Static config yields 404

Traefik Traefik v2
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Why does my simple static File configuration always yield 404 Not Found? Launching traefik.exe with this config does listen on port 80 and the URL under Services does lead to a working website.

I am not using Docker and this is a static file configuration. The Access file does show I am getting hits to service. I copied the debug info file at the bottom of this post. Note, the "rule" is properly configured although it does not show that the double-quote mark is escapted in this post.

[entryPoints]
 [entryPoints.web]
  address = "10.1.93.200:80"
  
[http]
[http.routers]
  [http.routers.router0]
  entryPoints = ["web"]
    rule = "Host(\"mydomain.com\")"
    middlewares = ["auth"]
    service = "my-service"

[http.middlewares]
  [http.middlewares.auth.basicAuth]
    users = ["test:$apr1$H6uskkkW$IgXLP6ewTrSuBkTrqE8wj/"]

[http.services]
[http.services.my-service]
  [http.services.my-service.loadBalancer]
  [[http.services.my-service.loadBalancer.servers]]
    url = "http://127.0.0.1:94"

[log]
  level = "debug"
  filePath = "traefik_info.txt"

[accessLog]
  filePath = "traefik_access.txt"

DEBUG info file

time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=info msg="Traefik version 2.5.1 built on 2021-08-20T16:32:51Z"
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=debug msg="Static configuration loaded {"global":{"checkNewVersion":true},"serversTransport":{"maxIdleConnsPerHost":200},"entryPoints":{"web":{"address":"10.1.93.200:80","transport":{"lifeCycle":{"graceTimeOut":"10s"},"respondingTimeouts":{"idleTimeout":"3m0s"}},"forwardedHeaders":{},"http":{},"udp":{"timeout":"3s"}}},"providers":{"providersThrottleDuration":"2s"},"log":{"level":"debug","filePath":"traefik_info.txt","format":"common"},"accessLog":{"filePath":"traefik_access.txt","format":"common","filters":{},"fields":{"defaultMode":"keep","headers":{"defaultMode":"drop"}}},"pilot":{"dashboard":true}}"
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=info msg="\nStats collection is disabled.\nHelp us improve Traefik by turning this feature on :)\nMore details on: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/contributing/data-collection/\n"
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=info msg="Starting provider aggregator.ProviderAggregator {}"
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=debug msg="Start TCP Server" entryPointName=web
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=info msg="Starting provider *traefik.Provider {}"
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=info msg="Starting provider *acme.ChallengeTLSALPN {"Timeout":4000000000}"
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=debug msg="Configuration received from provider internal: {"http":{"services":{"noop":{}},"serversTransports":{"default":{"maxIdleConnsPerHost":200}}},"tcp":{},"tls":{}}" providerName=internal
time="2021-09-01T04:00:00-07:00" level=debug msg="No default certificate, generating one" tlsStoreName=default

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I kept chipping away at it and resolved the issue. I had to add File as a Provider. It did not seem logical because I am adding the file provider designation INSIDE the file that the provider points to. Its seemed redundant but there must be a reason!

[providers]
  [providers.file]
    filename = "./traefik.toml"
3

They are usually separate files. Or the file provider is configured to a directory where a collection of dynamic files are kept.