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# HTTP(S) proxy

We strongly recommend including a production-grade HTTP(S) proxy in each deployment of Elimity Insights. For our SaaS customers we include this by default.

Most cloud providers offer an HTTP(S) proxy (e.g. Google Cloud Load Balancing, Azure Load Balancer) that integrates well with their CaaS / VMaaS products. If using your cloud provider's proxy is not an option, then installing one manually on e.g. Windows Server is also possible. We suggest to take a look at [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/), a widely-used open-source HTTPS server with excellent proxying capabilities. The remainder of this page contains some additional guidelines for setting up Caddy as an HTTP(S) proxy for Elimity Insights on Windows Server.

## Installing Caddy on Windows Server

To install Caddy as an HTTP(S) proxy for Elimity Insights on Windows Server we recommend to just deploy [their official Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/_/caddy). Refer to the snippet below as a starting point for your `docker-compose.yml` file:

```yaml
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - .\caddy:C:\etc\caddy

  insights:
    image: europe-west1-docker.pkg.dev/elimity-general/docker/insights:v3.41.0-nanoserver-ltsc2022
    restart: always
    volumes:
      - .\insights:C:\app\config 
```

Of course you'll also need to configure Caddy. The official documentation includes [a great tutorial about writing `Caddyfile`s](https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile-tutorial), here's a template you can build on (place it at `.\caddy\Caddyfile`):

```
elimity.example.com

reverse_proxy insights

tls cert.pem key.pem
```


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