Merging directives from different sources under the same domain block

[MoShrank]

Hey!

Problem:
Merging two directives from different config sources under the same site block does not work.

Example:

Caddyfile

example.domain.com {
	handle_path /chat/* {
		uri strip_prefix /chat
		reverse_proxy chat:3002
	}
}

docker-compose.yaml

...
 labels:
            caddy: example.domain.com
            caddy.handle: "/*"
            caddy.handle.reverse_proxy: "{{upstreams 3000}}"
...

I would expect those directives to be merged under the same site domain like this:

example.domain.com {
        handle {
               reverse_proxy: {{ upstreams 3000 }}
        }

	handle_path /chat/* {
		uri strip_prefix /chat
		reverse_proxy chat:3002
	}
}

However that doesn't work and instead I get this error:

{"level":"info","ts":1752836013.019566,"logger":"docker-proxy","msg":"Process Caddyfile","logs":"[ERROR] Removing invalid block: Caddyfile:2: unrecognized global option: handle_path\n{\n\thandle_path /chat/* {\n\t\treverse_proxy 172.18.0.3:3002\n\t\tstrip_prefix /chat\n\t}\n}\n\n"}

[francislavoie]

FYI if you use handle_path then you don't need uri strip_prefix, the point of handle_path is to be a shortcut for handle + uri strip_prefix in one.

[MoShrank]

FYI if you use handle_path then you don't need uri strip_prefix, the point of handle_path is to be a shortcut for handle + uri strip_prefix in one.

Cool, thank you for the hint! :)