Traefik Proxy on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by cloudimg

## Traefik Proxy on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by cloudimg

Traefik Proxy is the cloud-native edge router that makes publishing your services fast and easy. It receives requests on behalf of your system and routes them to the right backend using a rich rule engine (host, path, headers and more), with built-in load balancing, middlewares (auth, rate limiting, retries, redirects), automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, and a live web dashboard. The cloudimg image installs Traefik 3.7.5 as a dedicated systemd service that binds ports 80 and 443 directly, exposes its dashboard at /dashboard/ behind HTTP basic auth, persists ACME certificate storage and logs on a dedicated Azure data disk, and generates a unique dashboard password on the first boot of every VM. Backed by 24/7 expert support.

Dedicated Data Disk

The ACME certificate store (acme.json) and the access and Traefik logs live on a dedicated, independently resizable Azure data disk mounted at /var/lib/traefik, separate from the OS disk and re-provisioned with every VM, so issued certificates survive.

Secure By Default

Traefik's API dashboard is not exposed insecurely; it is served only through an authenticated router. The per-VM dashboard password is unique to each VM, generated on first boot via a bcrypt htpasswd and stored in a root-only file. Traefik runs as an unprivileged user with only the capability to bind low ports.

Why Choose cloudimg?

* 24/7 Expert Support with guaranteed 24 hour response. Contact support@cloudimg.co.uk

* Production Ready from Launch Pre configured, security patched, and validated before publication

* Azure Native Integration Built with Azure Linux Agent, cloud init, and Gen2 Hyper V

What is Included

* Traefik Proxy 3.7.5 installed at /usr/local/bin/traefik

* Web (80), websecure (443) and a loopback ping entrypoint, with the dashboard at /dashboard/ behind basic auth

* A pre-configured Let's Encrypt certificate resolver (HTTP challenge)

* A dedicated Azure data disk at /var/lib/traefik for ACME storage and logs

* File-provider dynamic configuration in /etc/traefik/dynamic for your routers and services

* traefik.service as a systemd unit, enabled and active

Use Cases

Reverse proxy and load balancer for web apps and microservices, automatic HTTPS termination with Let's Encrypt, an API gateway with middlewares, ingress for Docker and other backends, and a self-hosted edge router with a live dashboard.

Visit www.cloudimg.co.uk/guides/traefik-on-ubuntu-24-04-azure for the full user guide.

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