# Bad Gateway - Run out of ideas! (Newbie)

**URL:** <https://community.traefik.io/t/bad-gateway-run-out-of-ideas-newbie/5223>\
**Category:** Traefik v2\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [March 31, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/bad-gateway-run-out-of-ideas-newbie/5223 "2020-03-31T21:43:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Watercane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/watercane/32/1828_2.png) [@Watercane](https://community.traefik.io/u/Watercane)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/bad-gateway-run-out-of-ideas-newbie/5223/1 "2020-03-31T21:43:13Z")

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Hi there,

I have never been able to get this nginx subdomain work with the reverse proxy, I'm hoping that one of you lovely people can work out why.

The Traefik was setup exactly how it is from - [https://medium.com/@containeroo/traefik-2-0-docker-a-simple-step-by-step-guide-e0be0c17cfa5](https://medium.com/@containeroo/traefik-2-0-docker-a-simple-step-by-step-guide-e0be0c17cfa5) with the exact same configuration.

```auto
api:
  dashboard: true

entryPoints:
  http:
    address: ":80"
  https:
    address: ":443"

providers:
  docker:
    endpoint: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
    exposedByDefault: false

certificatesResolvers:
  http:
    acme:
      email: contact@email.com
      storage: acme.json
      httpChallenge:
        entryPoint: http

```

This is my docker-composer for the nginx container (removed mysql and pma from it)

```auto
version: '3'
services:

  #Nginx Service
  webserver:
    image: nginx:alpine
    container_name: echo_webserver
    restart: unless-stopped
    tty: true
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.echo.rule=Host(`echo.domain.name`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.echo.entrypoints=http"
      - "traefik.docker.network=proxy"
    # - "traefik.http.services.echo.loadbalancer.server.port=81"
# ports:
# - "81"
    volumes:
      - ./:/var/www
      - /nginx/conf.d/:/etc/nginx/conf.d/
    networks:
      - app-network
      - proxy

#Docker Networks
networks:
  app-network:
    driver: bridge
  proxy:
    external: true

```

I have completely ran out of ideas, on the Traefik dashboard the route itself says "success" and Portainer reports that the nginx container has an IP address much like everything else. I've tried commenting out traefik labels, in the hope that one of them was causing it - but I'm not getting anywhere. 😕 It isn't a part of a swarm and is on its own as a DO droplet.

Within the nginx config, it is listening on port 80 - I think that's okay though!

I would be really appreciative of any assistance, it feels like I'm hitting a wall right now.

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**Author:** ![ldez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/ldez/32/5_2.png) [@ldez](https://community.traefik.io/u/ldez)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/bad-gateway-run-out-of-ideas-newbie/5223/2 "2020-03-31T23:41:22Z")

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Hello,

Recommend read:

- [https://blog.containo.us/traefik-2-0-docker-101-fc2893944b9d](https://blog.containo.us/traefik-2-0-docker-101-fc2893944b9d)
- [https://github.com/containous/blog-posts/tree/master/2019\_09\_10-101\_docker](https://github.com/containous/blog-posts/tree/master/2019_09_10-101_docker)