ACME (Let's Encrypt) configuration¶
See also Let's Encrypt examples and Docker & Let's Encrypt user guide.
Configuration¶
# Sample entrypoint configuration when using ACME.
[entryPoints]
[entryPoints.https]
address = ":443"
[entryPoints.https.tls]
# Enable ACME (Let's Encrypt): automatic SSL.
[acme]
# Email address used for registration.
#
# Required
#
email = "[email protected]"
# File or key used for certificates storage.
#
# Required
#
storage = "acme.json"
# or `storage = "traefik/acme/account"` if using KV store.
# Entrypoint to proxy acme challenge/apply certificates to.
# WARNING, must point to an entrypoint on port 443
#
# Required
#
entryPoint = "https"
# Use a DNS based acme challenge rather than external HTTPS access
#
#
# Optional
#
# dnsProvider = "digitalocean"
# By default, the dnsProvider will verify the TXT DNS challenge record before letting ACME verify.
# If delayDontCheckDNS is greater than zero, avoid this & instead just wait so many seconds.
# Useful if internal networks block external DNS queries.
#
# Optional
#
# delayDontCheckDNS = 0
# If true, display debug log messages from the acme client library.
#
# Optional
#
# acmeLogging = true
# Enable on demand certificate.
#
# Optional
#
# onDemand = true
# Enable certificate generation on frontends Host rules.
#
# Optional
#
# onHostRule = true
# CA server to use.
# - Uncomment the line to run on the staging let's encrypt server.
# - Leave comment to go to prod.
#
# Optional
#
# caServer = "https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory"
# Domains list.
#
# [[acme.domains]]
# main = "local1.com"
# sans = ["test1.local1.com", "test2.local1.com"]
# [[acme.domains]]
# main = "local2.com"
# sans = ["test1.local2.com", "test2.local2.com"]
# [[acme.domains]]
# main = "local3.com"
# [[acme.domains]]
# main = "local4.com"
storage
¶
[acme]
# ...
storage = "acme.json"
# ...
File or key used for certificates storage.
WARNING If you use Traefik in Docker, you have 2 options:
- create a file on your host and mount it as a volume:
storage = "acme.json"
docker run -v "/my/host/acme.json:acme.json" traefik
- mount the folder containing the file as a volume
storage = "/etc/traefik/acme/acme.json"
docker run -v "/my/host/acme:/etc/traefik/acme" traefik
dnsProvider
¶
[acme]
# ...
dnsProvider = "digitalocean"
# ...
Use a DNS based acme challenge rather than external HTTPS access, e.g. for a firewalled server.
Select the provider that matches the DNS domain that will host the challenge TXT record, and provide environment variables with access keys to enable setting it:
Provider | Configuration |
---|---|
Cloudflare | CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL , CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY |
DigitalOcean | DO_AUTH_TOKEN |
DNSimple | DNSIMPLE_EMAIL , DNSIMPLE_OAUTH_TOKEN |
DNS Made Easy | DNSMADEEASY_API_KEY , DNSMADEEASY_API_SECRET |
Exoscale | EXOSCALE_API_KEY , EXOSCALE_API_SECRET |
Gandi | GANDI_API_KEY |
Linode | LINODE_API_KEY |
manual | none, but run Traefik interactively & turn on acmeLogging to see instructions & press Enter. |
Namecheap | NAMECHEAP_API_USER , NAMECHEAP_API_KEY |
RFC2136 | RFC2136_TSIG_KEY , RFC2136_TSIG_SECRET , RFC2136_TSIG_ALGORITHM , RFC2136_NAMESERVER |
Route 53 | AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID , AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY , AWS_REGION , or configured user/instance IAM profile. |
dyn | DYN_CUSTOMER_NAME , DYN_USER_NAME , DYN_PASSWORD |
VULTR | VULTR_API_KEY |
OVH | OVH_ENDPOINT , OVH_APPLICATION_KEY , OVH_APPLICATION_SECRET , OVH_CONSUMER_KEY |
pdns | PDNS_API_KEY , PDNS_API_URL |
delayDontCheckDNS
¶
[acme]
# ...
delayDontCheckDNS = 0
# ...
By default, the dnsProvider will verify the TXT DNS challenge record before letting ACME verify.
If delayDontCheckDNS
is greater than zero, avoid this & instead just wait so many seconds.
Useful if internal networks block external DNS queries.
onDemand
¶
[acme]
# ...
onDemand = true
# ...
Enable on demand certificate.
This will request a certificate from Let's Encrypt during the first TLS handshake for a hostname that does not yet have a certificate.
Warning
TLS handshakes will be slow when requesting a hostname certificate for the first time, this can lead to DoS attacks.
Warning
Take note that Let's Encrypt have rate limiting
onHostRule
¶
[acme]
# ...
onHostRule = true
# ...
Enable certificate generation on frontends Host rules.
This will request a certificate from Let's Encrypt for each frontend with a Host rule.
For example, a rule Host:test1.traefik.io,test2.traefik.io
will request a certificate with main domain test1.traefik.io
and SAN test2.traefik.io
.
caServer
¶
[acme]
# ...
caServer = "https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory"
# ...
CA server to use.
- Uncomment the line to run on the staging Let's Encrypt server.
- Leave comment to go to prod.
domains
¶
[acme]
# ...
[[acme.domains]]
main = "local1.com"
sans = ["test1.local1.com", "test2.local1.com"]
[[acme.domains]]
main = "local2.com"
sans = ["test1.local2.com", "test2.local2.com"]
[[acme.domains]]
main = "local3.com"
[[acme.domains]]
main = "local4.com"
# ...
You can provide SANs (alternative domains) to each main domain. All domains must have A/AAAA records pointing to Traefik.
Warning
Take note that Let's Encrypt have rate limiting.
Each domain & SANs will lead to a certificate request.