Traefik

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Traefik Host Port
Traefik /config Path

Modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer on FreeBSD.


Port	80
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik`
Source	https://github.com/traefik/traefik
Website	https://traefik.io/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
`pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  traefik:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:latest
    container_name: traefik
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/traefik:/config"
    ports:
      - 80:80
      - 443:443
      - 8080:8080
    restart: unless-stopped

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=traefik
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  traefik:
    name: traefik
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - TRAEFIK_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  TRAEFIK_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/traefik'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:${tag}

podman run -d --name traefik \
  -p 80:80 \
  -p 443:443 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/traefik:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:latest

- name: Deploy traefik
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: traefik
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/traefik:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/traefik:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:80

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration directory (traefik.yml, dynamic/, letsencrypt/)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`80`	TCP	HTTP
`443`	TCP	HTTPS
`8080`	TCP	Dashboard/API

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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