The latest articles on DEV Community by Cameron Wilby (@cwilby). https://dev.to/cwilby https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F15188%2F30e4b690-a472-4d0d-9d1c-76ebcabc0f22.jpeg https://dev.to/cwilby en Cameron Wilby Sat, 18 Jan 2020 10:10:31 +0000 https://dev.to/cwilby/local-traefik-v2-environment-with-https-4m7g https://dev.to/cwilby/local-traefik-v2-environment-with-https-4m7g <p><a href="https://doc.traefik.io">Traefik</a> is an open-source edge router that intelligently routes incoming HTTP and TCP traffic to services that it's able to find dynamically.</p> <p>It natively integrates with service providers like Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon ECS, and Azure Service Fabric making it incredibly versatile. </p> <p>This means you can start your Docker containers with a few labels specifying the URL (e.g. <code>https://foo.test</code>) and Traefik will do the heavy lifting of routing HTTP requests it receives matching that URL to that container.</p> <p>To go further, it can also manage creating and renewing LetsEncrypt certificates! 🤯</p> <p>I wanted to share a project I created on GitHub to get started with a local Traefik environment to serve local containers via HTTPS and named domains. As it's intended for a local environment and you likely don't own <code>traefik.test</code>, you'll need <a href="https://github.com/FiloSottile/mkcert"><code>mkcert</code></a> to create HTTPS certificates signed by your very own local certificate authority. </p> <p>You can learn more about Traefik through their documentation <a href="https://docs.traefik.io/">here</a>, which is a fun read and informative when you're ready to move away from localhost.</p> <p>See you on GitHub!</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/cwilby/simple-local-traefik">https://github.com/cwilby/simple-local-traefik</a></p> traefik devops networking security