How To Use Traefik as a Reverse Proxy for Docker Containers

If you may want to run multiple applications on the same Docker host, you’ll need to set up a reverse proxy. Traefik is a Docker-aware reverse proxy that includes its own monitoring dashboard. In this tutorial, you’ll use Traefik to route requests to two different web application containers: a Wordpress container and an Adminer container, backed by a MySQL database. You’ll configure Traefik to serve everything over HTTPS using Let’s Encrypt.