Traefik
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CommentsWhat is Traefik?
A modern HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that makes deploying microservices easy. Traefik integrates with your existing infrastructure components and configures itself automatically and dynamically.
Traefik is a tool in the Infrastructure as a Service category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Continuously updates its configuration (No restarts!)Supports multiple load balancing algorithmsProvides HTTPS to your microservices by leveraging Let's Encrypt (wildcard certificates support)Circuit breakers, retryHigh Availability with cluster modeSee the magic through its clean web UIWebsocket, HTTP/2, GRPC readyProvides metricsKeeps access logsFastExposes a Rest API
Traefik Pros & Cons
Pros of Traefik
- ✓Kubernetes integration
- ✓Watch service discovery updates
- ✓Letsencrypt support
- ✓Swarm integration
- ✓Several backends
- ✓Ready-to-use dashboard
- ✓Easy setup
- ✓Rancher integration
- ✓Mantl integration
- ✓Mesos integration
Cons of Traefik
- ✗Complicated setup
- ✗Not very performant (fast)
Traefik Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Traefik?
AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
With Elastic Load Balancing, you can add and remove EC2 instances as your needs change without disrupting the overall flow of information. If one EC2 instance fails, Elastic Load Balancing automatically reroutes the traffic to the remaining running EC2 instances. If the failed EC2 instance is restored, Elastic Load Balancing restores the traffic to that instance. Elastic Load Balancing offers clients a single point of contact, and it can also serve as the first line of defense against attacks on your network. You can offload the work of encryption and decryption to Elastic Load Balancing, so your servers can focus on their main task.
HAProxy
HAProxy (High Availability Proxy) is a free, very fast and reliable solution offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.
Envoy
Originally built at Lyft, Envoy is a high performance C++ distributed proxy designed for single services and applications, as well as a communication bus and “universal data plane” designed for large microservice “service mesh” architectures.
