Traefik
Overview
In this guide we will use Traefik as a reverse proxy for requests to Remnawave. We will redirect a domain to our server and configure Traefik. Traefik will handle issue of SSL certificates by itself. Complete Quick Start and Env Variables before continuing.
Prerequisites
- Completed Quick Start
- Completed Env Variables
You should have a registered domain name to continue.
Point domain to your server
Check out your server IP address, it is better to use a static IPv4 address.
Now, you need to point your domain to your server.
For example, it will be my-super-panel.com -> 193.122.122.122.
There are two ways to do this:
- Use a DNS provider (e.g. Cloudflare, Google Cloud, etc.)
- Use a registrar (e.g. Namecheap, etc.)
DNS provider
If you use Cloudflare, you need to add a record to your DNS.
Log in to your Cloudflare account here. Select domain, which you want to point to your server.
On the left side of the page, click on DNS and then click on Records.
Click on Create record.
Select Type as A and Name as @.
If you want to use subdomains, you should write subdomain name (e.g. panel) in the Name field.
In the IPv4 address field, you should write your server IP address.
Click on Save.
Now, you need to wait for the DNS to be updated.
There are a big difference between yellow cloud (domain is proxied with Cloudflare) and grey cloud (domain is not proxied with Cloudflare) in the Cloudflare control panel.
We will return later to this topic in this guide, but for now it really depends on you.
If Cloudflare works fine in your region, it is better to proxy the domain with Cloudflare. (Yellow cloud)
Some DNS providers have a different interface, but the process is the same.
Traefik configuration
Create docker-compose.yml
Create a file docker-compose.yml in the /opt/remnawave/traefik folder.
mkdir -p /opt/remnawave/traefik && cd /opt/remnawave/traefik && nano docker-compose.yml
Paste the following configuration.
services:
traefik:
image: traefik:latest
container_name: traefik
restart: unless-stopped
security_opt:
- no-new-privileges:true
networks:
- remnawave-network
ports:
- 80:80
- 443:443
environment:
- TZ=Europe/Moscow
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
- ./traefik.yml:/traefik.yml:ro
- ./letsencrypt:/letsencrypt
- ./config:/config:ro
- ./logs:/var/log/traefik
networks:
remnawave-network:
name: remnawave-network
driver: bridge
external: false
Create static configuration file
Creating a static configuration file traefik.yml in the /opt/remnawave/traefik folder.
cd /opt/remnawave/traefik && nano traefik.yml
Paste the following configuration.
Please, replace REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_EMAIL with your email.
Review configuration below, look for yellow highlighted lines.
api:
dashboard: true
debug: true
entryPoints:
http:
address: ":80"
http:
redirections:
entryPoint:
to: https
scheme: https
https:
address: ":443"
serversTransport:
insecureSkipVerify: true
providers:
file:
directory: /config
watch: true
certificatesResolvers:
letsencrypt:
acme:
email: REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_EMAIL
storage: /letsencrypt/acme.json
httpChallenge:
entryPoint: http
log:
level: "INFO"
filePath: "/var/log/traefik/traefik.log"
accessLog:
filePath: "/var/log/traefik/access.log"
Create dynamic configuration file
Create a file remnawave.yml in the /opt/remnawave/traefik/config folder.
mkdir -p /opt/remnawave/traefik/config && cd /opt/remnawave/traefik/config && nano remnawave.yml
Paste the following configuration.
Please, replace REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_DOMAIN with your domain name.
Review configuration below, look for yellow highlighted lines.
http:
routers:
remnawave:
rule: "Host(`REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_DOMAIN`)"
entrypoints:
- http
middlewares:
- remnawave-https-redirect
service: remnawave
remnawave-secure:
rule: "Host(`REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_DOMAIN`)"
entrypoints:
- https
middlewares:
tls:
certResolver: letsencrypt
service: remnawave
middlewares:
remnawave-https-redirect:
redirectScheme:
scheme: https
services:
remnawave:
loadBalancer:
servers:
- url: "http://remnawave:3000"
Start the container
docker compose up -d && docker compose logs -f -t
Open the panel in the browser
Open the configured domain name in the browser and you will see login page.
Restricting access to the panel by IP
If you want to restrict access to the panel by IP, create a middleware named ip_allow_list.yml
cd /opt/remnawave/traefik/config && nano ip_allow_list.yml
Paste the following configuration.
Please, replace REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_IP with your allowed IPs (or ranges of allowed IPs by using CIDR notation).
Review configuration below, look for yellow highlighted lines.
If your domain is proxied by Cloudflare, then you need to specify the IP ranges belonging to Cloudflare in the excludedIPs list.
Cloudflare regularly updates its IP ranges. To do this, you can use the official Cloudflare page to make sure that you have an up-to-date list.
http:
middlewares:
ip-allow-list:
ipAllowList:
sourceRange:
- "REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_IP"
ipStrategy:
excludedIPs:
- 73.245.48.0/20
- 103.21.244.0/22
- 103.22.200.0/22
- 103.31.4.0/22
- 141.101.64.0/18
- 108.162.192.0/18
- 190.93.240.0/20
- 188.114.96.0/20
- 197.234.240.0/22
- 198.41.128.0/17
- 162.158.0.0/15
- 104.16.0.0/13
- 104.24.0.0/14
- 172.64.0.0/13
- 131.0.72.0/22
Then you need to connect the middleware ip-allow-list to the configuration file remnawave.yml
nano remnawave.yml
Pay attention to the green line, they are the ones you need to add.
http:
routers:
remnawave:
rule: 'Host(`REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_DOMAIN`)'
entrypoints:
- http
middlewares:
- remnawave-https-redirect
service: remnawave
remnawave-secure:
rule: 'Host(`REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_DOMAIN`)'
entrypoints:
- https
middlewares:
- ip-allow-list
tls:
certResolver: letsencrypt
service: remnawave
middlewares:
remnawave-https-redirect:
redirectScheme:
scheme: https
services:
remnawave:
loadBalancer:
servers:
- url: 'http://remnawave:3000'
Allowing public access to the subscription path
For the subscription system to work correctly, the /api/sub/ path must be publicly accessible.
At the same time, the rest of the panel should remain protected by IP-based restrictions.
To achieve this, you need to define two separate routers for the same domain — one for /api/sub/ (open access), and one for everything else (restricted).
Open the file remnawave.yml again:
nano /opt/remnawave/traefik/config/remnawave.yml
And update the router configuration as follows:
http:
routers:
remnawave-sub:
// highlight-next-line-yellow
rule: "Host(`REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_DOMAIN`) && PathPrefix(`/api/sub/`)"
entrypoints:
- https
service: remnawave
tls:
certResolver: letsencrypt
remnawave-secure:
// highlight-next-line-yellow
rule: "Host(`REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_DOMAIN`)"
entrypoints:
- https
middlewares:
// highlight-next-line-green
- ip-allow-list
service: remnawave
tls:
certResolver: letsencrypt
middlewares:
remnawave-https-redirect:
redirectScheme:
scheme: https
services:
remnawave:
loadBalancer:
servers:
- url: "http://remnawave:3000"
This configuration makes the /api/sub/ path publicly accessible, while the rest of the panel remains IP-restricted.