Traefik & Consul

Store your configuration in Consul and let Traefik do the rest!

See the dedicated section in routing.

Provider Configuration

Required, Default=”127.0.0.1:8500”

Defines how to access to Consul.

File (TOML)

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    endpoints:
      - "127.0.0.1:8500"

CLI

--providers.consul.endpoints=127.0.0.1:8500

Defines the root key of the configuration.

Required, Default=”traefik”

File (TOML)

[providers.consul]
  rootKey = "traefik"

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    rootKey: "traefik"

CLI

--providers.consul.rootkey=traefik

Defines a username to connect with Consul.

Optional, Default=””

[providers.consul]
  # ...

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    usename: "foo"

CLI

--providers.consul.username=foo

Optional, Default=””

Defines a password to connect with Consul.

File (TOML)

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    # ...
    password: "bar"

CLI

--providers.consul.password=foo

Optional

tls.ca

Certificate Authority used for the secured connection to Consul.

File (TOML)

[providers.consul.tls]
  ca = "path/to/ca.crt"

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    tls:
      ca: path/to/ca.crt

CLI

--providers.consul.tls.ca=path/to/ca.crt

tls.caOptional

Policy followed for the secured connection with TLS Client Authentication to Consul. Requires tls.ca to be defined.

• true: VerifyClientCertIfGiven
• false: RequireAndVerifyClientCert

• if tls.ca is undefined NoClientCert

[providers.consul.tls]
  caOptional = true

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    tls:

CLI

tls.cert

Public certificate used for the secured connection to Consul.

File (TOML)

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    tls:
      cert: path/to/foo.cert
      key: path/to/foo.key

CLI

--providers.consul.tls.cert=path/to/foo.cert
--providers.consul.tls.key=path/to/foo.key

tls.key

Private certificate used for the secured connection to Consul.

File (TOML)

[providers.consul.tls]
  cert = "path/to/foo.cert"
  key = "path/to/foo.key"

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    tls:
      cert: path/to/foo.cert
      key: path/to/foo.key

CLI

--providers.consul.tls.cert=path/to/foo.cert
--providers.consul.tls.key=path/to/foo.key

tls.insecureSkipVerify

If insecureSkipVerify is true, TLS for the connection to Consul accepts any certificate presented by the server and any host name in that certificate.

File (TOML)

[providers.consul.tls]
  insecureSkipVerify = true

File (YAML)

providers:
  consul:
    tls:
      insecureSkipVerify: true

CLI