Prerequisites#

This guide assumes you have the following prerequisites in place:

• FluxCD

Traefik#

Traefik is a modern, dynamic reverse proxy and load balancer that integrates seamlessly with Kubernetes. It provides features such as automatic SSL certificate management, HTTP/2 support, and advanced routing capabilities, making it an ideal choice for managing ingress traffic in a Kubernetes cluster.

Installation#

1. Create the following directory structure for Traefik:
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   traefik/
   ├── helmrelease.yml
   └── helmrepository.yml

2. Add the following content to traefik/helmrepository.yml:
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   ---
   apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
   kind: HelmRepository
   metadata:
     name: traefik
     namespace: flux-system
   spec:
     interval: 6h
     url: https://traefik.github.io/charts

3. Add the following content to traefik/helmrelease.yml:
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   ---
   apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2
   kind: HelmRelease
   metadata:
     name: traefik
     namespace: kube-system
   spec:
     chart:
       spec:
         chart: traefik
         sourceRef:
           kind: HelmRepository
           name: traefik
           namespace: flux-system
         version: '39.0.2'
     install:
       crds: Create
     interval: 6h
     releaseName: traefik
     upgrade:
       crds: CreateReplace
     values:
       logs:
         access:
           enabled: true
   
       deployment:
         enabled: true
         kind: DaemonSet
         dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
       updateStrategy:
         type: RollingUpdate
         rollingUpdate:
           maxUnavailable: 1
           maxSurge: 0
   
       hostNetwork: true
   
       service:
         enabled: false
   
       securityContext:
         capabilities:
           add:
             - NET_BIND_SERVICE
         readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         runAsGroup: 0
         runAsNonRoot: false
         runAsUser: 0
         fsGroup: 0
   
       ports:
         web:
           port: 80
           exposedPort: 80
           protocol: TCP
           expose:
             default: true
           http:
             encodedCharacters:
               allowEncodedSlash: true
               allowEncodedQuestionMark: true
   
         websecure:
           port: 443
           exposedPort: 443
           protocol: TCP
           expose:
             default: true
           http:
             encodedCharacters:
               allowEncodedSlash: true
               allowEncodedQuestionMark: true
   
         ssh:
           port: 22
           exposedPort: 22
           protocol: TCP
           expose:
             default: true
   
         metrics:
           port: 9101
           exposedPort: 9101
           protocol: TCP
           expose:
             default: false
   
         traefik:
           port: 8081
           exposedPort: 8081
           protocol: TCP
           expose:
             default: false
   
       providers:
         kubernetesCRD: {}
         kubernetesIngress: {}

4. Commit and push the changes to your Git repository. FluxCD will automatically deploy Traefik to your Kubernetes cluster based on the HelmRelease configuration you provided.