How to Set Up Traefik for Container-Based Routing
Traefik is a modern reverse proxy and load balancer designed for container environments. It automatically discovers services and routes traffic on your Breeze server without manual configuration updates.
Deploying Traefik with Docker Compose
services:
traefik:
image: traefik:v3.1
command:
- "--api.dashboard=true"
- "--providers.docker=true"
- "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false"
- "--entrypoints.web.address=:80"
- "--entrypoints.websecure.address=:443"
- "--certificatesresolvers.letsencrypt.acme.email=admin@yourdomain.com"
- "--certificatesresolvers.letsencrypt.acme.storage=/letsencrypt/acme.json"
- "--certificatesresolvers.letsencrypt.acme.httpchallenge.entrypoint=web"
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
- letsencrypt:/letsencrypt
volumes:
letsencrypt:Routing to Application Services
Add labels to your application containers for automatic routing:
services:
webapp:
image: myapp:latest
labels:
- "traefik.enable=true"
- "traefik.http.routers.webapp.rule=Host(`app.yourdomain.com`)"
- "traefik.http.routers.webapp.entrypoints=websecure"
- "traefik.http.routers.webapp.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt"
- "traefik.http.services.webapp.loadbalancer.server.port=8080"Adding Middleware
labels:
- "traefik.http.middlewares.ratelimit.ratelimit.average=100"
- "traefik.http.middlewares.ratelimit.ratelimit.burst=50"
- "traefik.http.routers.webapp.middlewares=ratelimit"Key Benefits
- Automatic service discovery from Docker labels
- Built-in Let's Encrypt certificate management
- Dashboard for real-time traffic visualization
- Middleware for rate limiting, authentication, and headers
- Zero-downtime configuration reloads