:/files
      - ./logs:/var/log
volumes:
  caddy_data: 
  caddy_config: