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Traefik & Rancher
A Story of Labels, Services & Container {: .subtitle }
Attach labels to your services and let Traefik do the rest!
Configuration Examples
??? example "Configuring Docker & Deploying / Exposing Services"
Enabling the rancher provider
```toml
[provider.rancher]
```
Attaching labels to services
```yaml
labels:
- traefik.http.services.my-service.rule=Host(my-domain)
```
Provider Configuration Options
!!! tip "Browse the Reference" If you're in a hurry, maybe you'd rather go through the configuration reference:
```toml
################################################################
# Rancher Provider
################################################################
# Enable Docker Provider.
[rancher]
# The default host rule for all services.
#
# Optionnal
#
DefaultRule = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
# Expose Rancher services by default in Traefik.
#
# Optional
#
ExposedByDefault = "docker.localhost"
# Enable watch docker changes.
#
# Optional
#
watch = true
# Filter services with unhealthy states and inactive states.
#
# Optional
#
EnableServiceHealthFilter = true
# Defines the polling interval (in seconds).
#
# Optional
#
RefreshSeconds = true
# Poll the Rancher metadata service for changes every `rancher.refreshSeconds`, which is less accurate
#
# Optional
#
IntervalPoll = false
# Prefix used for accessing the Rancher metadata service
#
# Optional
#
Prefix = 15
```
ExposedByDefault
Optional, Default=true
Expose Rancher services by default in Traefik.
If set to false, services that don't have a traefik.enable=true label will be ignored from the resulting routing configuration.
DefaultRule
Optional
The default host rule for all services.
This option can be overridden on a container basis with the traefik.http.routers.Router1.rule label.
EnableServiceHealthFilter
Optional, Default=true
Filter services with unhealthy states and inactive states.
RefreshSeconds
Optional, Default=15
Defines the polling interval (in seconds).
IntervalPoll
Optional, Default=false
Poll the Rancher metadata service for changes every rancher.refreshSeconds,
which is less accurate than the default long polling technique which will provide near instantaneous updates to Traefik.
Prefix
Optional, Default=/latest
Prefix used for accessing the Rancher metadata service
General
Traefik creates, for each rancher service, a corresponding service and router.
The Service automatically gets a server per container in this rancher service, and the router gets a default rule attached to it, based on the service name.
Routers
To update the configuration of the Router automatically attached to the container, add labels starting with traefik.routers.{name-of-your-choice}. and followed by the option you want to change.
For example, to change the rule, you could add the label traefik.http.routers.my-container.rule=Host(my-domain).
Every Router parameter can be updated this way.
Services
To update the configuration of the Service automatically attached to the container, add labels starting with traefik.http.services.{name-of-your-choice}.,
followed by the option you want to change. For example, to change the load balancer method,
you'd add the label traefik.http.services.{name-of-your-choice}.loadbalancer.method=drr.
Every Service parameter can be updated this way.
Middleware
You can declare pieces of middleware using labels starting with traefik.http.middlewares.{name-of-your-choice}., followed by the middleware type/options.
For example, to declare a middleware schemeredirect named my-redirect, you'd write traefik.http.middlewares.my-redirect.schemeredirect.scheme: https.
??? example "Declaring and Referencing a Middleware"
```yaml
# ...
labels:
- traefik.http.middlewares.my-redirect.schemeredirect.scheme=https
- traefik.http.routers.middlewares=my-redirect
```
!!! warning "Conflicts in Declaration"
If you declare multiple middleware with the same name but with different parameters, the middleware fails to be declared.
Specific Options
traefik.enable
You can tell Traefik to consider (or not) the container by setting traefik.enable to true or false.
This option overrides the value of exposedByDefault.
traefik.tags
Sets the tags for constraints filtering.
Port Lookup
Traefik is now capable of detecting the port to use, by following the default rancher flow. That means, if you just expose lets say port :1337 on the rancher ui, traefik will pick up this port and use it.