[![Build Status SemaphoreCI](https://semaphoreci.com/api/v1/containous/traefik/branches/master/shields_badge.svg)](https://semaphoreci.com/containous/traefik) [![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-current-brightgreen.svg)](https://docs.traefik.io) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/containous/traefik)](http://goreportcard.com/report/containous/traefik) [![](https://images.microbadger.com/badges/image/traefik.svg)](https://microbadger.com/images/traefik) [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](https://github.com/containous/traefik/blob/master/LICENSE.md) [![Join the chat at https://slack.traefik.io](https://img.shields.io/badge/style-register-green.svg?style=social&label=Slack)](https://slack.traefik.io) [![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/traefik.svg?style=social)](https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=traefik) 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. --- . **[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)** . --- :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. ## Overview 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. **This is when Traefik can help you!** 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. **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!)_ ![Architecture](docs/content/assets/img/traefik-architecture.png) ## Features - Continuously updates its configuration (No restarts!) - Supports multiple load balancing algorithms - Provides HTTPS to your microservices by leveraging [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org) (wildcard certificates support) - Circuit breakers, retry - High Availability with cluster mode (beta) - 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) - Fast - 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 - [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) - [Azure Service Fabric](https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/backends/servicefabric) - [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) ## Quickstart 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). 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. 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. ## Web UI You can access the simple HTML frontend of Traefik. ![Web UI Providers](docs/content/assets/img/dashboard-main.png) ![Web UI Health](docs/content/assets/img/dashboard-health.png) ## Documentation You can find the complete documentation at [https://docs.traefik.io](https://docs.traefik.io). A collection of contributions around Traefik can be found at [https://awesome.traefik.io](https://awesome.traefik.io). ## Support To get community support, you can: - join the Traefik community Slack channel: [![Join the chat at https://slack.traefik.io](https://img.shields.io/badge/style-register-green.svg?style=social&label=Slack)](https://slack.traefik.io) - 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: