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Install and configure Traefik Hub API Gateway.

Before You Begin​

It is recommended that you have a basic understanding of Systemd. You should have access to a working virtual machine/host, either on a cloud provider or on your own infrastructure.

Please make sure that you have the following:

To install Traefik Hub API Gateway, copy and paste the following instructions in /etc/systemd/system/traefik-hub.service. This will install Traefik Hub API Gateway.

Traefik Hub binary can be downloaded on https://github.com/traefik/hub/releases

Install Traefik Hub API Gateway
[Unit]
Description=Traefik Hub
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

[Service]
Restart=on-abnormal
User=traefik-hub
Group=traefik-hub
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/traefik-hub --configfile=/etc/traefik-hub/traefik-hub.toml
; Use private /tmp and /var/tmp, which are discarded after traefik stops.
PrivateTmp=true
; Hide /home, /root, and /run/user. Nobody may have access to SSH-keys.
ProtectHome=true
; Make /usr, /boot, /etc and possibly some more folders read-only.
ProtectSystem=full
; The following additional security directives only work with systemd v229 or later.
; They further restrict privileges that can be gained by traefik. Uncomment if you like.
; Note that you may have to add capabilities required by any plugins in use.
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
NoNewPrivileges=true

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Traefik Hub API Gateway config file
[hub]
  token = "YOUR-TRAEFIK-HUB-TOKEN"

[entryPoints]
  [entryPoints.web]
    address = ":80"

  [entryPoints.websecure]
    address = ":443"

[log]
  level = "INFO"
  filePath = "/var/log/traefik-hub.log"

# Enable API and dashboard
[api]

# Enable ping
[ping]

  • YOUR-TRAEFIK-HUB-TOKEN: Your token provided by Traefik Labs

Reload Daemon:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable Service:

sudo systemctl enable my-service

Start Service:

sudo systemctl start my-service

Check Status:

sudo systemctl status my-service