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+# /Træfɪk/
+
+/Træfɪk/ is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer made to deploy microservices with ease.
+It supports several backends (Docker, Mesos/Marathon, Consul, Etcd, Rest API, file...) to manage its configuration automatically and dynamically (hot-reload).
+
+## Features
+
+* No dependency hell, single binary made with go
+* Simple json Rest API
+* Simple TOML file configuration
+* Multiple backends supported: Docker, Mesos/Marathon, Consul, Etcd, and more to come
+* Watchers for backends, can listen change in backends to apply a new configuration automatically
+* Hot-reloading of configuration. No need to restart the process
+* Graceful shutdown http connections during hot-reloads
+* Rest Metrics
+* Tiny docker image included
+* SSL backends support
+* SSL frontend support
+
+## Plumbing
+
+* [Oxy](github.com/mailgun/oxy/): an awsome proxy librarymade by Mailgun guys
+* [Gorilla mux](github.com/gorilla/mux): famous request router
+* [Negroni](github.com/codegangsta/negroni): web middlewares made simple
+* [Graceful](github.com/tylerb/graceful): graceful shutdown of http.Handler servers
+
+## Quick start
+
+* The simple way: go to the [releases](https://github.com/emilevauge/traefik/releases) page and get a binary.
+* Or simply execute:
+
+```
+go get github.com/emilevauge/traefik
+```
+* Just run it!
+
+```
+./traefik traefik.toml
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+Here is a sample configuration TOML file:
+
+```toml
+port = ":80"
+graceTimeOut = 10
+traefikLogsFile = "log/traefik.log"
+traefikLogsStdout = true
+accessLogsFile = "log/access.log"
+logLevel = "DEBUG"
+# CertFile = "traefik.crt"
+# KeyFile = "traefik.key"
+
+[docker]
+endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+watch = true
+domain = "localhost"
+# filename = "docker.tmpl"
+
+# [marathon]
+# endpoint = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+# networkInterface = "eth0"
+# watch = true
+# domain = "localhost"
+# filename = "marathon.tmpl"
+
+[web]
+address = ":8080"
+
+# [file]
+# filename = "rules.toml"
+# watch = true
+
+[backends]
+  [backends.backend1]
+    [backends.backend1.servers.server1]
+    url = "http://172.17.0.2:80"
+    weight = 10
+    [backends.backend1.servers.server2]
+    url = "http://172.17.0.3:80"
+    weight = 1
+  [backends.backend2]
+    [backends.backend2.servers.server1]
+    url = "http://172.17.0.4:80"
+    weight = 1
+
+[routes]
+  [routes.route1]
+  backend = "backend2"
+    [routes.route1.rules.test1]
+    category = "Host"
+    value = "test.localhost"
+  [routes.route2]
+  backend = "backend1"
+    [routes.route2.rules.test2]
+    category = "Path"
+    value = "/test"
+
+```