Deploy and Host traefik on Railway

What is traefik?
Traefik is a modern, open-source reverse proxy and load balancer designed for cloud-native and containerized environments. It automatically discovers your services, configures routes, handles SSL termination, and integrates seamlessly with Docker, Kubernetes, and other platforms. Traefik offers simplicity, flexibility, and real-time dynamic configuration in one package.

About Hosting traefik

Hosting Traefik on Railway means deploying the Traefik Docker container, configuring entry points for HTTP/HTTPS, and setting service discovery and SSL with either environment variables or config files. Railway lets you expose required ports and add persistent storage for SSL certificates (if you enable Let’s Encrypt). Built-in dashboards, metrics, and dynamic config make it easy to manage services, microservices, and sites—all without worrying about server maintenance or infrastructure complexity.

Common Use Cases

Securely exposing containerized applications to the internet with automated SSL certificates.
Centralized routing and load balancing for microservices or APIs.
Dynamic DNS, path-based routing, and zero-downtime deployments for cloud-native stacks.

Dependencies for traefik Hosting

Docker image: traefik:v3.5.1 or traefik:latest
Optional: Railway Volume for persistent certificate storage (needed for Let’s Encrypt SSL)

Deployment Dependencies

Why Deploy traefik on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.
By deploying traefik on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.