StripPrefix

Removing Prefixes From the Path Before Forwarding the Request

Remove the specified prefixes from the URL path.

Configuration Examples

Docker

# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar,/fiibar"

Kubernetes

# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-stripprefix
spec:
  stripPrefix:
    prefixes:
      - /foobar
      - /fiibar

Consul Catalog

# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar,/fiibar"

Marathon

"labels": {
  "traefik.http.middlewares.test-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes": "/foobar,/fiibar"
}

Rancher

# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar,/fiibar"

File (YAML)

# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
http:
  middlewares:
    test-stripprefix:
      stripPrefix:
        prefixes:
          - "/foobar"
          - "/fiibar"

File (TOML)

# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.test-stripprefix.stripPrefix]
    prefixes = ["/foobar", "/fiibar"]

Configuration Options

General

The StripPrefix middleware strips the matching path prefix and stores it in a X-Forwarded-Prefix header.

Tip

Use a StripPrefix middleware if your backend listens on the root path (/) but should be exposed on a specific prefix.

prefixes

The prefixes option defines the prefixes to strip from the request URL.

For instance, /products also matches /products/shoes and /products/shirts.

If your backend is serving assets (e.g., images or JavaScript files), it can use the X-Forwarded-Prefix header to properly construct relative URLs. Using the previous example, the backend should return /products/shoes/image.png (and not /image.png, which Traefik would likely not be able to associate with the same backend).

forceSlash

Optional, Default=true

The forceSlash option ensures the resulting stripped path is not the empty string, by replacing it with / when necessary.

This option was added to keep the initial (non-intuitive) behavior of this middleware, in order to avoid introducing a breaking change.

It is recommended to explicitly set forceSlash to false.

Behavior examples

• forceSlash=true

Path	Prefix to strip	Result
/	/	/
/foo	/foo	/
/foo/	/foo	/
/foo/	/foo/	/
/bar	/foo	/bar
/foo/bar	/foo	/bar

• forceSlash=false

Path	Prefix to strip	Result
/	/	empty
/foo	/foo	empty
/foo/	/foo	/
/foo/	/foo/	empty
/bar	/foo	/bar
/foo/bar	/foo	/bar

Docker

labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar"
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.forceSlash=false"

Kubernetes

apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  stripPrefix:
    prefixes:
      - "/foobar"
    forceSlash: false

Marathon

"labels": {
  "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.prefixes": "/foobar",
  "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.forceSlash": "false"
}

Rancher

labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar"
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.forceSlash=false"

File (YAML)

http:
  middlewares:
    example:
      stripPrefix:
        prefixes:
          - "/foobar"
        forceSlash: false

File (TOML)

[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.example.stripPrefix]
    prefixes = ["/foobar"]
    forceSlash = false

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