--- title: "Traefik Proxy HTTP Middleware Overview" description: "Read the official Traefik Proxy documentation for an overview of the available HTTP middleware." --- # HTTP Middlewares Controlling connections {: .subtitle } ![Overview](../../assets/img/middleware/overview.png) ## Configuration Example ```yaml tab="Docker" # As a Docker Label whoami: # A container that exposes an API to show its IP address image: traefik/whoami labels: # Create a middleware named `foo-add-prefix` - "traefik.http.middlewares.foo-add-prefix.addprefix.prefix=/foo" # Apply the middleware named `foo-add-prefix` to the router named `router1` - "traefik.http.routers.router1.middlewares=foo-add-prefix@docker" ``` ```yaml tab="Kubernetes IngressRoute" # As a Kubernetes Traefik IngressRoute apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: CustomResourceDefinition metadata: name: middlewares.traefik.containo.us spec: group: traefik.containo.us version: v1alpha1 names: kind: Middleware plural: middlewares singular: middleware scope: Namespaced --- apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1 kind: Middleware metadata: name: stripprefix spec: stripPrefix: prefixes: - /stripit --- apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1 kind: IngressRoute metadata: name: ingressroute spec: # more fields... routes: # more fields... middlewares: - name: stripprefix ``` ```yaml tab="Consul Catalog" # Create a middleware named `foo-add-prefix` - "traefik.http.middlewares.foo-add-prefix.addprefix.prefix=/foo" # Apply the middleware named `foo-add-prefix` to the router named `router1` - "traefik.http.routers.router1.middlewares=foo-add-prefix@consulcatalog" ``` ```toml tab="File (TOML)" # As TOML Configuration File [http.routers] [http.routers.router1] service = "service1" middlewares = ["foo-add-prefix"] rule = "Host(`example.com`)" [http.middlewares] [http.middlewares.foo-add-prefix.addPrefix] prefix = "/foo" [http.services] [http.services.service1] [http.services.service1.loadBalancer] [[http.services.service1.loadBalancer.servers]] url = "http://127.0.0.1:80" ``` ```yaml tab="File (YAML)" # As YAML Configuration File http: routers: router1: service: service1 middlewares: - "foo-add-prefix" rule: "Host(`example.com`)" middlewares: foo-add-prefix: addPrefix: prefix: "/foo" services: service1: loadBalancer: servers: - url: "http://127.0.0.1:80" ``` ## Available HTTP Middlewares | Middleware | Purpose | Area | |-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| | [AddPrefix](addprefix.md) | Adds a Path Prefix | Path Modifier | | [BasicAuth](basicauth.md) | Adds Basic Authentication | Security, Authentication | | [Buffering](buffering.md) | Buffers the request/response | Request Lifecycle | | [Chain](chain.md) | Combines multiple pieces of middleware | Misc | | [CircuitBreaker](circuitbreaker.md) | Prevents calling unhealthy services | Request Lifecycle | | [Compress](compress.md) | Compresses the response | Content Modifier | | [ContentType](contenttype.md) | Handles Content-Type auto-detection | Misc | | [DigestAuth](digestauth.md) | Adds Digest Authentication | Security, Authentication | | [Errors](errorpages.md) | Defines custom error pages | Request Lifecycle | | [ForwardAuth](forwardauth.md) | Delegates Authentication | Security, Authentication | | [Headers](headers.md) | Adds / Updates headers | Security | | [IPAllowList](ipallowlist.md) | Limits the allowed client IPs | Security, Request lifecycle | | [InFlightReq](inflightreq.md) | Limits the number of simultaneous connections | Security, Request lifecycle | | [PassTLSClientCert](passtlsclientcert.md) | Adds Client Certificates in a Header | Security | | [RateLimit](ratelimit.md) | Limits the call frequency | Security, Request lifecycle | | [RedirectScheme](redirectscheme.md) | Redirects based on scheme | Request lifecycle | | [RedirectRegex](redirectregex.md) | Redirects based on regex | Request lifecycle | | [ReplacePath](replacepath.md) | Changes the path of the request | Path Modifier | | [ReplacePathRegex](replacepathregex.md) | Changes the path of the request | Path Modifier | | [Retry](retry.md) | Automatically retries in case of error | Request lifecycle | | [StripPrefix](stripprefix.md) | Changes the path of the request | Path Modifier | | [StripPrefixRegex](stripprefixregex.md) | Changes the path of the request | Path Modifier | ## Community Middlewares Please take a look at the community-contributed plugins in the [plugin catalog](https://plugins.traefik.io/plugins). {!traefik-for-business-applications.md!}