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Træfɪk

Documentation

Basics

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.

Basically, Træfɪk is a http router, which sends traffic from frontends to http backends, following rules you have configured.

Frontends

Frontends can be defined using the following rules:

  • Headers: Headers adds a matcher for request header values. It accepts a sequence of key/value pairs to be matched. For example: application/json
  • HeadersRegexp: Regular expressions can be used with headers as well. It accepts a sequence of key/value pairs, where the value has regex support. For example: application/(text|json)
  • Host: Host adds a matcher for the URL host. It accepts a template with zero or more URL variables enclosed by {}. Variables can define an optional regexp pattern to be matched: www.traefik.io, {subdomain:[a-z]+}.traefik.io
  • Methods: Methods adds a matcher for HTTP methods. It accepts a sequence of one or more methods to be matched, e.g.: GET, POST, PUT
  • Path: Path adds a matcher for the URL path. It accepts a template with zero or more URL variables enclosed by {}. The template must start with a /. For exemple /products/ /articles/{category}/{id:[0-9]+}
  • PathPrefix: PathPrefix adds a matcher for the URL path prefix. This matches if the given template is a prefix of the full URL path.

A frontend is a set of rules that forwards the incoming http traffic to a backend. You can optionally enable passHostHeader to forward client Host header to the backend.

HTTP Backends

A backend is responsible to load-balance the traffic coming from one or more frontends to a set of http servers. Various methods of load-balancing is supported:

  • wrr: Weighted Round Robin
  • drr: Dynamic Round Robin: increases weights on servers that perform better than others. It also rolls back to original weights if the servers have changed.

A circuit breaker can also be applied to a backend, preventing high loads on failing servers. It can be configured using:

  • Methods: LatencyAtQuantileMS, NetworkErrorRatio, ResponseCodeRatio
  • Operators: AND, OR, EQ, NEQ, LT, LE, GT, GE

For example:

  • NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5
  • LatencyAtQuantileMS(50.0) > 50
  • ResponseCodeRatio(500, 600, 0, 600) > 0.5

Launch configuration

Træfɪk can be configured using a TOML file configuration, arguments, or both. By default, Træfɪk will try to find a traefik.toml in the following places:

  • /etc/traefik/
  • $HOME/.traefik/
  • . the working directory

You can override this by setting a configFile argument:

$ traefik --configFile=foo/bar/myconfigfile.toml

Træfɪk uses the following precedence order. Each item takes precedence over the item below it:

  • arguments
  • configuration file
  • default

It means that arguments overrides configuration file. Each argument is described in the help section:

$ traefik --help
traefik is a modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer made to deploy microservices with ease.
Complete documentation is available at http://traefik.io

Usage:
  traefik [flags]
  traefik [command]

Available Commands:
  version     Print version

Flags:
      --accessLogsFile string                Access logs file (default "log/access.log")
      --boltdb                               Enable Boltdb backend
      --boltdb.endpoint string               Boltdb server endpoint (default "127.0.0.1:4001")
      --boltdb.filename string               Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
      --boltdb.prefix string                 Prefix used for KV store (default "/traefik")
      --boltdb.watch                         Watch provider (default true)
  -c, --configFile string                    Configuration file to use (TOML, JSON, YAML, HCL).
      --consul                               Enable Consul backend
      --consul.endpoint string               Consul server endpoint (default "127.0.0.1:8500")
      --consul.filename string               Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
      --consul.prefix string                 Prefix used for KV store (default "/traefik")
      --consul.watch                         Watch provider (default true)
      --defaultEntryPoints value             Entrypoints to be used by frontends that do not specify any entrypoint (default &main.DefaultEntryPoints(nil))
      --docker                               Enable Docker backend
      --docker.domain string                 Default domain used
      --docker.endpoint string               Docker server endpoint. Can be a tcp or a unix socket endpoint (default "unix:///var/run/docker.sock")
      --docker.filename string               Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
      --docker.tls                           Enable Docker TLS support
      --docker.tls.ca string                 TLS CA
      --docker.tls.cert string               TLS cert
      --docker.tls.insecureSkipVerify        TLS insecure skip verify
      --docker.tls.key string                TLS key
      --docker.watch                         Watch provider (default true)
      --entryPoints value                    Entrypoints definition using format: --entryPoints='Name:http Address::8000 Redirect.EntryPoint:https' --entryPoints='Name:https Address::4442 TLS:tests/traefik.crt,tests/traefik.key'
      --etcd                                 Enable Etcd backend
      --etcd.endpoint string                 Etcd server endpoint (default "127.0.0.1:4001")
      --etcd.filename string                 Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
      --etcd.prefix string                   Prefix used for KV store (default "/traefik")
      --etcd.watch                           Watch provider (default true)
      --file                                 Enable File backend
      --file.filename string                 Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
      --file.watch                           Watch provider (default true)
  -g, --graceTimeOut string                  Timeout in seconds. Duration to give active requests a chance to finish during hot-reloads (default "10")
  -l, --logLevel string                      Log level (default "ERROR")
      --marathon                             Enable Marathon backend
      --marathon.domain string               Default domain used
      --marathon.endpoint string             Marathon server endpoint. You can also specify multiple endpoint for Marathon (default "http://127.0.0.1:8080")
      --marathon.filename string             Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
      --marathon.networkInterface string     Network interface used to call Marathon web services. Needed in case of multiple network interfaces (default "eth0")
      --marathon.watch                       Watch provider (default true)
      --maxIdleConnsPerHost int              If non-zero, controls the maximum idle (keep-alive) to keep per-host.  If zero, DefaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost is used
  -p, --port string                          Reverse proxy port (default ":80")
      --providersThrottleDuration duration   Backends throttle duration: minimum duration between 2 events from providers before applying a new configuration. It avoids unnecessary reloads if multiples events are sent in a short amount of time. (default 2s)
      --traefikLogsFile string               Traefik logs file (default "log/traefik.log")
      --web                                  Enable Web backend
      --web.address string                   Web administration port (default ":8080")
      --web.cerFile string                   SSL certificate
      --web.keyFile string                   SSL certificate
      --web.readOnly                         Enable read only API
      --zookeeper                            Enable Zookeeper backend
      --zookeeper.endpoint string            Zookeeper server endpoint (default "127.0.0.1:2181")
      --zookeeper.filename string            Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
      --zookeeper.prefix string              Prefix used for KV store (default "/traefik")
      --zookeeper.watch                      Watch provider (default true)

Use "traefik [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Global configuration

# traefik.toml
################################################################
# Global configuration
################################################################

# Entrypoints definition
#
# Optional
# Default:
# [entryPoints]
#   [entryPoints.http]
#   address = ":80"
#
# To redirect an http entrypoint to an https entrypoint (with SNI support):
# [entryPoints]
#   [entryPoints.http]
#   address = ":80"
#     [entryPoints.http.redirect]
#       entryPoint = "https"
#   [entryPoints.https]
#   address = ":443"
#     [entryPoints.https.tls]
#       [[entryPoints.https.tls.certificates]]
#       CertFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.com.cert"
#       KeyFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.com.key"
#       [[entryPoints.https.tls.certificates]]
#       CertFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.org.cert"
#       KeyFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.org.key"
#
# To redirect an entrypoint rewriting the URL:
# [entryPoints]
#   [entryPoints.http]
#   address = ":80"
#     [entryPoints.http.redirect]
#       regex = "^http://localhost/(.*)"
#       replacement = "http://mydomain/$1"

# Entrypoints to be used by frontends that do not specify any entrypoint.
# Each frontend can specify its own entrypoints.
#
# Optional
# Default: ["http"]
#
# defaultEntryPoints = ["http", "https"]

# Timeout in seconds.
# Duration to give active requests a chance to finish during hot-reloads
#
# Optional
# Default: 10
#
# graceTimeOut = 10

# Traefik logs file
# If not defined, logs to stdout
#
# Optional
#
# traefikLogsFile = "log/traefik.log"

# Access logs file
#
# Optional
#
# accessLogsFile = "log/access.log"

# Log level
#
# Optional
# Default: "ERROR"
#
# logLevel = "ERROR"

# Backends throttle duration: minimum duration between 2 events from providers
# before applying a new configuration. It avoids unnecessary reloads if multiples events
# are sent in a short amount of time.
#
# Optional
# Default: "2s"
#
# ProvidersThrottleDuration = "5s"

# If non-zero, controls the maximum idle (keep-alive) to keep per-host.  If zero, DefaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost is used.
# If you encounter 'too many open files' errors, you can either change this value, or change `ulimit` value.
#
# Optional
# Default: http.DefaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost
#
# MaxIdleConnsPerHost = 200

File backend

Like any other reverse proxy, Træfɪk can be configured with a file. You have two choices:

  • simply add your configuration at the end of the global configuration file traefik.toml :
# traefik.toml
defaultEntryPoints = ["http", "https"]
[entryPoints]
  [entryPoints.http]
  address = ":80"
    [entryPoints.http.redirect]
      entryPoint = "https"
  [entryPoints.https]
  address = ":443"
    [entryPoints.https.tls]
      [[entryPoints.https.tls.certificates]]
      CertFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.com.cert"
      KeyFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.com.key"
      [[entryPoints.https.tls.certificates]]
      CertFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.org.cert"
      KeyFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.org.key"
graceTimeOut = 10
logLevel = "DEBUG"

[file]

# rules
[backends]
  [backends.backend1]
    [backends.backend1.circuitbreaker]
      expression = "NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5"
    [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.LoadBalancer]
      method = "drr"
    [backends.backend2.servers.server1]
    url = "http://172.17.0.4:80"
    weight = 1
    [backends.backend2.servers.server2]
    url = "http://172.17.0.5:80"
    weight = 2

[frontends]
  [frontends.frontend1]
  backend = "backend2"
    [frontends.frontend1.routes.test_1]
    rule = "Host"
    value = "test.localhost"
  [frontends.frontend2]
  backend = "backend1"
  passHostHeader = true
  entrypoints = ["https"] # overrides defaultEntryPoints
    [frontends.frontend2.routes.test_1]
    rule = "Host"
    value = "{subdomain:[a-z]+}.localhost"
  [frontends.frontend3]
  entrypoints = ["http", "https"] # overrides defaultEntryPoints
  backend = "backend2"
    rule = "Path"
    value = "/test"
  • or put your rules in a separate file, for example rules.tml:
# traefik.toml
[entryPoints]
  [entryPoints.http]
  address = ":80"
    [entryPoints.http.redirect]
      entryPoint = "https"
  [entryPoints.https]
  address = ":443"
    [entryPoints.https.tls]
      [[entryPoints.https.tls.certificates]]
      CertFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.com.cert"
      KeyFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.com.key"
      [[entryPoints.https.tls.certificates]]
      CertFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.org.cert"
      KeyFile = "integration/fixtures/https/snitest.org.key"
graceTimeOut = 10
logLevel = "DEBUG"

[file]
filename = "rules.toml"

# rules.toml
[backends]
  [backends.backend1]
    [backends.backend1.circuitbreaker]
      expression = "NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5"
    [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.LoadBalancer]
      method = "drr"
    [backends.backend2.servers.server1]
    url = "http://172.17.0.4:80"
    weight = 1
    [backends.backend2.servers.server2]
    url = "http://172.17.0.5:80"
    weight = 2

[frontends]
  [frontends.frontend1]
  backend = "backend2"
    [frontends.frontend1.routes.test_1]
    rule = "Host"
    value = "test.localhost"
  [frontends.frontend2]
  backend = "backend1"
  passHostHeader = true
  entrypoints = ["https"] # overrides defaultEntryPoints
    [frontends.frontend2.routes.test_1]
    rule = "Host"
    value = "{subdomain:[a-z]+}.localhost"
  [frontends.frontend3]
  entrypoints = ["http", "https"] # overrides defaultEntryPoints
  backend = "backend2"
    rule = "Path"
    value = "/test"

If you want Træfɪk to watch file changes automatically, just add:

[file]
watch = true

API backend

Træfik can be configured using a restful api. To enable it:

[web]
address = ":8080"

# SSL certificate and key used
#
# Optional
#
# CertFile = "traefik.crt"
# KeyFile = "traefik.key"
#
# Set REST API to read-only mode
#
# Optional
# ReadOnly = false
  • /: provides a simple HTML frontend of Træfik

Web UI Providers Web UI Health

  • /health: GET json metrics
$ curl -s "http://localhost:8080/health" | jq .
{
  // Træfɪk PID
  "pid": 2458,
  // Træfɪk server uptime (formated time)
  "uptime": "39m6.885931127s",
  //  Træfɪk server uptime in seconds
  "uptime_sec": 2346.885931127,
  // current server date
  "time": "2015-10-07 18:32:24.362238909 +0200 CEST",
  // current server date in seconds
  "unixtime": 1444235544,
  // count HTTP response status code in realtime
  "status_code_count": {
    "502": 1
  },
  // count HTTP response status code since Træfɪk started
  "total_status_code_count": {
    "200": 7,
    "404": 21,
    "502": 13
  },
  // count HTTP response
  "count": 1,
  // count HTTP response
  "total_count": 41,
  // sum of all response time (formated time)
  "total_response_time": "35.456865605s",
  // sum of all response time in seconds
  "total_response_time_sec": 35.456865605,
  // average response time (formated time)
  "average_response_time": "864.8016ms",
  // average response time in seconds
  "average_response_time_sec": 0.8648016000000001
}
  • /api: GET configuration for all providers
$ curl -s "http://localhost:8080/api" | jq .
{
  "file": {
    "frontends": {
      "frontend2": {
        "routes": {
          "test_2": {
            "value": "/test",
            "rule": "Path"
          }
        },
        "backend": "backend1"
      },
      "frontend1": {
        "routes": {
          "test_1": {
            "value": "test.localhost",
            "rule": "Host"
          }
        },
        "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"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
  • /api/providers: GET providers
  • /api/providers/{provider}: GET or PUT provider
  • /api/providers/{provider}/backends: GET backends
  • /api/providers/{provider}/backends/{backend}: GET a backend
  • /api/providers/{provider}/backends/{backend}/servers: GET servers in a backend
  • /api/providers/{provider}/backends/{backend}/servers/{server}: GET a server in a backend
  • /api/providers/{provider}/frontends: GET frontends
  • /api/providers/{provider}/frontends/{frontend}: GET a frontend
  • /api/providers/{provider}/frontends/{frontend}/routes: GET routes in a frontend
  • /api/providers/{provider}/frontends/{frontend}/routes/{route}: GET a route in a frontend

Docker backend

Træfɪk can be configured to use Docker as a backend configuration:

################################################################
# Docker configuration backend
################################################################

# Enable Docker configuration backend
#
# Optional
#
[docker]

# Docker server endpoint. Can be a tcp or a unix socket endpoint.
#
# Required
#
endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"

# Default domain used.
# Can be overridden by setting the "traefik.domain" label on a container.
#
# Required
#
domain = "docker.localhost"

# Enable watch docker changes
#
# Optional
#
watch = true

# Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
#
# Optional
#
# filename = "docker.tmpl"

# Enable docker TLS connection
#
#  [docker.tls]
#  ca = "/etc/ssl/ca.crt"
#  cert = "/etc/ssl/docker.crt"
#  key = "/etc/ssl/docker.key"
#  insecureskipverify = true

Labels can be used on containers to override default behaviour:

  • traefik.backend=foo: assign the container to foo backend
  • traefik.port=80: register this port. Useful when the container exposes multiples ports.
  • traefik.protocol=https: override the default http protocol
  • traefik.weight=10: assign this weight to the container
  • traefik.enable=false: disable this container in Træfɪk
  • traefik.frontend.rule=Host: override the default frontend rule (Default: Host). See frontends.
  • traefik.frontend.value=test.example.com: override the default frontend value (Default: {containerName}.{domain}) See frontends. Must be associated with label traefik.frontend.rule.
  • traefik.frontend.passHostHeader=true: forward client Host header to the backend.
  • traefik.frontend.entryPoints=http,https: assign this frontend to entry points http and https. Overrides defaultEntryPoints.
  • traefik.domain=traefik.localhost: override the default domain

Marathon backend

Træfɪk can be configured to use Marathon as a backend configuration:

################################################################
# Mesos/Marathon configuration backend
################################################################

# Enable Marathon configuration backend
#
# Optional
#
[marathon]

# Marathon server endpoint.
# You can also specify multiple endpoint for Marathon:
# endpoint := "http://10.241.1.71:8080,10.241.1.72:8080,10.241.1.73:8080"
#
# Required
#
endpoint = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"

# Network interface used to call Marathon web services. Needed in case of multiple network interfaces.
# Optional
# Default: "eth0"
#
networkInterface = "eth0"

# Enable watch Marathon changes
#
# Optional
#
watch = true

# Default domain used.
# Can be overridden by setting the "traefik.domain" label on an application.
#
# Required
#
domain = "marathon.localhost"

# Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
#
# Optional
#
# filename = "marathon.tmpl"

# Enable Marathon basic authentication
#
# Optional
#
#  [marathon.basic]
#  httpBasicAuthUser = "foo"
#  httpBasicPassword = "bar"

# TLS client configuration. https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/tls/#Config
#
# Optional
#
# [marathon.TLS]
# InsecureSkipVerify = true

Labels can be used on containers to override default behaviour:

  • traefik.backend=foo: assign the application to foo backend
  • traefik.portIndex=1: register port by index in the application's ports array. Useful when the application exposes multiple ports.
  • traefik.port=80: register the explicit application port value. Cannot be used alongside traefik.portIndex.
  • traefik.protocol=https: override the default http protocol
  • traefik.weight=10: assign this weight to the application
  • traefik.enable=false: disable this application in Træfɪk
  • traefik.frontend.rule=Host: override the default frontend rule (Default: Host). See frontends.
  • traefik.frontend.value=test.example.com: override the default frontend value (Default: {appName}.{domain}) See frontends. Must be associated with label traefik.frontend.rule.
  • traefik.frontend.passHostHeader=true: forward client Host header to the backend.
  • traefik.frontend.entryPoints=http,https: assign this frontend to entry points http and https. Overrides defaultEntryPoints.
  • traefik.domain=traefik.localhost: override the default domain

Consul backend

Træfɪk can be configured to use Consul as a backend configuration:

################################################################
# Consul KV configuration backend
################################################################

# Enable Consul KV configuration backend
#
# Optional
#
[consul]

# Consul server endpoint
#
# Required
#
endpoint = "127.0.0.1:8500"

# Enable watch Consul changes
#
# Optional
#
watch = true

# Prefix used for KV store.
#
# Optional
#
prefix = "traefik"

# Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
#
# Optional
#
# filename = "consul.tmpl"

The Keys-Values structure should look (using prefix = "/traefik"):

  • backend 1
Key Value
/traefik/backends/backend1/circuitbreaker/expression NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.2:80
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 10
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.3:80
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server2/weight 1
  • backend 2
Key Value
/traefik/backends/backend2/loadbalancer/method drr
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.4:80
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server1/weight 1
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.5:80
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server2/weight 2
  • frontend 1
Key Value
/traefik/frontends/frontend1/backend backend2
/traefik/frontends/frontend1/routes/test_1/rule Host
/traefik/frontends/frontend1/routes/test_1/value test.localhost
  • frontend 2
Key Value
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/backend backend1
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/passHostHeader true
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/entrypoints http,https
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/routes/test_2/rule Path
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/routes/test_2/value /test

Etcd backend

Træfɪk can be configured to use Etcd as a backend configuration:

################################################################
# Etcd configuration backend
################################################################

# Enable Etcd configuration backend
#
# Optional
#
# [etcd]

# Etcd server endpoint
#
# Required
#
# endpoint = "127.0.0.1:4001"

# Enable watch Etcd changes
#
# Optional
#
# watch = true

# Prefix used for KV store.
#
# Optional
#
# prefix = "/traefik"

# Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
#
# Optional
#
# filename = "etcd.tmpl"

The Keys-Values structure should look (using prefix = "/traefik"):

  • backend 1
Key Value
/traefik/backends/backend1/circuitbreaker/expression NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.2:80
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 10
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.3:80
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server2/weight 1
  • backend 2
Key Value
/traefik/backends/backend2/loadbalancer/method drr
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.4:80
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server1/weight 1
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.5:80
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server2/weight 2
  • frontend 1
Key Value
/traefik/frontends/frontend1/backend backend2
/traefik/frontends/frontend1/routes/test_1/rule Host
/traefik/frontends/frontend1/routes/test_1/value test.localhost
  • frontend 2
Key Value
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/backend backend1
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/passHostHeader true
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/entrypoints http,https
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/routes/test_2/rule Path
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/routes/test_2/value /test

Zookeeper backend

Træfɪk can be configured to use Zookeeper as a backend configuration:

################################################################
# Zookeeper configuration backend
################################################################

# Enable Zookeeperconfiguration backend
#
# Optional
#
# [zookeeper]

# Zookeeper server endpoint
#
# Required
#
# endpoint = "127.0.0.1:2181"

# Enable watch Zookeeper changes
#
# Optional
#
# watch = true

# Prefix used for KV store.
#
# Optional
#
# prefix = "/traefik"

# Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
#
# Optional
#
# filename = "zookeeper.tmpl"

The Keys-Values structure should look (using prefix = "/traefik"):

  • backend 1
Key Value
/traefik/backends/backend1/circuitbreaker/expression NetworkErrorRatio() > 0.5
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.2:80
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 10
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.3:80
/traefik/backends/backend1/servers/server2/weight 1
  • backend 2
Key Value
/traefik/backends/backend2/loadbalancer/method drr
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.4:80
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server1/weight 1
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.5:80
/traefik/backends/backend2/servers/server2/weight 2
  • frontend 1
Key Value
`/traefik/frontends/frontend1/backend backend2
`/traefik/frontends/frontend1/routes/test_1/rule Host
`/traefik/frontends/frontend1/routes/test_1/value test.localhost
  • frontend 2
Key Value
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/backend backend1
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/passHostHeader true
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/entrypoints http,https
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/routes/test_2/rule Path
/traefik/frontends/frontend2/routes/test_2/value /test

BoltDB backend

Træfɪk can be configured to use BoltDB as a backend configuration:

################################################################
# BoltDB configuration backend
################################################################

# Enable BoltDB configuration backend
#
# Optional
#
# [boltdb]

# BoltDB file
#
# Required
#
# endpoint = "/my.db"

# Enable watch BoltDB changes
#
# Optional
#
# watch = true

# Prefix used for KV store.
#
# Optional
#
# prefix = "/traefik"

# Override default configuration template. For advanced users :)
#
# Optional
#
# filename = "boltdb.tmpl"

Atomic configuration changes

The Etcd and Consul backends do not support updating multiple keys atomically. As a result, it may be possible for Træfɪk to read an intermediate configuration state despite judicious use of the --providersThrottleDuration flag. To solve this problem, Træfɪk supports a special key called /traefik/alias. If set, Træfɪk use the value as an alternative key prefix.

Given the key structure below, Træfɪk will use the http://172.17.0.2:80 as its only backend (frontend keys have been omitted for brevity).

Key Value
/traefik/alias /traefik_configurations/1
/traefik_configurations/1/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.2:80
/traefik_configurations/1/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 10

When an atomic configuration change is required, you may write a new configuration at an alternative prefix. Here, although the /traefik_configurations/2/... keys have been set, the old configuration is still active because the /traefik/alias key still points to /traefik_configurations/1:

Key Value
/traefik/alias /traefik_configurations/1
/traefik_configurations/1/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.2:80
/traefik_configurations/1/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 10
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.2:80
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 5
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.3:80
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server2/weight 5

Once the /traefik/alias key is updated, the new /traefik_configurations/2 configuration becomes active atomically. Here, we have a 50% balance between the http://172.17.0.3:80 and the http://172.17.0.4:80 hosts while no traffic is sent to the 172.17.0.2:80 host:

Key Value
/traefik/alias /traefik_configurations/2
/traefik_configurations/1/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.2:80
/traefik_configurations/1/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 10
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server1/url http://172.17.0.3:80
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server1/weight 5
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server2/url http://172.17.0.4:80
/traefik_configurations/2/backends/backend1/servers/server2/weight 5

Note that Træfɪk will not watch for key changes in the /traefik_configurations prefix. It will only watch for changes in the /traefik prefix. Further, if the /traefik/alias key is set, all other sibling keys with the /traefik prefix are ignored.

Benchmarks

Here are some early Benchmarks between Nginx and Træfɪk acting as simple load balancers between two servers.

  • Nginx:
$ docker run -d -e VIRTUAL_HOST=test1.localhost emilevauge/whoami
$ docker run -d -e VIRTUAL_HOST=test1.localhost emilevauge/whoami
$ docker run --log-driver=none -d -p 80:80 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/tmp/docker.sock:ro jwilder/nginx-proxy
$ ab -n 20000 -c 20  -r http://test1.localhost/
This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 <$Revision: 1528965 $>
Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/
Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/

Benchmarking test1.localhost (be patient)
Completed 2000 requests
Completed 4000 requests
Completed 6000 requests
Completed 8000 requests
Completed 10000 requests
Completed 12000 requests
Completed 14000 requests
Completed 16000 requests
Completed 18000 requests
Completed 20000 requests
Finished 20000 requests


Server Software:        nginx/1.9.2
Server Hostname:        test1.localhost
Server Port:            80

Document Path:          /
Document Length:        287 bytes

Concurrency Level:      20
Time taken for tests:   5.874 seconds
Complete requests:      20000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      8900000 bytes
HTML transferred:       5740000 bytes
Requests per second:    3404.97 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       5.874 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       0.294 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          1479.70 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.1      0       2
Processing:     0    6   2.4      6      35
Waiting:        0    5   2.3      5      33
Total:          0    6   2.4      6      36

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%      6
  66%      6
  75%      7
  80%      7
  90%      9
  95%     10
  98%     12
  99%     13
 100%     36 (longest request)
  • Træfɪk:
docker run -d -l traefik.backend=test1 -l traefik.frontend.rule=Host -l traefik.frontend.value=test1.docker.localhost emilevauge/whoami
docker run -d -l traefik.backend=test1 -l traefik.frontend.rule=Host -l traefik.frontend.value=test1.docker.localhost emilevauge/whoami
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 80:80 -v $PWD/traefik.toml:/traefik.toml -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock emilevauge/traefik
$ ab -n 20000 -c 20  -r http://test1.docker.localhost/
This is ApacheBench, Version 2.3 <$Revision: 1528965 $>
Copyright 1996 Adam Twiss, Zeus Technology Ltd, http://www.zeustech.net/
Licensed to The Apache Software Foundation, http://www.apache.org/

Benchmarking test1.docker.localhost (be patient)
Completed 2000 requests
Completed 4000 requests
Completed 6000 requests
Completed 8000 requests
Completed 10000 requests
Completed 12000 requests
Completed 14000 requests
Completed 16000 requests
Completed 18000 requests
Completed 20000 requests
Finished 20000 requests


Server Software:        .
Server Hostname:        test1.docker.localhost
Server Port:            80

Document Path:          /
Document Length:        312 bytes

Concurrency Level:      20
Time taken for tests:   6.545 seconds
Complete requests:      20000
Failed requests:        0
Total transferred:      8600000 bytes
HTML transferred:       6240000 bytes
Requests per second:    3055.60 [#/sec] (mean)
Time per request:       6.545 [ms] (mean)
Time per request:       0.327 [ms] (mean, across all concurrent requests)
Transfer rate:          1283.11 [Kbytes/sec] received

Connection Times (ms)
              min  mean[+/-sd] median   max
Connect:        0    0   0.2      0       7
Processing:     1    6   2.2      6      22
Waiting:        1    6   2.1      6      21
Total:          1    7   2.2      6      22

Percentage of the requests served within a certain time (ms)
  50%      6
  66%      7
  75%      8
  80%      8
  90%      9
  95%     10
  98%     11
  99%     13
 100%     22 (longest request)