traefik/docs/content/operations/dashboard.md

The Dashboard

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The dashboard is the central place that shows you the current active routes handled by Traefik.

The dashboard in action

The dashboard is available at the same location as the API but on the path /dashboard/ by default.

!!! warning "The trailing slash / in /dashboard/ is mandatory"

There are 2 ways to configure and access the dashboard:

• Secure mode (Recommended)
• Insecure mode

!!! note "" There is also a redirect of the path / to the path /dashboard/, but one should not rely on that property as it is bound to change, and it might make for confusing routing rules anyway.

Secure Mode

This is the recommended method.

Start by enabling the dashboard by using the following option from Traefik's API on the static configuration:

[api]
  # Dashboard
  #
  # Optional
  # Default: true
  #
  dashboard = true

api:
  # Dashboard
  #
  # Optional
  # Default: true
  #
  dashboard: true

# Dashboard
#
# Optional
# Default: true
#
--api.dashboard=true

Then define a routing configuration on Traefik itself, with a router attached to the service api@internal in the dynamic configuration, to allow defining:

• One or more security features through middlewares like authentication (basicAuth , digestAuth, forwardAuth) or whitelisting.

• A router rule for accessing the dashboard, through Traefik itself (sometimes referred as "Traefik-ception").

Dashboard Router Rule

As underlined in the documentation for the api.dashboard option, the router rule defined for Traefik must match the path prefixes /api and /dashboard.

We recommend to use a "Host Based rule" as Host(`traefik.example.com`) to match everything on the host domain, or to make sure that the defined rule captures both prefixes:

# The dashboard can be accessed on http://traefik.example.com/dashboard/
rule = "Host(`traefik.example.com`)"

# The dashboard can be accessed on http://example.com/dashboard/ or http://traefik.example.com/dashboard/
rule = "PathPrefix(`/api`) || PathPrefix(`/dashboard`)"

# The dashboard can be accessed on http://traefik.example.com/dashboard/
rule = "Host(`traefik.example.com`) && (PathPrefix(`/api`) || PathPrefix(`/dashboard`))"

??? example "Dashboard Dynamic Configuration Examples" --8<-- "content/operations/include-dashboard-examples.md"

Insecure Mode

This mode is not recommended because it does not allow the use of security features.

To enable the "insecure mode", use the following options from Traefik's API:

[api]
  dashboard = true
  insecure = true

api:
  dashboard: true
  insecure: true

--api.dashboard=true --api.insecure=true

You can now access the dashboard on the port 8080 of the Traefik instance, at the following URL: http://<Traefik IP>:8080/dashboard/ (trailing slash is mandatory).