# Cannot access dashboard. Documentation follow through didn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Traefik v2\ **Tags:** dashboard-api\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094 "2019-11-23T08:24:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rnmkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@rnmkr](https://community.traefik.io/u/rnmkr)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/1 "2019-11-23T08:24:52Z")
Problem: I've tried to enable basic auth on traefik dashboard. Traefik dashboard isn't protected by basic auth when I visit `traefik.mydomain.test` I get page not found 404 page. Here is my docker-compose.yml ```yaml version: '3' services: traefik: image: traefik:2.1 networks: - webproxy ports: - "0.0.0.0:8080:80" - "0.0.0.0:8081:443" volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro - ./traefik.yml:/traefik.yml:ro labels: - "traefik.http.routers.api.rule=Host(`traefik.mydomain.test`)" - "traefik.http.routers.api.service=api@internal" - "traefik.http.routers.api.middlewares=auth" - "traefik.http.middlewares.auth.basicauth.users=admin:$$apr1$$3m2nQLv9$$qWJpdr/kII1bWzrif5QrR1" networks: webproxy: driver: bridge ``` What am I doing wrong here? #5561 looks pretty similar, unfortunately I'm not even seeing popup and dashboard. **Case 2:** If I enable insecure flag in config and expose 8080 port of traefik container, I can see traefik dashboard. But basic auth still not working. ```yaml api: dashboard: true debug: false insecure: true entryPoints: http: address: ":80" https: address: ":443" providers: docker: endpoint: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock" exposedByDefault: false watch: true ``` ```auto version: '3' services: traefik: image: traefik:2.1 networks: - webproxy ports: - "0.0.0.0:8080:80" - "0.0.0.0:8081:443" - "0.0.0.0:8090:8080" volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro - ./traefik.yml:/traefik.yml:ro labels: - "traefik.http.routers.api.rule=Host(`traefik.mydomain.test`)" - "traefik.http.routers.api.service=api@internal" - "traefik.http.routers.api.middlewares=auth" - "traefik.http.middlewares.auth.basicauth.users=admin:$$apr1$$3m2nQLv9$$qWJpdr/kII1bWzrif5QrR1" networks: webproxy: driver: bridge ``` @dduportal can you check this out? ---
**Author:** ![Maescool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/maescool/32/1158_2.png) [@Maescool](https://community.traefik.io/u/Maescool)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/2 "2019-11-23T12:31:15Z")
Can it be you are missing entrypoints? > traefik.http.routers.api.entrypoints=http ---
**Author:** ![dduportal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dduportal/32/4_2.png) [@dduportal](https://community.traefik.io/u/dduportal)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/3 "2019-11-23T14:20:43Z")
As the directive `exposedByDefault` is set to `false` in your static Traefik configuration, then you must add the label `traefik.enable=true` if you want Traefik to pick the container 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vumaasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b38774/32.png) [@vumaasha](https://community.traefik.io/u/vumaasha)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/4 "2019-11-23T19:10:56Z")
I am also facing the same issue, I am not able to get the api and dashboard working following the steps in the documentation. Here is my docker-compose file. Any help is very much appreciated ```auto version: "3.3" services: whoami: image: "containous/whoami" labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.rule=Host(`test.com`)" - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.entrypoints=web" - "traefik.http.services.whoami.loadbalancer.server.port=80" reverse-proxy: image: traefik:v2.0 # The official Traefik docker image command: - "--providers.docker.endpoint=unix:///var/run/docker.sock" - "--providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false" - "--entrypoints.web.address=:80" - "--log.level=DEBUG" - "--accesslog=true" - "--api=true" - "--api.dashboard=true" ports: - "80:80" # The HTTP port - "8080:8080" # The Web UI (enabled by --api) volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock # So that Traefik can listen to the Docker events labels: - "traefik.http.routers.proxy.rule=Host(`traefik.test.com`)" - "traefik.http.routers.proxy.service=api@internal" - "traefik.http.routers.proxy.middlewares=auth" - "traefik.http.middlewares.auth.basicauth.users=test:$$apr1$$H6uskkkW$$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/,test2:$$apr1$$d9hr9HBB$$4HxwgUir3HP4EsggP/QNo0" ``` ---
**Author:** ![vumaasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b38774/32.png) [@vumaasha](https://community.traefik.io/u/vumaasha)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/5 "2019-11-23T19:13:27Z")
I am able to access the whoami service using `test.com` however i am not able to access the dashboard or api. I have checked the proxy logs, looks like the labels configured for proxy are not picked by traefik. Here is the corresponding log ```auto $> docker-compose logs reverse-proxy Attaching to traefik_reverse-proxy_1 reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=info msg="Configuration loaded from flags." reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=info msg="Traefik version 2.0.5 built on 2019-11-14T18:11:01Z" reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Static configuration loaded {\"global\":{\"checkNewVersion\":true},\"serversTransport\":{\"maxIdleConnsPerHost\":200},\"entryPoints\":{\"web\":{\"address\":\":80\",\"transport\":{\"lifeCycle\":{\"graceTimeOut\":10000000000},\"respondingTimeouts\":{\"idleTimeout\":180000000000}},\"forwardedHeaders\":{}}},\"providers\":{\"providersThrottleDuration\":2000000000,\"docker\":{\"watch\":true,\"endpoint\":\"unix:///var/run/docker.sock\",\"defaultRule\":\"Host(`{{ normalize .Name }}`)\",\"swarmModeRefreshSeconds\":15000000000}},\"api\":{\"dashboard\":true},\"log\":{\"level\":\"DEBUG\",\"format\":\"common\"},\"accessLog\":{\"format\":\"common\",\"filters\":{},\"fields\":{\"defaultMode\":\"keep\",\"headers\":{\"defaultMode\":\"drop\"}}}}" reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=info msg="\nStats collection is disabled.\nHelp us improve Traefik by turning this feature on :)\nMore details on: https://docs.traefik.io/v2.0/contributing/data-collection/\n" reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="No default certificate, generating one" reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=info msg="Starting provider aggregator.ProviderAggregator {}" reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=info msg="Starting provider *docker.Provider {\"watch\":true,\"endpoint\":\"unix:///var/run/docker.sock\",\"defaultRule\":\"Host(`{{ normalize .Name }}`)\",\"swarmModeRefreshSeconds\":15000000000}" reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Start TCP Server" entryPointName=web reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Provider connection established with docker 19.03.5 (API 1.40)" providerName=docker reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Filtering disabled container" container=reverse-proxy-traefik-01746e181ee220d2f87fe4e35c44fe65041bdb7ada67c1e093d71b7f151c4956 providerName=docker reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Configuration received from provider docker: {\"http\":{\"routers\":{\"whoami\":{\"entryPoints\":[\"web\"],\"service\":\"whoami\",\"rule\":\"Host(`test.com`)\"}},\"services\":{\"whoami\":{\"loadBalancer\":{\"servers\":[{\"url\":\"http://172.23.0.2:80\"}],\"passHostHeader\":true}}}},\"tcp\":{}}" providerName=docker reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Creating middleware" middlewareType=Pipelining entryPointName=web routerName=whoami@docker serviceName=whoami middlewareName=pipelining reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Creating load-balancer" routerName=whoami@docker serviceName=whoami entryPointName=web reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Creating server 0 http://172.23.0.2:80" serverName=0 entryPointName=web routerName=whoami@docker serviceName=whoami reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Added outgoing tracing middleware whoami" entryPointName=web routerName=whoami@docker middlewareName=tracing middlewareType=TracingForwarder reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="Creating middleware" middlewareType=Recovery entryPointName=web middlewareName=traefik-internal-recovery reverse-proxy_1 | time="2019-11-23T19:08:28Z" level=debug msg="No default certificate, generating one" ``` ---
**Author:** ![vumaasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b38774/32.png) [@vumaasha](https://community.traefik.io/u/vumaasha)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/6 "2019-11-23T19:30:19Z")
> [@dduportal](#): > > `exposedByDefault` I guess you meant `traefik.enable=true`, i added this to my traefik labels and now i can access the api and dashboard ---
**Author:** ![rnmkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@rnmkr](https://community.traefik.io/u/rnmkr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/7 "2019-11-25T02:19:53Z")
It's not working. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/containo/original/2X/3/37ac1c432316d77d73e902b8d212c3abb2b4c7f8.png) ---
**Author:** ![rnmkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@rnmkr](https://community.traefik.io/u/rnmkr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/8 "2019-11-25T02:20:30Z")
Cool, now your basic auth working on your dashboard? That's the problem. ---
**Author:** ![rnmkr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f9ae1b/32.png) [@rnmkr](https://community.traefik.io/u/rnmkr)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/9 "2019-11-25T02:22:55Z")
Thanks for the comment. I have tried to add ```yaml - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.api.entrypoints=http" # or https ``` these labels, both didn't work. I think my issue is easily reproducable. ---
**Author:** ![dduportal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/dduportal/32/4_2.png) [@dduportal](https://community.traefik.io/u/dduportal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 7:51am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/cannot-access-dashboard-documentation-follow-through-didnt-work/3094/10 "2019-11-25T07:51:29Z")
Hi @rnmkr, you have to use `http://traefik.mydomain.test:8080` in your case: - Port `8080` because your published the `8080` to the `80` of traefik container in Docker: ```auto ports: - "0.0.0.0:8080:80" ``` If you want to reach the standard port, you must adapt this NAT rule: this is outside Traefik 🙂 - HTTP protocol (instead of HTTPS), because you did not enable TLS on the router. Here are the labels if you want to have https enabled + http to https redirection for the dashboard. Please note that certificate will be auto-signed and will change on each traefik restart or new router: you'll have to provide your own certificate manually or use let's encrypt (ref. [https://docs.traefik.io/v2.1/https/tls/#certificates-definition](https://docs.traefik.io/v2.1/https/tls/#certificates-definition)). ```auto version: '3' services: traefik: image: traefik:2.1 networks: - webproxy ports: - "80:80" - "443:443" volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro - ./traefik.yml:/traefik.yml:ro labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.api.rule=Host(`traefik.localhost`)" - "traefik.http.routers.api.entrypoints=http" - "traefik.http.middlewares.redirect-to-https.redirectscheme.scheme=https" - "traefik.http.routers.api.middlewares=redirect-to-https" - "traefik.http.routers.api-secure.rule=Host(`traefik.localhost`)" - "traefik.http.routers.api-secure.service=api@internal" - "traefik.http.routers.api-secure.middlewares=auth" - "traefik.http.middlewares.auth.basicauth.users=admin:$apr1$3m2nQLv9$qWJpdr/kII1bWzrif5QrR1" - "traefik.http.routers.api-secure.entrypoints=https" - "traefik.http.routers.api-secure.tls=true" networks: webproxy: driver: bridge ``` with ```auto api: dashboard: true debug: false entryPoints: http: address: ":80" https: address: ":443" providers: docker: endpoint: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock" exposedByDefault: false watch: true ```