Traefik

hard
Networking

Cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer with automatic service discovery.

0.25 GB RAM min Active development
GitHub Docs Website

Pros

  • Automatic service discovery from Docker labels
  • Native Let's Encrypt integration
  • Excellent Kubernetes support
  • Dynamic configuration without restarts

Cons

  • Steep learning curve
  • v2/v3 migration was painful
  • YAML/TOML config can be verbose
  • Dashboard requires additional security setup

Tags

reverse-proxyload-balancerdockerkubernetesssl

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