Caddyfile

{ # global options
    admin off # theres no need for the admin api in railway's environment
    persist_config off # storage isn't persistent anyway
    auto_https off # railway handles https for us, this would cause issues if left enabled
    log { # runtime logs
        format console # set runtime log format to console mode
    }
    servers { # server options
        trusted_proxies static private_ranges # trust railway's proxy
    }
}

:{$PORT} { # site block, listens on the $PORT environment variable, automatically assigned by railway
    log { # access logs
        format console # set access log format to console mode
    }

    # health check for railway
    respond /health 200

    # serve from the 'dist' folder (Vite builds into the 'dist' folder)
    root * dist

    # enable gzipping responses
    encode gzip

    # serve files from 'dist'
    file_server

    # if path doesn't exist, redirect it to 'index.html' for client side routing
    try_files {path} /index.html
}