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[](https://semaphoreci.com/containous/traefik)
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[](https://docs.traefik.io)
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[](https://goreportcard.com/report/containous/traefik)
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[](https://microbadger.com/images/traefik)
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[](https://github.com/containous/traefik/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
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[](https://community.containo.us/)
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[](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=traefik)
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Traefik (pronounced _traffic_ ) is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy.
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Traefik integrates with your existing infrastructure components ([Docker](https://www.docker.com/), [Swarm mode ](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/ ), [Kubernetes ](https://kubernetes.io ), [Marathon ](https://mesosphere.github.io/marathon/ ), [Consul ](https://www.consul.io/ ), [Etcd ](https://coreos.com/etcd/ ), [Rancher ](https://rancher.com ), [Amazon ECS ](https://aws.amazon.com/ecs ), ...) and configures itself automatically and dynamically.
Pointing Traefik at your orchestrator should be the _only_ configuration step you need.
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---
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. ** [Overview ](#overview )** .
**[Features](#features)** .
**[Supported backends](#supported-backends)** .
**[Quickstart](#quickstart)** .
**[Web UI](#web-ui)** .
**[Documentation](#documentation)** .
. ** [Support ](#support )** .
**[Release cycle](#release-cycle)** .
**[Contributing](#contributing)** .
**[Maintainers](#maintainers)** .
**[Credits](#credits)** .
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---
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:warning: Please be aware that the old configurations for Traefik v1.x are NOT compatible with the v2.x config as of now. If you're running v2, please ensure you are using a [v2 configuration ](https://docs.traefik.io/ ).
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## Overview
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Imagine that you have deployed a bunch of microservices with the help of an orchestrator (like Swarm or Kubernetes) or a service registry (like etcd or consul).
Now you want users to access these microservices, and you need a reverse proxy.
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Traditional reverse-proxies require that you configure _each_ route that will connect paths and subdomains to _each_ microservice.
In an environment where you add, remove, kill, upgrade, or scale your services _many_ times a day, the task of keeping the routes up to date becomes tedious.
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**This is when Traefik can help you!**
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Traefik listens to your service registry/orchestrator API and instantly generates the routes so your microservices are connected to the outside world -- without further intervention from your part.
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**Run Traefik and let it do the work for you!**
_(But if you'd rather configure some of your routes manually, Traefik supports that too!)_
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## Features
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- Continuously updates its configuration (No restarts!)
- Supports multiple load balancing algorithms
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- Provides HTTPS to your microservices by leveraging [Let's Encrypt ](https://letsencrypt.org ) (wildcard certificates support)
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- Circuit breakers, retry
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- See the magic through its clean web UI
- Websocket, HTTP/2, GRPC ready
- Provides metrics (Rest, Prometheus, Datadog, Statsd, InfluxDB)
- Keeps access logs (JSON, CLF)
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- Fast
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- Exposes a Rest API
- Packaged as a single binary file (made with :heart: with go) and available as a [tiny ](https://microbadger.com/images/traefik ) [official ](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/traefik/ ) docker image
## Supported Backends
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- [Docker ](https://docs.traefik.io/providers/docker/ ) / [Swarm mode ](https://docs.traefik.io/providers/docker/ )
- [Kubernetes ](https://docs.traefik.io/providers/kubernetes-crd/ )
- [Marathon ](https://docs.traefik.io/providers/marathon/ )
- [Rancher ](https://docs.traefik.io/providers/rancher/ ) (Metadata)
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- [File ](https://docs.traefik.io/providers/file/ )
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## Quickstart
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To get your hands on Traefik, you can use the [5-Minute Quickstart ](https://docs.traefik.io/getting-started/quick-start/ ) in our documentation (you will need Docker).
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## Web UI
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You can access the simple HTML frontend of Traefik.
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## Documentation
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You can find the complete documentation of Traefik v2 at [https://docs.traefik.io ](https://docs.traefik.io ).
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If you are using Traefik v1, you can find the complete documentation at [https://docs.traefik.io/v1.7/ ](https://docs.traefik.io/v1.7/ ).
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A collection of contributions around Traefik can be found at [https://awesome.traefik.io ](https://awesome.traefik.io ).
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## Support
To get community support, you can:
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- join the Traefik community forum: [](https://community.containo.us/)
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If you need commercial support, please contact [Containo.us ](https://containo.us ) by mail: < mailto:support @ containo . us > .
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## Download
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- Grab the latest binary from the [releases ](https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases ) page and run it with the [sample configuration file ](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containous/traefik/master/traefik.sample.toml ):
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```shell
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./traefik --configFile=traefik.toml
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```
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- Or use the official tiny Docker image and run it with the [sample configuration file ](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containous/traefik/master/traefik.sample.toml ):
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```shell
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docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 80:80 -v $PWD/traefik.toml:/etc/traefik/traefik.toml traefik
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```
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- Or get the sources:
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```shell
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git clone https://github.com/containous/traefik
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```
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## Introductory Videos
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You can find high level and deep dive videos on [videos.containo.us ](https://videos.containo.us ).
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## Maintainers
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[Information about process and maintainers ](docs/content/contributing/maintainers.md )
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## Contributing
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If you'd like to contribute to the project, refer to the [contributing documentation ](CONTRIBUTING.md ).
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Please note that this project is released with a [Contributor Code of Conduct ](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md ).
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By participating in this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
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## Release Cycle
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- We usually release 3/4 new versions (e.g. 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0) per year.
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- Release Candidates are available before the release (e.g. 1.1.0-rc1, 1.1.0-rc2, 1.1.0-rc3, 1.1.0-rc4, before 1.1.0).
- Bug-fixes (e.g. 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.3) are released as needed (no additional features are delivered in those versions, bug-fixes only).
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Each version is supported until the next one is released (e.g. 1.1.x will be supported until 1.2.0 is out).
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We use [Semantic Versioning ](https://semver.org/ ).
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## Mailing Lists
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- General announcements, new releases: mail at news+subscribe@traefik.io or on [the online viewer ](https://groups.google.com/a/traefik.io/forum/#!forum/news ).
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- Security announcements: mail at security+subscribe@traefik.io or on [the online viewer ](https://groups.google.com/a/traefik.io/forum/#!forum/security ).
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## Credits
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Kudos to [Peka ](http://peka.byethost11.com/photoblog/ ) for his awesome work on the logo .
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Traefik's logo is licensed under the Creative Commons 3.0 Attributions license.
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Traefik's logo was inspired by the gopher stickers made by [Takuya Ueda ](https://twitter.com/tenntenn ).
The original Go gopher was designed by [Renee French ](https://reneefrench.blogspot.com/ ).
