First steps

Ensure you have docker installed

Now create the config folder

To do this cd to /etc using the

cd /etc command

now type

sudo mkdir traefik

this will make the directory we need

Sudo Nano /etc/traefik/traefik.yml

Once you have opened traefik.yml paste in the below commands

global:

  checkNewVersion: true

  sendAnonymousUsage: false  # true by default

# (Optional) Log information

# —

# log:

#  level: ERROR  # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL

#   format: common  # common, json, logfmt

#   filePath: /var/log/traefik/traefik.log

# (Optional) Accesslog

# —

# accesslog:

  # format: common  # common, json, logfmt

  # filePath: /var/log/traefik/access.log

# (Optional) Enable API and Dashboard

# —

# api:

# dashboard: true  # true by default

# insecure: true  # Don’t do this in production!

# Entry Points configuration

# —

entryPoints:

  web:

    address: :80

    # (Optional) Redirect to HTTPS

    # —

    # http:

    #   redirections:

    #     entryPoint:

    #       to: websecure

    #       scheme: https

  websecure:

    address: :443

# Configure your CertificateResolver here…

# —

# certificatesResolvers:

#   staging:

#     acme:

#       email: your-email@example.com

#       storage: /etc/traefik/certs/acme.json

#       caServer: “https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory”

#       httpChallenge:

#         entryPoint: web

#

#   production:

#     acme:

#       email: your-email@example.com

#       storage: /etc/traefik/certs/acme.json

#       caServer: “https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory”

#       httpChallenge:

#         entryPoint: web

# (Optional) Overwrite Default Certificates

# tls:

#   stores:

#     default:

#       defaultCertificate:

#         certFile: /etc/traefik/certs/cert.pem

#         keyFile: /etc/traefik/certs/cert-key.pem

# (Optional) Disable TLS version 1.0 and 1.1

#   options:

# default:

# minVersion: VersionTLS12

providers:

  docker:

    exposedByDefault: false  # Default is true

  file:

    # watch for dynamic configuration changes

    directory: /etc/traefik

    watch: true

Next steps

uncomment the api section

# api:

#  dashboard: true  # true by default

#  insecure: true  # Don’t do this in production!

uncomment the certification parts

# certificatesResolvers:

#   staging:

#     acme:

#       email: your-email@example.com

#       storage: /etc/traefik/certs/acme.json

#       caServer: “https://acme-stagingv02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory”

#       httpChallenge:

#         entryPoint: web

to uncomment remove the #

once that is done if you used nano to edit the file press ctrl + x

if you used VIM :qw

Starting Traefik Using Portainer

Check out my other guide and install portainer Here

then just create a new stack

call it traefik and paste the following commands in

then hit create and it should all be up and working

to access the gui go to

http://IPAddressofserver:8080/dashboard#/