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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.
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.
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.
- Packaged as a single binary file (made with ❤️ with go) and available as a [tiny](https://microbadger.com/images/traefik) [official](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/traefik/) docker image
To save some time, you can clone [Traefik's repository](https://github.com/containous/traefik) and use the quickstart files located in the [examples/quickstart](https://github.com/containous/traefik/tree/master/examples/quickstart/) directory.
Enabling the Web UI with the `--api` flag might expose configuration elements. You can read more about this on the [API/Dashboard's Security section](/configuration/api#security).
You can open a browser and go to [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080) to see Traefik's dashboard (we'll go back there once we have launched a service in step 2).
Go back to your browser ([http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080)) and see that Traefik has automatically detected the new container and updated its own configuration.
Go back to your browser ([http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080)) and see that Traefik has automatically detected the new instance of the container.
Now that you have a basic understanding of how Traefik can automatically create the routes to your services and load balance them, it might be time to dive into [the documentation](/) and let Traefik work for you!
Whatever your infrastructure is, there is probably [an available Traefik provider](/#supported-providers) that will do the job.
Our recommendation would be to see for yourself how simple it is to enable HTTPS with [Traefik's let's encrypt integration](/user-guide/examples/#lets-encrypt-support) using the dedicated [user guide](/user-guide/docker-and-lets-encrypt/).
You can grab the latest binary from the [releases](https://github.com/containous/traefik/releases) page and just run it with the [sample configuration file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containous/traefik/master/traefik.sample.toml):
```shell
./traefik -c traefik.toml
```
### The Official Docker Image
Using the tiny Docker image:
```shell
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 80:80 -v $PWD/traefik.toml:/etc/traefik/traefik.toml traefik
We strongly advise you to join our mailing list to be aware of the latest announcements from our security team. You can subscribe sending a mail to security+subscribe@traefik.io or on [the online viewer](https://groups.google.com/a/traefik.io/forum/#!forum/security).
If you've discovered a security vulnerability in Traefik, we appreciate your help in disclosing it to us in a responsible manner, using [this form](https://security.traefik.io).
