Traefik

Overview

Traefik is a modern reverse proxy and load balancer designed for containerized environments. Unlike nginx, Traefik auto-discovers services from Docker labels, Kubernetes ingress, and other providers — no manual config file updates when you add or remove services. It handles Let's Encrypt TLS certificates automatically, supports path-based and host-based routing, and offers middleware for rate limiting, authentication, headers, and more.

Instructions

Step 1: Docker Compose Deployment

# docker-compose.yml — Traefik with auto-discovery and Let's Encrypt
# Traefik watches Docker events and configures routing from container labels

services:
  traefik:
    image: traefik:v3.2
    command:
      - "--api.dashboard=true"