Traefik v2 Helm chart: enable compression

Traefik Traefik v2 (latest)
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Hi. I can't figure out how to enable gzip compression for my service in kubernetes. I'm installing traefik via helm chart. Any hint? Thanks

2

Thanks for your interest in Traefik!

Did you check already the documentation?

# Enable gzip compression
apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: Middleware
metadata:
  name: test-compress
spec:
  compress: {}
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yeah, but how is it possible to install it via helm chart w/o manual steps?

4

It's recommended to manage your dynamic configuration outside of the Helm Chart.

For testing or specific env, you may be interested to use extraObjects.

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So I have applied this yaml to both namespaces - where my service lives and inside traefiks'. Nothing changed. Either documentation is incomplete... or idk...

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for future generations:

apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
kind: IngressRoute
metadata:
  name: backend
spec:
  entryPoints:
    - web
    - websecure
  routes:
  - match: Host(`{{ .Values.backend.ingress.host }}`) && PathPrefix(`{{ .Values.backend.ingress.pathPrefix }}`)
    kind: Rule
    middlewares:
      - name: test-compress
        namespace: {{.Release.Namespace}}
    services:
    - name: backend
      port: {{ .Values.backend.service.port }}