# Traefik not reloading configuration when dynamic file was changed **URL:** \ **Category:** Traefik v2\ **Tags:** file\ **Created:** [September 20, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-not-reloading-configuration-when-dynamic-file-was-changed/1774 "2019-09-20T20:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doacola](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/doacola/32/740_2.png) [@Doacola](https://community.traefik.io/u/Doacola)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-not-reloading-configuration-when-dynamic-file-was-changed/1774/1 "2019-09-20T20:40:14Z")
Hi, I was trying to follow the docs regarding automatic configuration reload and noticed an issue for which I am not sure if it's isolated case for me or not. My setup is the following(Pretty much the quick start from docs): `docker-compose.yml`: ```auto version: '3.7' services: reverse-proxy: image: traefik:v2.0 ports: - "80:80" - "8080:8080" volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock - ./traefik.yml:/etc/traefik/traefik.yml - ./dynamic.yml:/etc/traefik/dynamic.yml whoami: image: containous/whoami labels: - "traefik.http.routers.whoami.rule=Host(`whoami.docker.localhost`)" ``` `traefik.yml` ```auto providers: file: filename: "/etc/traefik/dynamic.yml" watch: true docker: endpoint: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock" api: insecure: true ``` `dynamic.yml`-file I tested with full copy paste from [https://docs.traefik.io/reference/dynamic-configuration/file/](https://docs.traefik.io/reference/dynamic-configuration/file/) but also with random parts from that and verified that it did load them into dashboard just fine when I restarted the container. My issue starts when I try to modify that dynamic configuration file and it should reload the configuration: No matter if I modify the file locally outside the container or if I just echo text into the file while being inside container shell the configuration is never reloaded even though I have set the `watch` setting to true unless I restart the container itself. Am I doing something horribly wrong somewhere? Docker Host OS: MacOS(10.14.4) Docker version: 19.03.1 ---
**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:** [September 20, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-not-reloading-configuration-when-dynamic-file-was-changed/1774/2 "2019-09-20T21:36:35Z")
Hello, with Docker I recommend to mount a folder instead of a file, because have some issues with fs notify on mounted file. ---
**Author:** ![Doacola](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/doacola/32/740_2.png) [@Doacola](https://community.traefik.io/u/Doacola)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-not-reloading-configuration-when-dynamic-file-was-changed/1774/3 "2019-09-21T07:59:23Z")
Hey, I tried that but it has the exact same issue. Mounted `./config:/etc/traefik` and confirmed that the configurations were loaded fine but no matter what I modified inside the container or outside on that dynamic file, it just didn't trigger the reload and i did also check the container logs and no mention of any reloads. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-not-reloading-configuration-when-dynamic-file-was-changed/1774/4 "2019-09-21T11:26:42Z")
I can reproduce with filename but not with directory. ```auto version: '3.5' services: traefik: image: traefik:v2.0.0 ports: - 80:80 command: - --log.level=DEBUG - --api - --entrypoints.web.address=:80 - --providers.file.filename=/config/dynamic.yml - --providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.rule=Host(`traefik.docker.localhost`)" - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.service=api@internal" - "traefik.http.routers.traefik.entrypoints=web" volumes: - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock - ./config/:/config/ ``` Could you give more information about your environment? ---
**Author:** ![Doacola](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/doacola/32/740_2.png) [@Doacola](https://community.traefik.io/u/Doacola)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-not-reloading-configuration-when-dynamic-file-was-changed/1774/5 "2019-09-21T12:43:42Z")
Hey, I decided to try again but this time removed the `filename` and replaced it with `directory` and it seems to reload the dynamic config now. I have no idea why filename doesn't work but seems like directory does the same thing which I need for the project I have. This was the configuration that seems to work but gives no console line or anything that it was reloaded: ```yaml providers: file: directory: /etc/traefik watch: true docker: endpoint: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock" watch: true api: insecure: true ``` So it seems that with filename it refuses to reload anything even with watch enabled but if it just listens the directory it does works as I can see middleware being removed / altered each time I refresh the dashboard after I emptied or modified the dynamic file. Would have preferred to only watch for that one dynamic file but I guess this works too. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/containo/original/2X/b/bd81ebdb578656e76e56ff3cc3eed021d3ba132d.png) [@system](https://community.traefik.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-not-reloading-configuration-when-dynamic-file-was-changed/1774/6 "2023-11-29T17:11:28Z")
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