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Traefik & CRD & Let's Encrypt

Traefik with an IngressRoute Custom Resource Definition for Kubernetes, and TLS Through Let's Encrypt.

This document is intended to be a fully working example demonstrating how to set up Traefik in Kubernetes, with the dynamic configuration coming from the IngressRoute Custom Resource, and TLS setup with Let's Encrypt. However, for the sake of simplicity, we're using k3s docker image for the Kubernetes cluster setup.

Please note that for this setup, given that we're going to use ACME's TLS-ALPN-01 challenge, the host you'll be running it on must be able to receive connections from the outside on port 443. And of course its internet facing IP address must match the domain name you intend to use.

In the following, the Kubernetes resources defined in YAML configuration files can be applied to the setup in two different ways:

  • the first, and usual way, is simply with the kubectl apply command.
  • the second, which can be used for this tutorial, is to directly place the files in the directory used by the k3s docker image for such inputs (/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests).

Kubectl Version

With the rancher/k3s version used in this guide (0.8.0), the kubectl version needs to be >= 1.11.

k3s Docker-compose Configuration

Our starting point is the docker-compose configuration file, to start the k3s cluster. You can start it with:

docker-compose -f k3s.yml up
server:
  image: rancher/k3s:v1.17.2-k3s1
  command: server --disable-agent --no-deploy traefik
  environment:
    - K3S_CLUSTER_SECRET=somethingtotallyrandom
    - K3S_KUBECONFIG_OUTPUT=/output/kubeconfig.yaml
    - K3S_KUBECONFIG_MODE=666
  volumes:
    # k3s will generate a kubeconfig.yaml in this directory. This volume is mounted
    # on your host, so you can then 'export KUBECONFIG=/somewhere/on/your/host/out/kubeconfig.yaml',
    # in order for your kubectl commands to work.
    - /somewhere/on/your/host/out:/output
    # This directory is where you put all the (yaml) configuration files of
    # the Kubernetes resources.
    - /somewhere/on/your/host/in:/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests
  ports:
    - 6443:6443

node:
  image: rancher/k3s:v1.17.2-k3s1
  privileged: true
  links:
    - server
  environment:
    - K3S_URL=https://server:6443
    - K3S_CLUSTER_SECRET=somethingtotallyrandom
  volumes:
    # this is where you would place a alternative traefik image (saved as a .tar file with
    # 'docker save'), if you want to use it, instead of the traefik:v2.6 image.
    - /somewhere/on/your/host/custom-image:/var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/images

Cluster Resources

Let's now have a look (in the order they should be applied, if using kubectl apply) at all the required resources for the full setup.

IngressRoute Definition

First, the definition of the IngressRoute and the Middleware kinds. Also note the RBAC authorization resources; they'll be referenced through the serviceAccountName of the deployment, later on.


---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: ingressroutes.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: IngressRoute
    listKind: IngressRouteList
    plural: ingressroutes
    singular: ingressroute
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: IngressRoute is an Ingress CRD specification.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: IngressRouteSpec is a specification for a IngressRouteSpec
              resource.
            properties:
              entryPoints:
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              routes:
                items:
                  description: Route contains the set of routes.
                  properties:
                    kind:
                      enum:
                      - Rule
                      type: string
                    match:
                      type: string
                    middlewares:
                      items:
                        description: MiddlewareRef is a ref to the Middleware resources.
                        properties:
                          name:
                            type: string
                          namespace:
                            type: string
                        required:
                        - name
                        type: object
                      type: array
                    priority:
                      type: integer
                    services:
                      items:
                        description: Service defines an upstream to proxy traffic.
                        properties:
                          kind:
                            enum:
                            - Service
                            - TraefikService
                            type: string
                          name:
                            description: Name is a reference to a Kubernetes Service
                              object (for a load-balancer of servers), or to a TraefikService
                              object (service load-balancer, mirroring, etc). The
                              differentiation between the two is specified in the
                              Kind field.
                            type: string
                          namespace:
                            type: string
                          passHostHeader:
                            type: boolean
                          port:
                            anyOf:
                            - type: integer
                            - type: string
                            x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                          responseForwarding:
                            description: ResponseForwarding holds configuration for
                              the forward of the response.
                            properties:
                              flushInterval:
                                type: string
                            type: object
                          scheme:
                            type: string
                          serversTransport:
                            type: string
                          sticky:
                            description: Sticky holds the sticky configuration.
                            properties:
                              cookie:
                                description: Cookie holds the sticky configuration
                                  based on cookie.
                                properties:
                                  httpOnly:
                                    type: boolean
                                  name:
                                    type: string
                                  sameSite:
                                    type: string
                                  secure:
                                    type: boolean
                                type: object
                            type: object
                          strategy:
                            type: string
                          weight:
                            description: Weight should only be specified when Name
                              references a TraefikService object (and to be precise,
                              one that embeds a Weighted Round Robin).
                            type: integer
                        required:
                        - name
                        type: object
                      type: array
                  required:
                  - kind
                  - match
                  type: object
                type: array
              tls:
                description: "TLS contains the TLS certificates configuration of the
                  routes. To enable Let's Encrypt, use an empty TLS struct, e.g. in
                  YAML: \n \t tls: {} # inline format \n \t tls: \t   secretName:
                  # block format"
                properties:
                  certResolver:
                    type: string
                  domains:
                    items:
                      description: Domain holds a domain name with SANs.
                      properties:
                        main:
                          type: string
                        sans:
                          items:
                            type: string
                          type: array
                      type: object
                    type: array
                  options:
                    description: Options is a reference to a TLSOption, that specifies
                      the parameters of the TLS connection.
                    properties:
                      name:
                        type: string
                      namespace:
                        type: string
                    required:
                    - name
                    type: object
                  secretName:
                    description: SecretName is the name of the referenced Kubernetes
                      Secret to specify the certificate details.
                    type: string
                  store:
                    description: Store is a reference to a TLSStore, that specifies
                      the parameters of the TLS store.
                    properties:
                      name:
                        type: string
                      namespace:
                        type: string
                    required:
                    - name
                    type: object
                type: object
            required:
            - routes
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: ingressroutetcps.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: IngressRouteTCP
    listKind: IngressRouteTCPList
    plural: ingressroutetcps
    singular: ingressroutetcp
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: IngressRouteTCP is an Ingress CRD specification.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: IngressRouteTCPSpec is a specification for a IngressRouteTCPSpec
              resource.
            properties:
              entryPoints:
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              routes:
                items:
                  description: RouteTCP contains the set of routes.
                  properties:
                    match:
                      type: string
                    middlewares:
                      description: Middlewares contains references to MiddlewareTCP
                        resources.
                      items:
                        description: ObjectReference is a generic reference to a Traefik
                          resource.
                        properties:
                          name:
                            type: string
                          namespace:
                            type: string
                        required:
                        - name
                        type: object
                      type: array
                    services:
                      items:
                        description: ServiceTCP defines an upstream to proxy traffic.
                        properties:
                          name:
                            type: string
                          namespace:
                            type: string
                          port:
                            anyOf:
                            - type: integer
                            - type: string
                            x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                          proxyProtocol:
                            description: ProxyProtocol holds the ProxyProtocol configuration.
                            properties:
                              version:
                                type: integer
                            type: object
                          terminationDelay:
                            type: integer
                          weight:
                            type: integer
                        required:
                        - name
                        - port
                        type: object
                      type: array
                  required:
                  - match
                  type: object
                type: array
              tls:
                description: "TLSTCP contains the TLS certificates configuration of
                  the routes. To enable Let's Encrypt, use an empty TLS struct, e.g.
                  in YAML: \n \t tls: {} # inline format \n \t tls: \t   secretName:
                  # block format"
                properties:
                  certResolver:
                    type: string
                  domains:
                    items:
                      description: Domain holds a domain name with SANs.
                      properties:
                        main:
                          type: string
                        sans:
                          items:
                            type: string
                          type: array
                      type: object
                    type: array
                  options:
                    description: Options is a reference to a TLSOption, that specifies
                      the parameters of the TLS connection.
                    properties:
                      name:
                        type: string
                      namespace:
                        type: string
                    required:
                    - name
                    type: object
                  passthrough:
                    type: boolean
                  secretName:
                    description: SecretName is the name of the referenced Kubernetes
                      Secret to specify the certificate details.
                    type: string
                  store:
                    description: Store is a reference to a TLSStore, that specifies
                      the parameters of the TLS store.
                    properties:
                      name:
                        type: string
                      namespace:
                        type: string
                    required:
                    - name
                    type: object
                type: object
            required:
            - routes
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: ingressrouteudps.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: IngressRouteUDP
    listKind: IngressRouteUDPList
    plural: ingressrouteudps
    singular: ingressrouteudp
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: IngressRouteUDP is an Ingress CRD specification.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: IngressRouteUDPSpec is a specification for a IngressRouteUDPSpec
              resource.
            properties:
              entryPoints:
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              routes:
                items:
                  description: RouteUDP contains the set of routes.
                  properties:
                    services:
                      items:
                        description: ServiceUDP defines an upstream to proxy traffic.
                        properties:
                          name:
                            type: string
                          namespace:
                            type: string
                          port:
                            anyOf:
                            - type: integer
                            - type: string
                            x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                          weight:
                            type: integer
                        required:
                        - name
                        - port
                        type: object
                      type: array
                  type: object
                type: array
            required:
            - routes
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: middlewares.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: Middleware
    listKind: MiddlewareList
    plural: middlewares
    singular: middleware
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: Middleware is a specification for a Middleware resource.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: MiddlewareSpec holds the Middleware configuration.
            properties:
              addPrefix:
                description: AddPrefix holds the AddPrefix configuration.
                properties:
                  prefix:
                    type: string
                type: object
              basicAuth:
                description: BasicAuth holds the HTTP basic authentication configuration.
                properties:
                  headerField:
                    type: string
                  realm:
                    type: string
                  removeHeader:
                    type: boolean
                  secret:
                    type: string
                type: object
              buffering:
                description: Buffering holds the request/response buffering configuration.
                properties:
                  maxRequestBodyBytes:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  maxResponseBodyBytes:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  memRequestBodyBytes:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  memResponseBodyBytes:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  retryExpression:
                    type: string
                type: object
              chain:
                description: Chain holds a chain of middlewares.
                properties:
                  middlewares:
                    items:
                      description: MiddlewareRef is a ref to the Middleware resources.
                      properties:
                        name:
                          type: string
                        namespace:
                          type: string
                      required:
                      - name
                      type: object
                    type: array
                type: object
              circuitBreaker:
                description: CircuitBreaker holds the circuit breaker configuration.
                properties:
                  expression:
                    type: string
                type: object
              compress:
                description: Compress holds the compress configuration.
                properties:
                  excludedContentTypes:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  minResponseBodyBytes:
                    type: integer
                type: object
              contentType:
                description: ContentType middleware - or rather its unique `autoDetect`
                  option - specifies whether to let the `Content-Type` header, if
                  it has not been set by the backend, be automatically set to a value
                  derived from the contents of the response. As a proxy, the default
                  behavior should be to leave the header alone, regardless of what
                  the backend did with it. However, the historic default was to always
                  auto-detect and set the header if it was nil, and it is going to
                  be kept that way in order to support users currently relying on
                  it. This middleware exists to enable the correct behavior until
                  at least the default one can be changed in a future version.
                properties:
                  autoDetect:
                    type: boolean
                type: object
              digestAuth:
                description: DigestAuth holds the Digest HTTP authentication configuration.
                properties:
                  headerField:
                    type: string
                  realm:
                    type: string
                  removeHeader:
                    type: boolean
                  secret:
                    type: string
                type: object
              errors:
                description: ErrorPage holds the custom error page configuration.
                properties:
                  query:
                    type: string
                  service:
                    description: Service defines an upstream to proxy traffic.
                    properties:
                      kind:
                        enum:
                        - Service
                        - TraefikService
                        type: string
                      name:
                        description: Name is a reference to a Kubernetes Service object
                          (for a load-balancer of servers), or to a TraefikService
                          object (service load-balancer, mirroring, etc). The differentiation
                          between the two is specified in the Kind field.
                        type: string
                      namespace:
                        type: string
                      passHostHeader:
                        type: boolean
                      port:
                        anyOf:
                        - type: integer
                        - type: string
                        x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                      responseForwarding:
                        description: ResponseForwarding holds configuration for the
                          forward of the response.
                        properties:
                          flushInterval:
                            type: string
                        type: object
                      scheme:
                        type: string
                      serversTransport:
                        type: string
                      sticky:
                        description: Sticky holds the sticky configuration.
                        properties:
                          cookie:
                            description: Cookie holds the sticky configuration based
                              on cookie.
                            properties:
                              httpOnly:
                                type: boolean
                              name:
                                type: string
                              sameSite:
                                type: string
                              secure:
                                type: boolean
                            type: object
                        type: object
                      strategy:
                        type: string
                      weight:
                        description: Weight should only be specified when Name references
                          a TraefikService object (and to be precise, one that embeds
                          a Weighted Round Robin).
                        type: integer
                    required:
                    - name
                    type: object
                  status:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                type: object
              forwardAuth:
                description: ForwardAuth holds the http forward authentication configuration.
                properties:
                  address:
                    type: string
                  authRequestHeaders:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  authResponseHeaders:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  authResponseHeadersRegex:
                    type: string
                  tls:
                    description: ClientTLS holds TLS specific configurations as client.
                    properties:
                      caOptional:
                        type: boolean
                      caSecret:
                        type: string
                      certSecret:
                        type: string
                      insecureSkipVerify:
                        type: boolean
                    type: object
                  trustForwardHeader:
                    type: boolean
                type: object
              headers:
                description: Headers holds the custom header configuration.
                properties:
                  accessControlAllowCredentials:
                    description: AccessControlAllowCredentials is only valid if true.
                      false is ignored.
                    type: boolean
                  accessControlAllowHeaders:
                    description: AccessControlAllowHeaders must be used in response
                      to a preflight request with Access-Control-Request-Headers set.
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  accessControlAllowMethods:
                    description: AccessControlAllowMethods must be used in response
                      to a preflight request with Access-Control-Request-Method set.
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  accessControlAllowOriginList:
                    description: AccessControlAllowOriginList is a list of allowable
                      origins. Can also be a wildcard origin "*".
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  accessControlAllowOriginListRegex:
                    description: AccessControlAllowOriginListRegex is a list of allowable
                      origins written following the Regular Expression syntax (https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/).
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  accessControlExposeHeaders:
                    description: AccessControlExposeHeaders sets valid headers for
                      the response.
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  accessControlMaxAge:
                    description: AccessControlMaxAge sets the time that a preflight
                      request may be cached.
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  addVaryHeader:
                    description: AddVaryHeader controls if the Vary header is automatically
                      added/updated when the AccessControlAllowOriginList is set.
                    type: boolean
                  allowedHosts:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  browserXssFilter:
                    type: boolean
                  contentSecurityPolicy:
                    type: string
                  contentTypeNosniff:
                    type: boolean
                  customBrowserXSSValue:
                    type: string
                  customFrameOptionsValue:
                    type: string
                  customRequestHeaders:
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: string
                    type: object
                  customResponseHeaders:
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: string
                    type: object
                  featurePolicy:
                    description: 'Deprecated: use PermissionsPolicy instead.'
                    type: string
                  forceSTSHeader:
                    type: boolean
                  frameDeny:
                    type: boolean
                  hostsProxyHeaders:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                  isDevelopment:
                    type: boolean
                  permissionsPolicy:
                    type: string
                  publicKey:
                    type: string
                  referrerPolicy:
                    type: string
                  sslForceHost:
                    description: 'Deprecated: use RedirectRegex instead.'
                    type: boolean
                  sslHost:
                    description: 'Deprecated: use RedirectRegex instead.'
                    type: string
                  sslProxyHeaders:
                    additionalProperties:
                      type: string
                    type: object
                  sslRedirect:
                    description: 'Deprecated: use EntryPoint redirection or RedirectScheme
                      instead.'
                    type: boolean
                  sslTemporaryRedirect:
                    description: 'Deprecated: use EntryPoint redirection or RedirectScheme
                      instead.'
                    type: boolean
                  stsIncludeSubdomains:
                    type: boolean
                  stsPreload:
                    type: boolean
                  stsSeconds:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                type: object
              inFlightReq:
                description: InFlightReq limits the number of requests being processed
                  and served concurrently.
                properties:
                  amount:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  sourceCriterion:
                    description: SourceCriterion defines what criterion is used to
                      group requests as originating from a common source. If none
                      are set, the default is to use the request's remote address
                      field. All fields are mutually exclusive.
                    properties:
                      ipStrategy:
                        description: IPStrategy holds the ip strategy configuration.
                        properties:
                          depth:
                            type: integer
                          excludedIPs:
                            items:
                              type: string
                            type: array
                        type: object
                      requestHeaderName:
                        type: string
                      requestHost:
                        type: boolean
                    type: object
                type: object
              ipWhiteList:
                description: IPWhiteList holds the ip white list configuration.
                properties:
                  ipStrategy:
                    description: IPStrategy holds the ip strategy configuration.
                    properties:
                      depth:
                        type: integer
                      excludedIPs:
                        items:
                          type: string
                        type: array
                    type: object
                  sourceRange:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                type: object
              passTLSClientCert:
                description: PassTLSClientCert holds the TLS client cert headers configuration.
                properties:
                  info:
                    description: TLSClientCertificateInfo holds the client TLS certificate
                      info configuration.
                    properties:
                      issuer:
                        description: TLSClientCertificateIssuerDNInfo holds the client
                          TLS certificate distinguished name info configuration. cf
                          https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3739
                        properties:
                          commonName:
                            type: boolean
                          country:
                            type: boolean
                          domainComponent:
                            type: boolean
                          locality:
                            type: boolean
                          organization:
                            type: boolean
                          province:
                            type: boolean
                          serialNumber:
                            type: boolean
                        type: object
                      notAfter:
                        type: boolean
                      notBefore:
                        type: boolean
                      sans:
                        type: boolean
                      serialNumber:
                        type: boolean
                      subject:
                        description: TLSClientCertificateSubjectDNInfo holds the client
                          TLS certificate distinguished name info configuration. cf
                          https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3739
                        properties:
                          commonName:
                            type: boolean
                          country:
                            type: boolean
                          domainComponent:
                            type: boolean
                          locality:
                            type: boolean
                          organization:
                            type: boolean
                          organizationalUnit:
                            type: boolean
                          province:
                            type: boolean
                          serialNumber:
                            type: boolean
                        type: object
                    type: object
                  pem:
                    type: boolean
                type: object
              plugin:
                additionalProperties:
                  x-kubernetes-preserve-unknown-fields: true
                type: object
              rateLimit:
                description: RateLimit holds the rate limiting configuration for a
                  given router.
                properties:
                  average:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  burst:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  period:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                  sourceCriterion:
                    description: SourceCriterion defines what criterion is used to
                      group requests as originating from a common source. If none
                      are set, the default is to use the request's remote address
                      field. All fields are mutually exclusive.
                    properties:
                      ipStrategy:
                        description: IPStrategy holds the ip strategy configuration.
                        properties:
                          depth:
                            type: integer
                          excludedIPs:
                            items:
                              type: string
                            type: array
                        type: object
                      requestHeaderName:
                        type: string
                      requestHost:
                        type: boolean
                    type: object
                type: object
              redirectRegex:
                description: RedirectRegex holds the redirection configuration.
                properties:
                  permanent:
                    type: boolean
                  regex:
                    type: string
                  replacement:
                    type: string
                type: object
              redirectScheme:
                description: RedirectScheme holds the scheme redirection configuration.
                properties:
                  permanent:
                    type: boolean
                  port:
                    type: string
                  scheme:
                    type: string
                type: object
              replacePath:
                description: ReplacePath holds the ReplacePath configuration.
                properties:
                  path:
                    type: string
                type: object
              replacePathRegex:
                description: ReplacePathRegex holds the ReplacePathRegex configuration.
                properties:
                  regex:
                    type: string
                  replacement:
                    type: string
                type: object
              retry:
                description: Retry holds the retry configuration.
                properties:
                  attempts:
                    type: integer
                  initialInterval:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                type: object
              stripPrefix:
                description: StripPrefix holds the StripPrefix configuration.
                properties:
                  forceSlash:
                    type: boolean
                  prefixes:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                type: object
              stripPrefixRegex:
                description: StripPrefixRegex holds the StripPrefixRegex configuration.
                properties:
                  regex:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                type: object
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: middlewaretcps.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: MiddlewareTCP
    listKind: MiddlewareTCPList
    plural: middlewaretcps
    singular: middlewaretcp
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: MiddlewareTCP is a specification for a MiddlewareTCP resource.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: MiddlewareTCPSpec holds the MiddlewareTCP configuration.
            properties:
              inFlightConn:
                description: TCPInFlightConn holds the TCP in flight connection configuration.
                properties:
                  amount:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                type: object
              ipWhiteList:
                description: TCPIPWhiteList holds the TCP ip white list configuration.
                properties:
                  sourceRange:
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                type: object
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: serverstransports.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: ServersTransport
    listKind: ServersTransportList
    plural: serverstransports
    singular: serverstransport
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: ServersTransport is a specification for a ServersTransport resource.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: ServersTransportSpec options to configure communication between
              Traefik and the servers.
            properties:
              certificatesSecrets:
                description: Certificates for mTLS.
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              disableHTTP2:
                description: Disable HTTP/2 for connections with backend servers.
                type: boolean
              forwardingTimeouts:
                description: Timeouts for requests forwarded to the backend servers.
                properties:
                  dialTimeout:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    description: DialTimeout is the amount of time to wait until a
                      connection to a backend server can be established. If zero,
                      no timeout exists.
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                  idleConnTimeout:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    description: IdleConnTimeout is the maximum period for which an
                      idle HTTP keep-alive connection will remain open before closing
                      itself.
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                  pingTimeout:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    description: PingTimeout is the timeout after which the HTTP/2
                      connection will be closed if a response to ping is not received.
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                  readIdleTimeout:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    description: ReadIdleTimeout is the timeout after which a health
                      check using ping frame will be carried out if no frame is received
                      on the HTTP/2 connection. If zero, no health check is performed.
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                  responseHeaderTimeout:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    description: ResponseHeaderTimeout is the amount of time to wait
                      for a server's response headers after fully writing the request
                      (including its body, if any). If zero, no timeout exists.
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                type: object
              insecureSkipVerify:
                description: Disable SSL certificate verification.
                type: boolean
              maxIdleConnsPerHost:
                description: If non-zero, controls the maximum idle (keep-alive) to
                  keep per-host. If zero, DefaultMaxIdleConnsPerHost is used.
                type: integer
              peerCertURI:
                description: URI used to match against SAN URI during the peer certificate
                  verification.
                type: string
              rootCAsSecrets:
                description: Add cert file for self-signed certificate.
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              serverName:
                description: ServerName used to contact the server.
                type: string
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: tlsoptions.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: TLSOption
    listKind: TLSOptionList
    plural: tlsoptions
    singular: tlsoption
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: TLSOption is a specification for a TLSOption resource.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: TLSOptionSpec configures TLS for an entry point.
            properties:
              alpnProtocols:
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              cipherSuites:
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              clientAuth:
                description: ClientAuth defines the parameters of the client authentication
                  part of the TLS connection, if any.
                properties:
                  clientAuthType:
                    description: ClientAuthType defines the client authentication
                      type to apply.
                    enum:
                    - NoClientCert
                    - RequestClientCert
                    - RequireAnyClientCert
                    - VerifyClientCertIfGiven
                    - RequireAndVerifyClientCert
                    type: string
                  secretNames:
                    description: SecretName is the name of the referenced Kubernetes
                      Secret to specify the certificate details.
                    items:
                      type: string
                    type: array
                type: object
              curvePreferences:
                items:
                  type: string
                type: array
              maxVersion:
                type: string
              minVersion:
                type: string
              preferServerCipherSuites:
                type: boolean
              sniStrict:
                type: boolean
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: tlsstores.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: TLSStore
    listKind: TLSStoreList
    plural: tlsstores
    singular: tlsstore
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: TLSStore is a specification for a TLSStore resource.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: TLSStoreSpec configures a TLSStore resource.
            properties:
              defaultCertificate:
                description: DefaultCertificate holds a secret name for the TLSOption
                  resource.
                properties:
                  secretName:
                    description: SecretName is the name of the referenced Kubernetes
                      Secret to specify the certificate details.
                    type: string
                required:
                - secretName
                type: object
            required:
            - defaultCertificate
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
  annotations:
    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.6.2
  creationTimestamp: null
  name: traefikservices.traefik.containo.us
spec:
  group: traefik.containo.us
  names:
    kind: TraefikService
    listKind: TraefikServiceList
    plural: traefikservices
    singular: traefikservice
  scope: Namespaced
  versions:
  - name: v1alpha1
    schema:
      openAPIV3Schema:
        description: TraefikService is the specification for a service (that an IngressRoute
          refers to) that is usually not a terminal service (i.e. not a pod of servers),
          as opposed to a Kubernetes Service. That is to say, it usually refers to
          other (children) services, which themselves can be TraefikServices or Services.
        properties:
          apiVersion:
            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
            type: string
          metadata:
            type: object
          spec:
            description: ServiceSpec defines whether a TraefikService is a load-balancer
              of services or a mirroring service.
            properties:
              mirroring:
                description: Mirroring defines a mirroring service, which is composed
                  of a main load-balancer, and a list of mirrors.
                properties:
                  kind:
                    enum:
                    - Service
                    - TraefikService
                    type: string
                  maxBodySize:
                    format: int64
                    type: integer
                  mirrors:
                    items:
                      description: MirrorService defines one of the mirrors of a Mirroring
                        service.
                      properties:
                        kind:
                          enum:
                          - Service
                          - TraefikService
                          type: string
                        name:
                          description: Name is a reference to a Kubernetes Service
                            object (for a load-balancer of servers), or to a TraefikService
                            object (service load-balancer, mirroring, etc). The differentiation
                            between the two is specified in the Kind field.
                          type: string
                        namespace:
                          type: string
                        passHostHeader:
                          type: boolean
                        percent:
                          type: integer
                        port:
                          anyOf:
                          - type: integer
                          - type: string
                          x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                        responseForwarding:
                          description: ResponseForwarding holds configuration for
                            the forward of the response.
                          properties:
                            flushInterval:
                              type: string
                          type: object
                        scheme:
                          type: string
                        serversTransport:
                          type: string
                        sticky:
                          description: Sticky holds the sticky configuration.
                          properties:
                            cookie:
                              description: Cookie holds the sticky configuration based
                                on cookie.
                              properties:
                                httpOnly:
                                  type: boolean
                                name:
                                  type: string
                                sameSite:
                                  type: string
                                secure:
                                  type: boolean
                              type: object
                          type: object
                        strategy:
                          type: string
                        weight:
                          description: Weight should only be specified when Name references
                            a TraefikService object (and to be precise, one that embeds
                            a Weighted Round Robin).
                          type: integer
                      required:
                      - name
                      type: object
                    type: array
                  name:
                    description: Name is a reference to a Kubernetes Service object
                      (for a load-balancer of servers), or to a TraefikService object
                      (service load-balancer, mirroring, etc). The differentiation
                      between the two is specified in the Kind field.
                    type: string
                  namespace:
                    type: string
                  passHostHeader:
                    type: boolean
                  port:
                    anyOf:
                    - type: integer
                    - type: string
                    x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                  responseForwarding:
                    description: ResponseForwarding holds configuration for the forward
                      of the response.
                    properties:
                      flushInterval:
                        type: string
                    type: object
                  scheme:
                    type: string
                  serversTransport:
                    type: string
                  sticky:
                    description: Sticky holds the sticky configuration.
                    properties:
                      cookie:
                        description: Cookie holds the sticky configuration based on
                          cookie.
                        properties:
                          httpOnly:
                            type: boolean
                          name:
                            type: string
                          sameSite:
                            type: string
                          secure:
                            type: boolean
                        type: object
                    type: object
                  strategy:
                    type: string
                  weight:
                    description: Weight should only be specified when Name references
                      a TraefikService object (and to be precise, one that embeds
                      a Weighted Round Robin).
                    type: integer
                required:
                - name
                type: object
              weighted:
                description: WeightedRoundRobin defines a load-balancer of services.
                properties:
                  services:
                    items:
                      description: Service defines an upstream to proxy traffic.
                      properties:
                        kind:
                          enum:
                          - Service
                          - TraefikService
                          type: string
                        name:
                          description: Name is a reference to a Kubernetes Service
                            object (for a load-balancer of servers), or to a TraefikService
                            object (service load-balancer, mirroring, etc). The differentiation
                            between the two is specified in the Kind field.
                          type: string
                        namespace:
                          type: string
                        passHostHeader:
                          type: boolean
                        port:
                          anyOf:
                          - type: integer
                          - type: string
                          x-kubernetes-int-or-string: true
                        responseForwarding:
                          description: ResponseForwarding holds configuration for
                            the forward of the response.
                          properties:
                            flushInterval:
                              type: string
                          type: object
                        scheme:
                          type: string
                        serversTransport:
                          type: string
                        sticky:
                          description: Sticky holds the sticky configuration.
                          properties:
                            cookie:
                              description: Cookie holds the sticky configuration based
                                on cookie.
                              properties:
                                httpOnly:
                                  type: boolean
                                name:
                                  type: string
                                sameSite:
                                  type: string
                                secure:
                                  type: boolean
                              type: object
                          type: object
                        strategy:
                          type: string
                        weight:
                          description: Weight should only be specified when Name references
                            a TraefikService object (and to be precise, one that embeds
                            a Weighted Round Robin).
                          type: integer
                      required:
                      - name
                      type: object
                    type: array
                  sticky:
                    description: Sticky holds the sticky configuration.
                    properties:
                      cookie:
                        description: Cookie holds the sticky configuration based on
                          cookie.
                        properties:
                          httpOnly:
                            type: boolean
                          name:
                            type: string
                          sameSite:
                            type: string
                          secure:
                            type: boolean
                        type: object
                    type: object
                type: object
            type: object
        required:
        - metadata
        - spec
        type: object
    served: true
    storage: true
status:
  acceptedNames:
    kind: ""
    plural: ""
  conditions: []
  storedVersions: []

---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
  name: traefik-ingress-controller

rules:
  - apiGroups:
      - ""
    resources:
      - services
      - endpoints
      - secrets
    verbs:
      - get
      - list
      - watch
  - apiGroups:
      - extensions
      - networking.k8s.io
    resources:
      - ingresses
      - ingressclasses
    verbs:
      - get
      - list
      - watch
  - apiGroups:
      - extensions
    resources:
      - ingresses/status
    verbs:
      - update
  - apiGroups:
      - traefik.containo.us
    resources:
      - middlewares
      - middlewaretcps
      - ingressroutes
      - traefikservices
      - ingressroutetcps
      - ingressrouteudps
      - tlsoptions
      - tlsstores
      - serverstransports
    verbs:
      - get
      - list
      - watch

---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRoleBinding
metadata:
  name: traefik-ingress-controller

roleRef:
  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
  kind: ClusterRole
  name: traefik-ingress-controller
subjects:
  - kind: ServiceAccount
    name: traefik-ingress-controller
    namespace: default

Services

Then, the services. One for Traefik itself, and one for the app it routes for, i.e. in this case our demo HTTP server: whoami.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: traefik

spec:
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      name: web
      port: 8000
    - protocol: TCP
      name: admin
      port: 8080
    - protocol: TCP
      name: websecure
      port: 4443
  selector:
    app: traefik

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: whoami

spec:
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      name: web
      port: 80
  selector:
    app: whoami

Deployments

Next, the deployments, i.e. the actual pods behind the services. Again, one pod for Traefik, and one for the whoami app.

apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
  namespace: default
  name: traefik-ingress-controller

---
kind: Deployment
apiVersion: apps/v1
metadata:
  namespace: default
  name: traefik
  labels:
    app: traefik

spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: traefik
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: traefik
    spec:
      serviceAccountName: traefik-ingress-controller
      containers:
        - name: traefik
          image: traefik:v2.6
          args:
            - --api.insecure
            - --accesslog
            - --entrypoints.web.Address=:8000
            - --entrypoints.websecure.Address=:4443
            - --providers.kubernetescrd
            - --certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.tlschallenge
            - [email protected]
            - --certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.storage=acme.json
            # Please note that this is the staging Let's Encrypt server.
            # Once you get things working, you should remove that whole line altogether.
            - --certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.caserver=https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory
          ports:
            - name: web
              containerPort: 8000
            - name: websecure
              containerPort: 4443
            - name: admin
              containerPort: 8080

---
kind: Deployment
apiVersion: apps/v1
metadata:
  namespace: default
  name: whoami
  labels:
    app: whoami

spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: whoami
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: whoami
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: whoami
          image: traefik/whoami
          ports:
            - name: web
              containerPort: 80

Port Forwarding

Now, as an exception to what we said above, please note that you should not let the ingressRoute resources below be applied automatically to your cluster. The reason is, as soon as the ACME provider of Traefik detects we have TLS routers, it will try to generate the certificates for the corresponding domains. And this will not work, because as it is, our Traefik pod is not reachable from the outside, which will make the ACME TLS challenge fail. Therefore, for the whole thing to work, we must delay applying the ingressRoute resources until we have port-forwarding set up properly, which is the next step.

kubectl port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 service/traefik 8000:8000 8080:8080 443:4443 -n default

Also, and this is out of the scope if this guide, please note that because of the privileged ports limitation on Linux, the above command might fail to listen on port 443. In which case you can use tricks such as elevating caps of kubectl with setcaps, or using authbind, or setting up a NAT between your host and the WAN. Look it up.

Traefik Routers

We can now finally apply the actual ingressRoutes, with:

kubectl apply -f 04-ingressroutes.yml
apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: IngressRoute
metadata:
  name: simpleingressroute
  namespace: default
spec:
  entryPoints:
    - web
  routes:
  - match: Host(`your.example.com`) && PathPrefix(`/notls`)
    kind: Rule
    services:
    - name: whoami
      port: 80

---
apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: IngressRoute
metadata:
  name: ingressroutetls
  namespace: default
spec:
  entryPoints:
    - websecure
  routes:
  - match: Host(`your.example.com`) && PathPrefix(`/tls`)
    kind: Rule
    services:
    - name: whoami
      port: 80
  tls:
    certResolver: myresolver

Give it a few seconds for the ACME TLS challenge to complete, and you should then be able to access your whoami pod (routed through Traefik), from the outside. Both with or (just for fun, do not do that in production) without TLS:

curl [-k] https://your.example.com/tls
curl http://your.example.com:8000/notls

Note that you'll have to use -k as long as you're using the staging server of Let's Encrypt, since it is not an authorized certificate authority on systems where it hasn't been manually added.