thecreation / dockerize-traefik

Dockerize Traefik

Prerequisites

• Docker
• Docker Compose
• Traefik

Up and Running

1. Create a directory that will serve as the home for your docker services.

mkdir /data && cd /data

2. Clone this repo into the newly created directory as "reverse-proxy".

git clone https://github.com/thecreation/dockerize-traefik.git && cd reverse-proxy

3. Create .env file and modify the variables to fit your needs.

cp .env-example .env
vim .env

Update TRAEFIK_AUTH with the generated credentials below:

docker run \
  --entrypoint htpasswd \
  registry:latest -nb admin password

Fill the server ip to TRAEFIK_IPWHITELIST to restrict ip access.

4. Create "acme.json" and update file permissions.

touch letsencrypt/acme.json && chmod 600 letsencrypt/acme.json

5. Create the docker network.

docker network create reverse_proxy

6. Spin up the service.

docker-compose up -d

done!

Web dashboard and ping

Access the links below in the browser

• https://proxy.localhost/dashboard
• https://proxy.localhost/ping

Troubleshooting and logging

Run the following command:

tail -f logs/accessLog.txt
tail -v logs/traefik.log