diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 739b30a28..65a034f23 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -135,5 +135,3 @@ services:
       - autoupdate
     ports:
       - "8000:8000"
-    volumes:
-      - ../proxy/Caddyfile.dev:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
diff --git a/proxy/Caddyfile b/proxy/Caddyfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fe36e60d..000000000
--- a/proxy/Caddyfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import endpoint
-
-    reverse_proxy /system/action* backend:9002
-    reverse_proxy /system/presenter* backend:9003
-    reverse_proxy /system/autoupdate* autoupdate:9012 {
-        flush_interval -1
-    }
-    reverse_proxy /system/icc* icc:9013 {
-        flush_interval -1
-    }
-    reverse_proxy /system/auth* auth:9004
-    reverse_proxy /system/media* media:9006
-
-    reverse_proxy client:9001
-
-}
diff --git a/proxy/Caddyfile.dev b/proxy/Caddyfile.dev
deleted file mode 100644
index c049d9e51..000000000
--- a/proxy/Caddyfile.dev
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-https://:8000 {
-    tls /certs/cert.pem /certs/key.pem
-
-    reverse_proxy /system/action* backend:9002
-    reverse_proxy /system/presenter* backend:9003
-    reverse_proxy /system/autoupdate* autoupdate:9012 {
-        flush_interval -1
-    }
-    reverse_proxy /system/icc* icc:9013 {
-        flush_interval -1
-    }
-    reverse_proxy /system/auth* auth:9004
-    reverse_proxy /system/media* media:9006
-
-    reverse_proxy client:9001
-}
diff --git a/proxy/Dockerfile b/proxy/Dockerfile
index 89473efff..93448e0b4 100644
--- a/proxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/proxy/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 FROM caddy:2.3.0-alpine
 
-COPY Caddyfile /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache jq gettext
+
+COPY caddy_base.json /caddy_base.json
 COPY entrypoint /entrypoint
 COPY certs /certs
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint"]
-CMD ["caddy", "run", "--config", "/etc/caddy/Caddyfile", "--adapter", "caddyfile"]
+CMD ["caddy", "run", "--config", "/etc/caddy/config.json"]
diff --git a/proxy/Dockerfile.dev b/proxy/Dockerfile.dev
index 2227d1182..c9ec9d7b1 100644
--- a/proxy/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/proxy/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 FROM caddy:2.3.0-alpine
 
-COPY Caddyfile.dev /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
+RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache jq gettext
+
+COPY caddy_base.json /caddy_base.json
+COPY entrypoint /entrypoint
 COPY certs /certs
+
+ENV ENABLE_LOCAL_HTTPS=1
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint"]
+CMD ["caddy", "run", "--config", "/etc/caddy/config.json"]
diff --git a/proxy/README.md b/proxy/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07c55c06b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# OpenSlides proxy
+
+The proxy is the entrypoint for traffic going into an OpenSlides instance and
+hides all the services needed for production behind a single port. On the
+docker container this will be port 8000. An arbitrary port from the host can
+then be forwarded to that (e.g. 443->8000).
+
+## HTTPS
+
+It is possible to make use of caddy's automatic https feature in order to not
+having to manually generate TLS certificates.
+Set `ENABLE_AUTO_HTTPS=1` and `EXTERNAL_ADDRESS=openslides.example.com` to
+activate it. Caddy will then retrieve a letsencrypt certificate for that
+domain.
+For testing a setup e.g.
+`ACME_ENDPOINT=https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory` can also
+be set to avoid hitting rate limits.
+Importantly, port 80 on the host must be forwarded to port 8001 on which caddy
+will answer the ACME-challenge during certificate retrieval.
+
+Alternatively a locally generated certificate can be used by executing
+`make-localhost-cert.sh` before building the docker image (!) and setting
+`ENABLE_LOCAL_HTTPS=1`. This is mostly for dev setup purposes and is not useful
+for a public domain as the cert is not issued by a trusted CA and therefore
+not trusted by browsers. If set, this overrules `ENABLE_AUTO_HTTPS`.
diff --git a/proxy/caddy_base.json b/proxy/caddy_base.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1712b7df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/caddy_base.json
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+{
+  "apps": {
+    "tls": {
+      "automation": {
+        "policies": [
+          {
+            "issuers": [
+              {
+                "module": "acme",
+                "challenges": {
+                  "tls-alpn": {
+                    "disabled": true
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "http": {
+      "servers": {
+        "srv0": {
+          "listen": [
+            ":8000"
+          ],
+          "allow_h2c": true,
+          "routes": [
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "flush_interval": -1,
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$AUTOUPDATE_HOST:$AUTOUPDATE_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "match": [
+                {
+                  "path": [
+                    "/system/autoupdate*"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$PRESENTER_HOST:$PRESENTER_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "match": [
+                {
+                  "path": [
+                    "/system/presenter*"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$ACTION_HOST:$ACTION_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "match": [
+                {
+                  "path": [
+                    "/system/action*"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$MEDIA_HOST:$MEDIA_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "match": [
+                {
+                  "path": [
+                    "/system/media*"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$AUTH_HOST:$AUTH_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "match": [
+                {
+                  "path": [
+                    "/system/auth*"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "flush_interval": -1,
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$ICC_HOST:$ICC_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "match": [
+                {
+                  "path": [
+                    "/system/icc*"
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "flush_interval": -1,
+                  "transport": {
+                    "protocol": "http",
+                    "versions": [
+                      "2",
+                      "h2c"
+                    ]
+                  },
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$MANAGE_HOST:$MANAGE_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ],
+              "match": [
+                {
+                  "header": {
+                    "Content-Type": [
+                      "application/grpc"
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "handle": [
+                {
+                  "handler": "reverse_proxy",
+                  "upstreams": [
+                    {
+                      "dial": "$CLIENT_HOST:$CLIENT_PORT"
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ],
+          "automatic_https": {
+            "disable": true
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/proxy/entrypoint b/proxy/entrypoint
index da2650e0d..f07586092 100755
--- a/proxy/entrypoint
+++ b/proxy/entrypoint
@@ -2,15 +2,53 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [[ -f "/certs/key.pem" ]] && [[ -f "/certs/cert.pem" ]]; then
-    cat <<EOF >> /etc/caddy/endpoint
-https://:8000 {
-    tls /certs/cert.pem /certs/key.pem
-EOF
-    echo "Configured https"
+config=/etc/caddy/config.json
+base=/caddy_base.json
+
+# set defaults in base
+ACTION_HOST="${ACTION_HOST:-backend}" ACTION_PORT="${ACTION_PORT:-9002}" \
+PRESENTER_HOST="${PRESENTER_HOST:-backend}" PRESENTER_PORT="${PRESENTER_PORT:-9003}" \
+AUTOUPDATE_HOST="${AUTOUPDATE_HOST:-autoupdate}" AUTOUPDATE_PORT="${AUTOUPDATE_PORT:-9012}" \
+ICC_HOST="${ICC_HOST:-icc}" ICC_PORT="${ICC_PORT:-9013}" \
+AUTH_HOST="${AUTH_HOST:-auth}" AUTH_PORT="${AUTH_PORT:-9004}" \
+MEDIA_HOST="${MEDIA_HOST:-media}" MEDIA_PORT="${MEDIA_PORT:-9006}" \
+MANAGE_HOST="${MANAGE_HOST:-manage}" MANAGE_PORT="${MANAGE_PORT:-9008}" \
+CLIENT_HOST="${CLIENT_HOST:-client}" CLIENT_PORT="${CLIENT_PORT:-9001}" \
+envsubst < "$base" > "$base.out" && mv -f "$base.out" "$base"
+
+jq_write() {
+  filter=$1
+  jq "$filter" "$base" > "$base.out" && mv -f "$base.out" "$base"
+}
+
+### HTTPS ###
+if [ -n "$ENABLE_LOCAL_HTTPS" ]; then
+  [ -f /certs/cert.pem ] && [ -f /certs/key.pem ] || {
+    echo "ERROR: no local cert-files provided. Did you run make-localhost-cert.sh?"
+    exit 1
+  }
+  jq_write ".apps.http.servers.srv0.tls_connection_policies = [{ certificate_selection: { any_tag: [ \"cert0\" ] }}]"
+  jq_write ".apps.tls = { certificates: { load_files: [{ certificate: \"/certs/cert.pem\", key: \"/certs/key.pem\", tags: [ \"cert0\" ] }] }}"
 else
-    echo "http://:8000 {" > /etc/caddy/endpoint
-    echo "Configured http"
+  if [ -n "$ENABLE_AUTO_HTTPS" ]; then
+    if [ -n "$EXTERNAL_ADDRESS" ]; then
+      echo "INFO: For the automatic https to work ports 443 and 80 of the host must be
+  directed to 8000 and 8001 of this container"
+      jq_write "del(.apps.http.servers.srv0.automatic_https)" # disabled in base
+      jq_write ".apps.http.https_port = 8000"
+      jq_write ".apps.http.http_port = 8001"
+      jq_write ".apps.http.servers.srv0.routes[-1].match = [{ host: [\"$EXTERNAL_ADDRESS\"]}]"
+
+      if [ -n "$ACME_ENDPOINT" ]; then
+        jq_write ".apps.tls.automation.policies[0].issuers[0].ca = \"${ACME_ENDPOINT}\""
+      fi
+    else
+      echo "ERROR: EXTERNAL_ADDRESS needed for automatic HTTPS / cert generation"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
 fi
 
-exec "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+mv "$base" "$config"
+
+exec "$@"