How to Install Traefik on OpenSUSE latest

Traefik is a powerful and modern reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying and managing microservices easy. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Traefik on OpenSUSE latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting, make sure you have the following:

  • A running instance of OpenSUSE latest
  • Root access on your server
  • Docker installed on your server

Step 1: Install Docker

If you don’t have Docker installed on your server, you can install it using the following command:

sudo zypper install docker

Once the installation is complete, start the Docker service and enable it to start at boot time:

sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker

Step 2: Install Traefik

Traefik can be easily installed using Docker. To install Traefik, run the following command:

sudo docker run -d \
  -p 80:80 \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -p 443:443 \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v $PWD/traefik.toml:/traefik.toml \
  traefik:v2.5

This command will pull the Traefik image from Docker Hub and start a new container with Traefik running. The -d flag tells Docker to run the container in the background.

The command also maps the following ports:

  • Port 80, which Traefik will use to listen for HTTP traffic
  • Port 443, which Traefik will use to listen for HTTPS traffic
  • Port 8080, which provides access to the Traefik dashboard

It also mounts two volumes:

  • /var/run/docker.sock to grant Traefik access to the Docker API
  • $PWD/traefik.toml to mount the Traefik configuration file

Step 3: Test your Traefik installation

Once Traefik is installed and running, you can test it by visiting the Traefik dashboard by entering the following URL in your web browser:

http://<YOUR_IP_ADDRESS>:8080/dashboard/

Replace <YOUR_IP_ADDRESS> with the IP address of your server.

If you can see the Traefik dashboard, then your installation was successful.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Traefik on OpenSUSE latest. With Traefik, you can easily deploy and manage microservices with ease.