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Compose examples

Running compose projects

docker compose up -d
docker compose down
docker compose up -d --force-recreate
docker compose pull

Traefik docker-compose.yml

Notes:

  • 💡CHANGE ME💡
  • Use environment variables e.g. {ENV_VAR} and do not expose secrets in your code
  • This example uses Cloudflare for SSL/TLS
version: '3'

services:
  traefik:
    image: traefik:latest
    container_name: traefik
    restart: unless-stopped
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    networks:
      - proxy
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
    environment:
      - CF_DNS_API_TOKEN=${CF_API_TOKEN}
      # Docs on how to generate an API token in Cloudflare: [https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/#:~:text=From%20the%20Cloudflare%20dashboard%20%E2%86%97,Select%20Create%20Token.](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/#:~:text=From%20the%20Cloudflare%20dashboard%20%E2%86%97,Select%20Create%20Token.)
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
      - /home/${HOME_DIR_USER}/traefik/data/traefik.yml:/traefik.yml:ro
      - /home/${HOME_DIR_USER}/traefik/data/acme.json:/acme.json
      - /home/${HOME_DIR_USER}/traefik/data/config.yml:/config.yml:ro
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.entrypoints=http"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.rule=Host(`💡traefik.yourdomain.com💡`)"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.traefik-auth.basicauth.users=${HTTP_BASIC_USER}:${HTTP_BASIC_PWD}"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.traefik-https-redirect.redirectscheme.scheme=https"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.sslheader.headers.customrequestheaders.X-Forwarded-Proto=https"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.middlewares=traefik-https-redirect"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.entrypoints=https"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.rule=Host(`💡traefik.yourdomain.com💡`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.middlewares=traefik-auth"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.tls=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.tls.certresolver=cloudflare"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.tls.domains[0].main=💡yourdomain.com💡"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.tls.domains[0].sans=*.💡yourdomain.com💡"
      - "traefik.http.routers.traefik-secure.service=api@internal"

networks:
  proxy:
    external: true