Traefik

Modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer on FreeBSD.

Port	80
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik
Source	https://github.com/traefik/traefik
Website	https://traefik.io/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
pkg	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.
k8s	Passthrough. Traefik as PID 1, no s6 — for Kubernetes/helm & CLI-arg config.	Alternative build.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  traefik:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:latest"
    container_name: traefik
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/traefik:/config"
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
      - "8080:8080"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=traefik
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  traefik:
    name: traefik
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '80:80 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '443:443 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '8080:8080 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - traefik: /config
volumes:
  traefik:
    device: '/path/to/containers/traefik'

Makejail:

# Makejail 

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:${tag}

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name traefik \
  -p 80:80 \
  -p 443:443 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/traefik:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="80:80 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="443:443 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="8080:8080 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/traefik /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:latest traefik

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy traefik
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: traefik
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/traefik:/config"

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration directory (traefik.yml, dynamic/, letsencrypt/)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
80	TCP	HTTP
443	TCP	HTTPS
8080	TCP	Dashboard/API

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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