Why am I unable to route to my API backend with Traefik - docker

Question

I had two container frontend (nginx :80) and backend (nodejs :3000).
I'm trying to redirect all path to my frontend : localhost/* to my frontend
Except one path to my backend API : localhost/v1/* to my backend
I secure my database container (mongodb) by allowing only communication with my backend
Here is my docker-compose.yml (I'm only using this)
version: '3'
services:
traefik:
image: traefik:v2.3
container_name: traefik
command:
- --api.insecure=true
- --providers.docker=true
- --providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false
- --entrypoints.web.address=:80
ports:
- "8080:8080"
- "443:443"
- "80:80"
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
frontend:
image: registry.gitlab.com/test/frontend
container_name: frontend
build:
context: ../frontend/.
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.http.routers.frontend.rule=PathPrefix(`/`)
- traefik.http.routers.frontend.entrypoints=web
networks:
- traefik-network
backend:
image: registry.gitlab.com/test/backend
container_name: backend
build:
context: ../backend/.
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.http.routers.backend.rule=PathPrefix(`/v1`)
- traefik.http.routers.backend.service=backend
- traefik.http.routers.backend.entrypoints=web
- traefik.http.services.backend.loadbalancer.server.port=3000
command: yarn start
environment:
- MONGODB_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/backend
depends_on:
- mongodb
volumes:
- ../backend/.:/usr/src/backend
networks:
- traefik-network
- backend-network
mongodb:
image: mongo:4.2.1-bionic
container_name: mongodb
ports:
- 27017:27017
volumes:
- dbdata:/data/db
networks:
- backend-network
volumes:
dbdata:
networks:
backend-network:
traefik-network:
The problem is...
If the frontend (backend and traefik too) is turned on
the paths to localhost/* work (this is what I want),
but the paths to localhost/v1/* don't work (Problem here!).
If the frontend is turned off but traefik and backend is turned on
the paths to localhost/* don't work (of course, that's right),
but the paths to localhost/v1/* work (of course, this is what I want).
I've tried a lot of solutions but nothing seems to work the way I want it to.
What did I misunderstand?
Thanks for helping,
Have a nice day

Answer 1

Try to add the following labels to the backend service
- "traefik.http.routers.backend.rule=Host(`servicex.me`) && Path(`/v1`)"
and frontend
- traefik.http.routers.frontend.rule=Host(`servicex.me`)
you also need to add this line to your /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 servicex.me
and make sure that you stop and start the services
Complete Example
version: '3'
services:
traefik:
image: traefik:v2.3
container_name: traefik
command:
- --api.insecure=true
- --providers.docker=true
- --providers.docker.exposedbydefault=false
- --entrypoints.web.address=:80
ports:
- "8080:8080"
- "443:443"
- "80:80"
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
frontend:
image: registry.gitlab.com/test/frontend
container_name: frontend
build:
context: ../frontend/.
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- traefik.http.routers.frontend.rule=Host(`servicex.me`)
- traefik.http.routers.frontend.entrypoints=web
- traefik.http.routers.frontend.service=frontend
- traefik.http.services.frontend.loadbalancer.server.port=80
networks:
- traefik-network
backend:
image: registry.gitlab.com/test/backend
container_name: backend
build:
context: ../backend/.
labels:
- traefik.enable=true
- "traefik.http.routers.backend.rule=Host(`servicex.me`) && Path(`/v1`)"
- traefik.http.routers.backend.service=backend
- traefik.http.routers.backend.entrypoints=web
- traefik.http.services.backend.loadbalancer.server.port=3000
command: yarn start
environment:
- MONGODB_URL=mongodb://mongodb:27017/backend
depends_on:
- mongodb
volumes:
- ../backend/.:/usr/src/backend
networks:
- traefik-network
- backend-network
mongodb:
image: mongo:4.2.1-bionic
container_name: mongodb
ports:
- 27017:27017
volumes:
- dbdata:/data/db
networks:
- backend-network
volumes:
dbdata:
networks:
backend-network:
traefik-network:
BTW, why do you need both traefik and nginx (Both are doing the same job), it would be better if you can replace one with another.

Answer 2

I added this label to my containers
traefik.docker.network=traefik-network
It works fine now