# Is it possible to hit traefik from a container?

**URL:** <https://community.traefik.io/t/is-it-possible-to-hit-traefik-from-a-container/3240>\
**Category:** Traefik v2\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [December 1, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/is-it-possible-to-hit-traefik-from-a-container/3240 "2019-12-01T01:20:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcchavezs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/jcchavezs/32/1209_2.png) [@jcchavezs](https://community.traefik.io/u/jcchavezs)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/is-it-possible-to-hit-traefik-from-a-container/3240/1 "2019-12-01T01:20:33Z")

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I have a docker network with traefik in front, however for debugging purposes I want to call the traefik frontend from one of the internal containers. I tried with the name of the container in the docker network and the IP of the container (using the Host header) but it seems like it does not work. Any way to do so?

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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:** [December 1, 2019, 1:47am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/is-it-possible-to-hit-traefik-from-a-container/3240/2 "2019-12-01T01:47:54Z")

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Hello,

are you trying to call the API?

Could you provide your configuration and a docker-compose example?