Running Traefik - HTTP Reverse Proxy and Load Balancer - in Docker

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What is Traefik?
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Installing Docker
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   01. Log into the Linux based device
   02. Run the following commands in the terminal
         # install prerequisites
         sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
         # add docker gpg key
         # add docker software repository
         # install docker
         # enable and start docker service
         sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
         # add the current user to the docker group
         sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
         # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
         su - $USER
 
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Running Traefik
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   01. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
         # create a working directory
         mkdir ~/docker/traefik -p
         # create and edit config file
         # Docker configuration backend
         providers:
         docker:
         # API and dashboard configuration
         api:
         insecure: true
   03. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
   04. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
         # start the traefik container
   06. Welcome to the Traefik web dashboard
 
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Dynamic Container Ingress Testing
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   01. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
         # start a basic whoami web service
         docker run -d --name whoami -p 40001:80 traefik/whoami
   02. Back in the web browser, navigate to whoami.≪% docker host %≫
   03. The Apache HTTPD server response should be displayed
   04. Back in the Traefik dashboard the new whoami HTTP router should display
   05. Let's try one more test
         # create an apache2 working directory
         mkdir ~/docker/apache2/htdocs -p
         # create a test html file
         # start a basic apache httpd server
         docker run -d --name httpd -p 40002:80 -v ~/docker/apache2/htdocs:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ httpd
   06. Back in the web browser, navigate to httpd.≪% docker host %≫
   07. The Apache HTTPD server response should be displayed
   08. Back in the Traefik dashboard the new httpd HTTP router should display
 
 

### Connect with me and others ###

[hayzeproductions]

Followed steps on a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 install and does not work, cannot connect using 8080.
Suggestions?

[abhishekr]

If we are using Aws console for Ubuntu server, what should be re-write in defaultRule: "Host(`{{ trimPrefix `/` .Name }}.<% dockerhost.fqdn %>`)" (dockerhost.fqdn ???)