# Traefik route to portainer does not work reliable **URL:** \ **Category:** Traefik v2\ **Tags:** docker-swarm\ **Created:** [March 12, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-route-to-portainer-does-not-work-reliable/17892 "2023-03-12T16:58:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Felix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@Felix](https://community.traefik.io/u/Felix)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-route-to-portainer-does-not-work-reliable/17892/1 "2023-03-12T16:58:09Z")
Hi, I am just experimenting and learning with docker swarm and wanted to add traefik to the mix today. I've already worked with traefik a bit in my normal docker-compose environment. But now I am stuck with getting portainer to work with traefik in my docker swarm. I want to connect to portainer via portainer.example.at and I've already got it working 3 times but every time after a few minutes (max 5minutes) I get the Error "`Gateway Timeout`". I did not change anything before I got this error. Connecting to portainer directly via the port 9000 works every time. The route to portainer.example.at shows up in the traefik dashboard. Traefik log: `10.0.0.2 - - [12/Mar/2023:16:29:30 +0000] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/2.0" 504 15 "-" "-" 1868 "portainer@docker" "http://10.0.0.220:9000" 30000ms` > **docker inspect:** > > ```auto > [ > { > "Id": "bd55fbf8aa60680eb7ddf5a92e726c4b0028820f0dea23de3dd9c6840571fc8c", > "Created": "2023-03-12T15:52:43.081835497Z", > "Path": "/portainer", > "Args": [ > "-H", > "tcp://tasks.agent:9001", > "--tlsskipverify" > ], > "State": { > "Status": "running", > "Running": true, > "Paused": false, > "Restarting": false, > "OOMKilled": false, > "Dead": false, > "Pid": 70783, > "ExitCode": 0, > "Error": "", > "StartedAt": "2023-03-12T15:52:47.990864182Z", > "FinishedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" > }, > "Image": "sha256:a87d51c7a32408ba63e65888d023ad7d4328fd575d8a4c8bd8cffa495fcd055c", > "ResolvConfPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/bd55fbf8aa60680eb7ddf5a92e726c4b0028820f0dea23de3dd9c6840571fc8c/resolv.conf", > "HostnamePath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/bd55fbf8aa60680eb7ddf5a92e726c4b0028820f0dea23de3dd9c6840571fc8c/hostname", > "HostsPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/bd55fbf8aa60680eb7ddf5a92e726c4b0028820f0dea23de3dd9c6840571fc8c/hosts", > "LogPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/bd55fbf8aa60680eb7ddf5a92e726c4b0028820f0dea23de3dd9c6840571fc8c/bd55fbf8aa60680eb7ddf5a92e726c4b0028820f0dea23de3dd9c6840571fc8c-json.log", > "Name": "/test-stack_portainer.1.62bs6nizzycq0maq043odwd38", > "RestartCount": 0, > "Driver": "overlay2", > "Platform": "linux", > "MountLabel": "", > "ProcessLabel": "", > "AppArmorProfile": "docker-default", > "ExecIDs": null, > "HostConfig": { > "Binds": null, > "ContainerIDFile": "", > "LogConfig": { > "Type": "json-file", > "Config": {} > }, > "NetworkMode": "default", > "PortBindings": {}, > "RestartPolicy": { > "Name": "", > "MaximumRetryCount": 0 > }, > "AutoRemove": false, > "VolumeDriver": "", > "VolumesFrom": null, > "ConsoleSize": [ > 0, > 0 > ], > "CapAdd": null, > "CapDrop": null, > "CgroupnsMode": "private", > "Dns": null, > "DnsOptions": null, > "DnsSearch": null, > "ExtraHosts": null, > "GroupAdd": null, > "IpcMode": "private", > "Cgroup": "", > "Links": null, > "OomScoreAdj": 0, > "PidMode": "", > "Privileged": false, > "PublishAllPorts": false, > "ReadonlyRootfs": false, > "SecurityOpt": null, > "UTSMode": "", > "UsernsMode": "", > "ShmSize": 67108864, > "Runtime": "runc", > "Isolation": "default", > "CpuShares": 0, > "Memory": 0, > "NanoCpus": 0, > "CgroupParent": "", > "BlkioWeight": 0, > "BlkioWeightDevice": null, > "BlkioDeviceReadBps": null, > "BlkioDeviceWriteBps": null, > "BlkioDeviceReadIOps": null, > "BlkioDeviceWriteIOps": null, > "CpuPeriod": 0, > "CpuQuota": 0, > "CpuRealtimePeriod": 0, > "CpuRealtimeRuntime": 0, > "CpusetCpus": "", > "CpusetMems": "", > "Devices": null, > "DeviceCgroupRules": null, > "DeviceRequests": null, > "MemoryReservation": 0, > "MemorySwap": 0, > "MemorySwappiness": null, > "OomKillDisable": null, > "PidsLimit": null, > "Ulimits": [], > "CpuCount": 0, > "CpuPercent": 0, > "IOMaximumIOps": 0, > "IOMaximumBandwidth": 0, > "Mounts": [ > { > "Type": "volume", > "Source": "test-stack_portainer_data", > "Target": "/data", > "VolumeOptions": { > "Labels": { > "com.docker.stack.namespace": "test-stack" > } > } > } > ], > "MaskedPaths": [ > "/proc/asound", > "/proc/acpi", > "/proc/kcore", > "/proc/keys", > "/proc/latency_stats", > "/proc/timer_list", > "/proc/timer_stats", > "/proc/sched_debug", > "/proc/scsi", > "/sys/firmware" > ], > "ReadonlyPaths": [ > "/proc/bus", > "/proc/fs", > "/proc/irq", > "/proc/sys", > "/proc/sysrq-trigger" > ] > }, > "GraphDriver": { > "Data": { > "LowerDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/1115220be6e32c9688fe5998056dc0ff53996d70bbed37be5ccd7e7f9faedf4e-init/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/2d9d5e9b5de2a3ff5113c238bd3b00cb152722ec1fb66aef85e82b2850e2b60d/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/fe814f7f1c1beec5d4ed1535a9cb19398c68363c0eed22baa9f36c33f6990d3d/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/ef03fac10f6853e0b0bc578da7f6076ce91b5ee1251d99e4474454bfb09b06d3/diff:/var/lib/docker/overlay2/6f51e84a18019ad18fe5032dab806bb21022744ea0dc1a368bc235409615a0ec/diff", > "MergedDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/1115220be6e32c9688fe5998056dc0ff53996d70bbed37be5ccd7e7f9faedf4e/merged", > "UpperDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/1115220be6e32c9688fe5998056dc0ff53996d70bbed37be5ccd7e7f9faedf4e/diff", > "WorkDir": "/var/lib/docker/overlay2/1115220be6e32c9688fe5998056dc0ff53996d70bbed37be5ccd7e7f9faedf4e/work" > }, > "Name": "overlay2" > }, > "Mounts": [ > { > "Type": "volume", > "Name": "test-stack_portainer_data", > "Source": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/test-stack_portainer_data/_data", > "Destination": "/data", > "Driver": "local", > "Mode": "z", > "RW": true, > "Propagation": "" > } > ], > "Config": { > "Hostname": "bd55fbf8aa60", > "Domainname": "", > "User": "", > "AttachStdin": false, > "AttachStdout": false, > "AttachStderr": false, > "ExposedPorts": { > "8000/tcp": {}, > "9000/tcp": {}, > "9443/tcp": {} > }, > "Tty": false, > "OpenStdin": false, > "StdinOnce": false, > "Env": [ > "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" > ], > "Cmd": [ > "-H", > "tcp://tasks.agent:9001", > "--tlsskipverify" > ], > "Image": "portainer/portainer-ce:2.17.1@sha256:9fa1ec78b4e29d83593cf9720674b72829c9cdc0db7083a962bc30e64e27f64e", > "Volumes": { > "/data": {} > }, > "WorkingDir": "/", > "Entrypoint": [ > "/portainer" > ], > "OnBuild": null, > "Labels": { > "com.docker.desktop.extension.api.version": ">= 0.2.2", > "com.docker.desktop.extension.icon": "https://portainer-io-assets.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/logos/portainer.png", > "com.docker.extension.additional-urls": "[{\"title\":\"Website\",\"url\":\"https://www.portainer.io?utm_campaign=DockerCon&utm_source=DockerDesktop\"},{\"title\":\"Documentation\",\"url\":\"https://docs.portainer.io\"},{\"title\":\"Support\",\"url\":\"https://join.slack.com/t/portainer/shared_invite/zt-txh3ljab-52QHTyjCqbe5RibC2lcjKA\"}]", > "com.docker.extension.detailed-description": "

Portainer’s Docker Desktop extension gives you access to all of Portainer’s rich management functionality within your docker desktop experience.

With Portainer you can:

About Portainer 

Portainer is the worlds’ most popular universal container management platform with more than 650,000 active monthly users. Portainer can be used to manage Docker Standalone, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm and Nomad environments through a single common interface. It includes a simple GitOps automation engine and a Kube API. 

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--providers.docker # Enable Docker in Traefik, so that it reads labels from Docker services > - --providers.docker.constraints=Label(`traefik.constraint-label`, `traefik-public`) # Add a constraint to only use services with the label "traefik.constraint-label=traefik-public" > - --providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false # Do not expose all Docker services, only the ones explicitly exposed > - --providers.docker.swarmmode # Enable Docker Swarm mode > - --entrypoints.http.address=:80 # Create an entrypoint "http" listening on port 80 > - --entrypoints.https.address=:443 # Create an entrypoint "https" listening on port 443 > - --entrypoints.http.http.redirections.entryPoint.to=https > - --entrypoints.http.http.redirections.entrypoint.scheme=https > - --certificatesresolvers.letsencrypt.acme.email=${EMAIL?Variable not set} # Create the certificate resolver "le" for Let's Encrypt, uses the environment variable EMAIL > - --certificatesresolvers.letsencrypt.acme.storage=/certificates/acme.json # Store the Let's Encrypt certificates in the mounted volume > - --certificatesresolvers.letsencrypt.acme.tlschallenge=true # Use the TLS Challenge for Let's Encrypt > - --accesslog # Enable the access log, with HTTP requests > - --log # Enable the Traefik log, for configurations and errors > - --api.insecure=true > ports: > - "8080:8080" > - "80:80" > - "443:443" > networks: > - traefik-public > volumes: > - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro # Add Docker as a mounted volume, so that Traefik can read the labels of other services > - traefik-public-certificates:/certificates # Mount the volume to store the certificates > deploy: > mode: replicated > replicas: 1 > placement: > constraints: > - node.role == manager # Constraint to only run on a manager node > - node.labels.traefik-public.traefik-public-certificates == true # Constraint to only run on a node with this label > whoami0: > image: traefik/whoami > networks: > - traefik-public > deploy: > mode: replicated > replicas: 1 > labels: > - "traefik.enable=true" > - "traefik.constraint-label=traefik-public" > - "traefik.http.services.whoami0.loadbalancer.server.port=80" > - "traefik.http.routers.whoami0.rule=Host(`whoami.example.at`)" > - "traefik.http.routers.whoami0.tls=true" > - "traefik.http.routers.whoami0.entrypoints=http,https" > - "traefik.http.routers.whoami0.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt" > portainer: > image: portainer/portainer-ce:2.17.1 > command: -H tcp://tasks.agent:9001 --tlsskipverify > ports: > - "8000:8000" > - "9443:9443" > - "9000:9000" > networks: > - traefik-public > - agent_network > volumes: > - portainer_data:/data > deploy: > mode: replicated > replicas: 1 > placement: > constraints: > - node.role == manager > - node.labels.traefik-public.traefik-public-certificates == true > labels: > - "traefik.enable=true" > - "traefik.constraint-label=traefik-public" > - "traefik.http.services.portainer.loadbalancer.server.port=9000" > - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.rule=Host(`portainer.example.at`)" > - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.tls=true" > - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.entrypoints=http,https" > - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.tls.certresolver=letsencrypt" > - "traefik.port=9000" > agent: > image: portainer/agent:2.17.1 > volumes: > - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock > - /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes > networks: > #- traefik-public > - agent_network > deploy: > mode: global > placement: > constraints: > - node.platform.os == linux > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![bluepuma77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@bluepuma77](https://community.traefik.io/u/bluepuma77)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-route-to-portainer-does-not-work-reliable/17892/2 "2023-03-12T18:25:13Z")
Your target service is connected to multiple networks, you need to tell Traefik which network to use, for example in the static config: ```auto --providers.docker.network=traefik-public ``` Make sure you give your network a fixed name, which is not changed by compose: ```auto networks: traefik-public: driver: overlay attachable: true name: traefik-public ``` ---
**Author:** ![Felix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@Felix](https://community.traefik.io/u/Felix)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/traefik-route-to-portainer-does-not-work-reliable/17892/3 "2023-03-12T21:02:10Z")
Hi @bluepuma77, thanks for the fast answer! ~~I've just tried it and I get the same phenomenon as before, it did not work at first then like 5 minutes after starting the stack it worked for 1 minute, and then I got the "`Gateway Timeout`" error again.~~ ~~I've set a fix name for the network in the compose file and I've added~~ ```auto --providers.docker.network=traefik-public ``` ~~to the command section of the traefik container.~~ ~~I hope I did not mess up something here ^^~~ EDIT: I think I got it working, just added `- "traefik.docker.network=traefik-public"` to the portainer service and that did the trick, 🙂 thanks for your help!