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StripPrefix

Removing Prefixes From the Path Before Forwarding the Request

Remove the specified prefixes from the URL path.

Configuration Examples

# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.test-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar,/fiibar"
# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-stripprefix
spec:
  stripPrefix:
    prefixes:
      - /foobar
      - /fiibar
# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
- "traefik.http.middlewares.test-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar,/fiibar"
# Strip prefix /foobar and /fiibar
http:
  middlewares:
    test-stripprefix:
      stripPrefix:
        prefixes:
          - "/foobar"
          - "/fiibar"
# 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

Warning

forceSlash option is deprecated and should not be used.

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

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 
labels:
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.prefixes=/foobar"
  - "traefik.http.middlewares.example.stripprefix.forceSlash=false"
apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  stripPrefix:
    prefixes:
      - "/foobar"
    forceSlash: false
http:
  middlewares:
    example:
      stripPrefix:
        prefixes:
          - "/foobar"
        forceSlash: false
[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.example.stripPrefix]
    prefixes = ["/foobar"]
    forceSlash = false