Learn Traefik

Fifteen chapters covering everything from basics to production.

What is Traefik and why use it? Core concepts, features comparison with other reverse proxies.

How Traefik processes requests — entrypoints, routers, middleware chain, services.

Configuring EntryPoints — ports, protocols, TLS termination, HTTP to HTTPS redirect.

Router configuration, rule matchers, TLS settings, priorities, and middlewares.

Configuring services, load balancing strategies, health checks, sticky sessions.

Complete middleware catalog — authentication, rate limiting, headers, compression, error handling, and more.

Docker, Kubernetes, File, Consul, and other providers for dynamic configuration.

Automatic TLS certificates with Let's Encrypt, ACME challenges, custom certificates, TLS options.

Metrics with Prometheus/OpenTelemetry, access logs, tracing, and health monitoring.

Configuring and securing the Traefik API, dashboard, and debug endpoints.

Configuring TCP and UDP entrypoints, SNI routing, TLS passthrough, and UDP load balancing.

Hardening Traefik — security headers, mTLS, IP allowlisting, OAuth, security middleware patterns.

Finding, installing, and developing Traefik plugins — extending middleware capabilities.

Comparing Traefik Proxy, Traefik Hub, Traefik Enterprise, Traefik AI Gateway, and MCP Gateway.

High-availability deployment, monitoring, backup, scaling, CI/CD, and migration guide.