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How to setup TLS Challenge with Let'sEncrypt, Traefik and Docker Compose

I’m getting the following error when I visit my domain https://<mydomain>:

Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not **continue** **to** mydomain.com. **If** you visit this site, attackers could **try** **to** steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.

This is my docker-compose.yaml:

version: '3'
services:
  upload:
    image: mydomain-upload:v3-staging
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: src/services/upload/Dockerfile.upload
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "8004:8004"
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.upload.rule=Host(`mydomain.com`) && PathPrefix(`/upload`)"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.oauth2-proxy.forwardauth.address=http://oauth2-proxy:4180"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.oauth2-proxy.forwardauth.trustForwardHeader=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.upload.entrypoints=web"
      - "traefik.http.routers.upload.middlewares=cors,oauth2-proxy"
      - "traefik.http.services.upload.loadbalancer.server.port=8004"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.upload-cors.headers.accessControlAllowMethods=GET, POST, OPTIONS"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.upload-cors.headers.accessControlAllowOriginList=*"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.upload-cors.headers.accessControlAllowHeaders=*"
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.upload-cors.headers.accessControlAllowCredentials=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.upload.middlewares=upload-cors"
    environment:
      - MODE=staging
  oauth2-proxy:
    image: quay.io/oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy:v7.4.0
    command:
      - --provider=oidc
      - --email-domain=*
      - --oidc-issuer-url=https://accounts.google.com
      - --cookie-secure=false
      - --cookie-secret=COOKIE_SECRET
      - --client-id=CLIENT_ID
      - --client-secret=CLIENT_SECRET
      - --upstream=http://traefik:80
      - --pass-access-token=true
      - --pass-authorization-header=true
      - --set-authorization-header=true
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
  nginx:
    image: mydomain-nginx:v3-staging
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile: src/static/Dockerfile.nginx.development
    restart: always
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.nginx.rule=Host(`mydomain.com`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.nginx.entrypoints=web"
  traefik:
    image: traefik:v3.0
    restart: always
    depends_on:
      - oauth2-proxy
      - nginx
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    networks:
      - proxy
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - letsencrypt:/letsencrypt
      - /var/log:/var/log
    command:
      - --providers.docker.network=proxy
      - --api.dashboard=true
      - --log.level=DEBUG
      - --log.filepath=/var/log/traefik.log
      - --accesslog=true
      - --accesslog.filepath=/var/log/traefik-access.log
      - --providers.docker.network=proxy
      - --providers.docker.exposedByDefault=false
      - --entrypoints.web.address=:80
      - --entrypoints.web.http.redirections.entrypoint.to=websecure
      - --entryPoints.web.http.redirections.entrypoint.scheme=https
      - --entrypoints.websecure.address=:443
      - --entrypoints.websecure.asDefault=true
      - --entrypoints.websecure.http.tls.certresolver=myresolver
      - --certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.email=admin@mydomain.com
      - --certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.tlschallenge=true
      - --certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.storage=/letsencrypt/acme.json
    labels:
      - traefik.enable=true
      - traefik.http.routers.mydashboard.rule=Host(`monitor.mydomain.com`)
      - traefik.http.routers.mydashboard.service=api@internal
      - traefik.http.routers.mydashboard.middlewares=myauth
      - "traefik.http.middlewares.myauth.basicauth.users=admin:$$apr1$$QWHGoM/N$$me9nau/f2g6O4W9Y2MqRH0"

networks:
  proxy:
    name: proxy

volumes:
  letsencrypt:
    name: letsencrypt

Here is part of my traefik.log:

2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/headers/headers.go:49 > Setting up customHeaders/Cors from {map[] map[] true [*] [GET POST OPTIONS] [*] [] [] 0 false [] [] map[] 0 false false false false  false false      false} entryPointName=web middlewareName=upload-cors@docker middlewareType=Headers routerName=upload@docker
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/tracing/wrapper.go:32 > Adding tracing to middleware entryPointName=web middlewareName=upload-cors@docker routerName=upload@docker
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/recovery/recovery.go:22 > Creating middleware entryPointName=web middlewareName=traefik-internal-recovery middlewareType=Recovery
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/tracing/forwarder.go:26 > Added outgoing tracing middleware entryPointName=websecure middlewareName=tracing middlewareType=TracingForwarder routerName=mydashboard@docker serviceName=api@internal
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth.go:33 > Creating middleware entryPointName=websecure middlewareName=myauth@docker middlewareType=BasicAuth routerName=mydashboard@docker
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/tracing/wrapper.go:32 > Adding tracing to middleware entryPointName=websecure middlewareName=myauth@docker routerName=mydashboard@docker
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/recovery/recovery.go:22 > Creating middleware entryPointName=websecure middlewareName=traefik-internal-recovery middlewareType=Recovery
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/server/router/tcp/manager.go:235 > Adding route for monitor.mydomain.com with TLS options default entryPointName=websecure
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/acme/provider.go:385 > Trying to challenge certificate for domain [monitor.mydomain.com] found in HostSNI rule acmeCA=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory providerName=myresolver.acme routerName=mydashboard@docker rule=Host(`monitor.mydomain.com`)
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/acme/provider.go:847 > Looking for provided certificate(s) to validate ["monitor.mydomain.com"]... acmeCA=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory providerName=myresolver.acme routerName=mydashboard@docker rule=Host(`monitor.mydomain.com`)
2023-09-17T20:43:34Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/provider/acme/provider.go:891 > No ACME certificate generation required for domains acmeCA=https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory domains=["monitor.mydomain.com"] providerName=myresolver.acme routerName=mydashboard@docker rule=Host(`monitor.mydomain.com`)
2023-09-17T20:44:01Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"
2023-09-17T20:44:01Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"
2023-09-17T20:44:01Z DBG log/log.go:194 > http: TLS handshake error from 123.456.78.910:37062: remote error: tls: unknown certificate
2023-09-17T20:44:01Z DBG log/log.go:194 > http: TLS handshake error from 123.456.78.910:23486: remote error: tls: unknown certificate
2023-09-17T20:44:01Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"
2023-09-17T20:44:12Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/middlewares/auth/basic_auth.go:79 > Authentication failed middlewareName=myauth@docker middlewareType=BasicAuth
2023-09-17T20:44:17Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"
2023-09-17T20:44:17Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"
2023-09-17T20:44:17Z DBG log/log.go:194 > http: TLS handshake error from 123.456.78.910:4290: remote error: tls: unknown certificate
2023-09-17T20:44:17Z DBG log/log.go:194 > http: TLS handshake error from 123.456.78.910:51854: remote error: tls: unknown certificate
2023-09-17T20:44:21Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"
2023-09-17T20:44:21Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"
2023-09-17T20:44:21Z DBG log/log.go:194 > http: TLS handshake error from 123.456.78.910:42874: remote error: tls: unknown certificate
2023-09-17T20:44:21Z DBG log/log.go:194 > http: TLS handshake error from 123.456.78.910:28030: remote error: tls: unknown certificate
2023-09-17T20:44:21Z DBG github.com/traefik/traefik/v3/pkg/tls/tlsmanager.go:220 > Serving default certificate for request: "mydomain.com"

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