# Running Dashboard on port 8443 and Configuring SSL

**URL:** <https://community.traefik.io/t/running-dashboard-on-port-8443-and-configuring-ssl/27364>\
**Category:** Traefik v3 (latest)\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [April 29, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/running-dashboard-on-port-8443-and-configuring-ssl/27364 "2025-04-29T14:32:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcabrerazuniga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jcabrerazuniga](https://community.traefik.io/u/jcabrerazuniga)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/running-dashboard-on-port-8443-and-configuring-ssl/27364/5 "2025-04-30T17:15:46Z")

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I tried to follow all your suggestions and posted another question at:

> [@Not able to open dashboard through external port 8443](https://community.traefik.io/t/not-able-to-open-dashboard-through-external-port-8443/27375):
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> I can not open the dashboard while using server's port 8443 (Host) and I do not understand what is going on. I understand I must use a static configuration file traefik.yml to specify ports, providers (to indicate valid ssl certs), api, etc. Yet, I can no open the dashboard or login page for testing users. My docker-compose.yml file for Traefik contains: traefik: container\_name: traefik # The official v3 Traefik docker image image: traefik:v3.3 # Enables the web UI and tell…

Thanks

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