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[](https://semaphoreci.com/containous/traefik)
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[](https://docs.traefik.io)
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[](http://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://slack.traefik.io)
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[](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=traefik)
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Traefik is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy.
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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:construction: As stated in the [1.7 release note ](https://blog.containo.us/traefik-1-7-yet-another-slice-of-awesomeness-2a9c99737889#782d ), a significant update is in progress on the [master ](https://github.com/containous/traefik/tree/master ) branch. This branch will remain in constant evolution and prone to change with little notice, so use it for test purposes only.
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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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- High Availability with cluster mode (beta)
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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/configuration/backends/docker ) / [Swarm mode ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/docker#docker-swarm-mode )
- [Kubernetes ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/kubernetes )
- [Mesos ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/mesos ) / [Marathon ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/marathon )
- [Rancher ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/rancher ) (API, Metadata)
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- [Azure Service Fabric ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/servicefabric )
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- [Consul Catalog ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/consulcatalog )
- [Consul ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/consul ) / [Etcd ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/etcd ) / [Zookeeper ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/zookeeper ) / [BoltDB ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/boltdb )
- [Eureka ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/eureka )
- [Amazon ECS ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/ecs )
- [Amazon DynamoDB ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/dynamodb )
- [File ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/file )
- [Rest ](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/rest )
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## Quickstart
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To get your hands on Traefik, you can use the [5-Minute Quickstart ](http://docs.traefik.io/#the-traefik-quickstart-using-docker ) in our documentation (you will need Docker).
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Alternatively, if you don't want to install anything on your computer, you can try Traefik online in this great [Katacoda tutorial ](https://www.katacoda.com/courses/traefik/deploy-load-balancer ) that shows how to load balance requests between multiple Docker containers.
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If you are looking for a more comprehensive and real use-case example, you can also check [Play-With-Docker ](http://training.play-with-docker.com/traefik-load-balancing/ ) to see how to load balance between multiple nodes.
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## Web UI
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You can access the simple HTML frontend of Traefik.
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## Documentation
You can find the complete documentation at [https://docs.traefik.io ](https://docs.traefik.io ).
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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 Slack channel: [](https://slack.traefik.io)
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- use [Stack Overflow ](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/traefik ) (using the `traefik` tag)
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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Here is a talk given by [Emile Vauge ](https://github.com/emilevauge ) at GopherCon 2017.
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You will learn Traefik basics in less than 10 minutes.
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[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgudiksfL-k)
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Here is a talk given by [Ed Robinson ](https://github.com/errm ) at [ContainerCamp UK ](https://container.camp ) conference.
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You will learn fundamental Traefik features and see some demos with Kubernetes.
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[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFtpIShV60I)
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## Maintainers
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[Information about process and maintainers ](MAINTAINER.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 release a new version (e.g. 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0) every other month.
- 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 ](http://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 )
- 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).
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The original Go gopher was designed by Renee French (http://reneefrench.blogspot.com/).
