Steps to use and setup Traefik
- Traefik can be installed using one of the official Docker images available by running it with one sample configuration file:
- YAML
- TOML
For this open docker and run the following command:
docker run -d -p 8080:8080 -p 80:80 \
-v $PWD/traefik.yml:/etc/traefik/traefik.yml traefik:v2.11
Traefik can be installed with the help of helm chart, but it requires to download the helm chart from github.
Also make sure the following requirements are met:
- Kubernetes 1.16+
- Helm version 3.9+ must be installed.
Next step is to add traefik labs chart repository to the helm:
helm repo add traefik https://traefik.github.io/charts
Next, update the helm chart repository by running the following command:
helm repo update
Install it using the helm command line:
helm install traefik traefik/traefik
Following the above steps will install the server successfully and make it run without errors.
Difference Between NGINX and Traefik
Internet is vast and requires the systems and servers to handle maximum amount of capacity with as less computational power possible, this means that when we develop tools and platforms for users then it is important to consider the various types of tools we can use for handling maximum amount of capacity.
NGINX and Traefik both are the two most popular tools used to handle maximum capacity. both have their usage and benefits so it is important to understand the difference between these two popular frameworks which are used in the software industry widely.