Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, I show you how to run Traefik in Docker Swarm with two approaches: a single-node constrained setup using local volumes, and a fully high-available global deployment with shared storage and trusted TLS via DNS challenge—plus live failover tests.

References
* Boilerplates CLI Tool: github.com/ChristianLempa/boilerplates
* Traefik Tutorial: youtu.be/-hfejNXqOzA
* Docker Swarm Tutorial: youtu.be/_YsPt7dIvqU

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction
02:33 Project Overview
05:32 Building the template
07:29 Traefik Boilerplate
09:02 Project Setup
09:32 Setup 1: Single Replica
18:09 Check the template files
20:50 Deployment
23:25 Testing with Whoami
29:16 The Problem in Setup 1
29:59 Setup 2: Global Mode
33:40 DNS Settings
34:41 Final thoughts

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