caddyserver/caddy · error

getting events app: %v

Error message

getting events app: %v

What it means

Error "getting events app: %v" thrown in caddyserver/caddy.

Source

Thrown at modules/caddytls/tls.go:165

	// set of subjects with managed certificates,
	// and hashes of manually-loaded certificates
	// (managing's value is an optional issuer key, for distinction)
	managing, loaded map[string]string
}

// CaddyModule returns the Caddy module information.
func (TLS) CaddyModule() caddy.ModuleInfo {
	return caddy.ModuleInfo{
		ID:  "tls",
		New: func() caddy.Module { return new(TLS) },
	}
}

// Provision sets up the configuration for the TLS app.
func (t *TLS) Provision(ctx caddy.Context) error {
	eventsAppIface, err := ctx.App("events")
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("getting events app: %v", err)
	}
	t.events = eventsAppIface.(*caddyevents.App)
	t.ctx = ctx
	t.logger = ctx.Logger()
	repl := caddy.NewReplacer()
	t.managing, t.loaded = make(map[string]string), make(map[string]string)
	t.serverNames = make(map[string]serverNameRegistration)
	t.serverNamesMu = new(sync.Mutex)

	// set up default DNS module, if any, and make sure it implements all the
	// common libdns interfaces, since it could be used for a variety of things
	// (do this before provisioning other modules, since they may rely on this)
	if len(t.DNSRaw) > 0 {
		dnsMod, err := ctx.LoadModule(t, "DNSRaw")
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("loading overall DNS provider module: %v", err)
		}
		switch dnsMod.(type) {

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Solutions

1. Ensure the events app is configured and loads correctly; the wrapped error explains the failure.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at modules/caddytls/tls.go:165 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of caddyserver/caddy@50e54ee279 (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/f73a3c1e744f776d. Report an issue: GitHub.