Traefik

Why Traefik?

Feature	Traefik	Nginx
Auto SSL	✅ Built-in	Manual
Dashboard	✅ Built-in	❌
Docker Auto-discovery	✅	Manual
Config	YAML	Custom syntax

traefik.yml (Static Config)

entryPoints:
  web:
    address: ":80"
    http:
      redirections:
        entryPoint:
          to: websecure
          scheme: https
  websecure:
    address: ":443"

api:
  dashboard: true

providers:
  file:
    filename: /etc/traefik/dynamic.yml
    watch: true

certificatesResolvers:
  letsencrypt:
    acme:
      email: your-email@example.com
      storage: /etc/traefik/acme.json
      httpChallenge:
        entryPoint: web

dynamic.yml (Dynamic Config)

http:
  routers:
    snapcode:
      rule: "Host(`snapcode.yourdomain.com`)"
      service: snapcode-service
      entryPoints:
        - websecure
      tls:
        certResolver: letsencrypt
      middlewares:
        - compression
        - ratelimit

  services:
    snapcode-service:
      loadBalancer:
        servers:
          - url: "http://localhost:8000"
          - url: "http://localhost:8001"
        healthCheck:
          path: /
          interval: 10s

  middlewares:
    compression:
      compress: {}
    ratelimit:
      rateLimit:
        average: 100
        burst: 50

Quick Start

# Install
wget https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/download/v2.10.0/traefik_v2.10.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf traefik_v2.10.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv traefik /usr/local/bin/

# Run
traefik --configFile=/etc/traefik/traefik.yml

Features

• ✅ Auto SSL (Let’s Encrypt)
• ✅ Built-in dashboard
• ✅ Dynamic configuration
• ✅ Service discovery
• ✅ Rate limiting middleware