# Rest Backend Træfik can be configured: - using a RESTful api. ## Configuration ```toml # Enable rest backend. [rest] # Name of the related entry point # # Optional # Default: "traefik" # entryPoint = "traefik" ``` ## API | Path | Method | Description | |------------------------------|--------|-----------------| | `/api/providers/web` | `PUT` | update provider | | `/api/providers/rest` | `PUT` | update provider | !!! warning For compatibility reason, when you activate the rest provider, you can use `web` or `rest` as `provider` value. ```shell curl -XPUT @file "http://localhost:8080/api/providers/rest" ``` with `@file`: ```json { "frontends": { "frontend2": { "routes": { "test_2": { "rule": "Path:/test" } }, "backend": "backend1" }, "frontend1": { "routes": { "test_1": { "rule": "Host:test.localhost" } }, "backend": "backend2" } }, "backends": { "backend2": { "loadBalancer": { "method": "drr" }, "servers": { "server2": { "weight": 2, "URL": "http://172.17.0.5:80" }, "server1": { "weight": 1, "url": "http://172.17.0.4:80" } } }, "backend1": { "loadBalancer": { "method": "wrr" }, "circuitBreaker": { "expression": "NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5" }, "servers": { "server2": { "weight": 1, "url": "http://172.17.0.3:80" }, "server1": { "weight": 10, "url": "http://172.17.0.2:80" } } } } } ```