utnas / learn-traefik

This repository contains examples on using traefik reverse proxy.

Learn Traefik

This repository contains examples on using traefik reverse proxy. This repository is used as a teaching aid in the training videos about Traefik, created by Kamran. These videos are available here:

• English:
  • [link to be provided](link to be provided).
• Urdu/Hindi:
  • Introduction and basic setup (docker-compose)
  • HTTPS/SSL (docker-compose)

The repo contains various scenarios explained with docker-compose. Please check the examples/ directory for related files.

The diagrams used in these examples are available as .xoj and as .pdf in the docs/ directory.

Topics covered in the video:

• Traefik quick start (API and Dashboard) (/api , /health, etc) https://docs.traefik.io/configuration/api/
• Understanding Traefik's behavior for an example docker-compose stack
• The exposedByDefault setting
• Using labels to setup frontends
• Dashboard protection with passwords
• SSL/TLS/HTTPS with self signed certificates
• Introduction to LetsEncrypt, ACME, CertBot, etc
• Difference between HTTP and DNS challenge
• Difference between staging and production certificates
• LetsEncrypt's rate limits to watch for
• SSL/TLS/HTTPS certificates from LetsEncrypt
• The acmeLogging directive
• The onHostRule directive
• Example with HTTP challenge
• Example with DNS challenge