Docker basics: Using mkcert and caddy with docker compose to host web services over HTTPS for local development

This tutorial walks you through setting up a simple Docker Compose project that serves two Node web servers over HTTPS using Caddy as a reverse proxy . You will learn how to use mkcert to generate wildcard certificates and the minimal configuration needed in the Caddyfile and docker-compose.yml to get it all working. This tutorial was written for Linux or WSL users (I'm running Ubuntu). Github repo Introduction When running web services locally with Docker Compose, it’s easy to default to plain