How to Install Traefik in Ubuntu 24

• Traefik is a modern, open-source reverse proxy and load balancer designed specifically for microservices and containerized environments.
•  It acts as the entry point for your web applications, routing incoming HTTP and TCP requests to the appropriate backend services.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to Install Traefik in ubuntu 24.

Download and install Traefik

wget https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/download/v3.5.0/traefik_v3.5.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz -O traefik.tar.gz
tar -xvzf traefik.tar.gz
sudo mv traefik /usr/local/bin/

Check traefik version

traefik version

Create Directory Structure

sudo mkdir -p /etc/traefik/acme
sudo touch /etc/traefik/traefik.yml
sudo touch /etc/traefik/dynamic.yml

Configure traefik.yml

vim /etc/traefik/traefik.yml 

entryPoints:
  web:
    address: ":80"
  websecure:
    address: ":443"

api:
  dashboard: true

log:
  level: DEBUG

providers:
  file:
    filename: /etc/traefik/dynamic.yml

Configure Route to a Blog Backend

vim  /etc/traefik/dynamic.yml

http:
  routers:
    blog-router:
      rule: "Host(`localhost`)"
      service: test-service
      entryPoints:
        - web

  services:
    test-service:
      loadBalancer:
        servers:
          - url: "http://127.0.0.1:8081"

Create index.html file

mkdir ~/myblog
echo "<h1>Welcome</h1>" > ~/test/index.html
cd ~/myblog
python3 -m http.server 8081

Now your blog will be served on http://localhost:8081 and accessible through Traefik at http://localhost/

Conclusion

Traefik is a powerful and flexible reverse proxy that simplifies routing and load balancing in modern, dynamic environments. With its automatic service discovery, seamless SSL management, and user-friendly dashboard, Traefik helps developers and operators efficiently manage traffic to microservices and containerized applications.

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