---
title: "Traefik Consul Catalog Routing"
description: "Learn how to use Consul Catalog as a provider for routing configurations in Traefik Proxy. Read the technical documentation."
---

# Traefik & Consul Catalog

One of the best feature of Traefik is to delegate the routing configuration to the application level.
With Consul Catalog, Traefik can leverage tags attached to a service to generate routing rules.

!!! warning "Tags & sensitive data"

    We recommend to *not* use tags to store sensitive data (certificates, credentials, etc).
    Instead, we recommend to store sensitive data in a safer storage (secrets, file, etc).

## Routing Configuration

!!! info "tags"
    
    Tags are case-insensitive.

!!! tip "TLS Default Generated Certificates"

    To learn how to configure Traefik default generated certificate, refer to the [TLS Certificates](../http/tls/tls-certificates.md#acme-default-certificate) page.

### General

Traefik creates, for each consul Catalog service, a corresponding [service](../http/load-balancing/service.md) and [router](../http/router/rules-and-priority.md).

The Service automatically gets a server per instance in this consul Catalog service, and the router gets a default rule attached to it, based on the service name.

### Routers

To update the configuration of the Router automatically attached to the service, add tags starting with `traefik.routers.{name-of-your-choice}.` and followed by the option you want to change.

For example, to change the rule, you could add the tag ```traefik.http.routers.my-service.rule=Host(`example.com`)```.

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.rule`"
    
    See [rule](../http/router/rules-and-priority.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.rule=Host(`example.com`)
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.ruleSyntax`"
    
    See [ruleSyntax](../http/router/rules-and-priority.md#rulesyntax) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.ruleSyntax=v3
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.priority`"

    See [priority](../http/router/rules-and-priority.md#priority-calculation) for more information.

    ```yaml
    - "traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.priority=42"
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.entrypoints`"
    
    See [entry points](../../install-configuration/entrypoints.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.entrypoints=web,websecure
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.middlewares`"
    
    See [middlewares overview](../http/middlewares/overview.md) for more information.
  
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.middlewares=auth,prefix,cb
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.service`"
    
    See [service](../http/load-balancing/service.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.service=myservice
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.tls`"
    
    See [tls](../http/tls/overview.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.tls=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.tls.certresolver`"
    
    See [certResolver](../../install-configuration/tls/certificate-resolvers/overview.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.tls.certresolver=myresolver
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.tls.domains[n].main`"
    
    See [domains](../../install-configuration/tls/certificate-resolvers/acme.md#domain-definition) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.tls.domains[0].main=example.org
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.tls.domains[n].sans`"
    
    See [domains](../../install-configuration/tls/certificate-resolvers/acme.md#domain-definition) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.tls.domains[0].sans=test.example.org,dev.example.org
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.tls.options`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.routers.myrouter.tls.options=foobar
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.observability.accesslogs`"
    
    The accessLogs option controls whether the router will produce access-logs.
    
    ```yaml
     "traefik.http.routers.myrouter.observability.accesslogs=true"
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.observability.metrics`"
    
    The metrics option controls whether the router will produce metrics.

    ```yaml
     "traefik.http.routers.myrouter.observability.metrics=true"
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.routers.<router_name>.observability.tracing`"
    
    The tracing option controls whether the router will produce traces.

    ```yaml
     "traefik.http.routers.myrouter.observability.tracing=true"
    ```

### Services

To update the configuration of the Service automatically attached to the service,
add tags starting with `traefik.http.services.{name-of-your-choice}.`, followed by the option you want to change.

For example, to change the `passHostHeader` behavior,
you'd add the tag `traefik.http.services.{name-of-your-choice}.loadbalancer.passhostheader=false`.

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.server.port`"
    
    Registers a port.
    Useful when the service exposes multiples ports.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.server.port=8080
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.server.scheme`"
    
    Overrides the default scheme.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.server.scheme=http
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.server.weight`"

    Overrides the default weight.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.server.weight=42
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.serverstransport`"
    
    Allows to reference a ServersTransport resource that is defined either with the File provider or the Kubernetes CRD one.
    See [serverstransport](../http/load-balancing/serverstransport.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.serverstransport=foobar@file
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.passhostheader`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.passhostheader=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.headers.<header_name>`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.headers.X-Foo=foobar
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.hostname`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.hostname=example.org
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.interval`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.interval=10
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.path`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.path=/foo
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.method`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.method=foobar
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.status`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.status=42
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.port`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.port=42
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.scheme`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.scheme=http
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.timeout`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.timeout=10
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.healthcheck.followredirects`"
    
    See [health check](../http/load-balancing/service.md#health-check) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.healthcheck.followredirects=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.httponly`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.httponly=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.name`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.name=foobar
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.path`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.path=/foobar
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.secure`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.secure=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.samesite`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.samesite=none
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.maxage`"
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.sticky.cookie.maxage=42
    ```

??? info "`traefik.http.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.responseforwarding.flushinterval`"

    ```yaml
    traefik.http.services.myservice.loadbalancer.responseforwarding.flushinterval=10
    ```

### Middleware

You can declare pieces of middleware using tags starting with `traefik.http.middlewares.{name-of-your-choice}.`, followed by the middleware type/options.

For example, to declare a middleware [`redirectscheme`](../http/middlewares/redirectscheme.md) named `my-redirect`, you'd write `traefik.http.middlewares.my-redirect.redirectscheme.scheme: https`.

More information about available middlewares in the dedicated [middlewares section](../http/middlewares/overview.md).

??? example "Declaring and Referencing a Middleware"
    
    ```yaml
    # ...
    # Declaring a middleware
    traefik.http.middlewares.my-redirect.redirectscheme.scheme=https
    # Referencing a middleware
    traefik.http.routers.my-service.middlewares=my-redirect
    ```

!!! warning "Conflicts in Declaration"

    If you declare multiple middleware with the same name but with different parameters, the middleware fails to be declared.

### TCP

You can declare TCP Routers, Middlewares and/or Services using tags.

??? example "Declaring TCP Routers and Services"

    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.my-router.rule=HostSNI(`example.com`)
    traefik.tcp.routers.my-router.tls=true
    traefik.tcp.services.my-service.loadbalancer.server.port=4123
    ```

!!! warning "TCP and HTTP"

    If you declare a TCP Router/Service, it will prevent Traefik from automatically creating an HTTP Router/Service (like it does by default if no TCP Router/Service is defined).
    You can declare both a TCP Router/Service and an HTTP Router/Service for the same consul service (but you have to do so manually).

#### TCP Routers

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.entrypoints`"
    
    See [entry points](../../install-configuration/entrypoints.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.entrypoints=ep1,ep2
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.rule`"
    
    See [rule](../tcp/router/rules-and-priority.md#rules) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.rule=HostSNI(`example.com`)
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.ruleSyntax`"
    
    configure the rule syntax to be used for parsing the rule on a per-router basis.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.ruleSyntax=v3
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.priority`"
    See [priority](../tcp/router/rules-and-priority.md#priority) for more information.
    ```yaml
    - "traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.priority=42"
    ```
    
??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.service`"
    
    See [service](../tcp/service.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.service=myservice
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.tls`"
    
    See [TLS](../tcp/tls.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.tls=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.tls.certresolver`"
    
    See [certResolver](../tcp/tls.md#configuration-options) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.tls.certresolver=myresolver
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.tls.domains[n].main`"
    
    See [TLS](../tcp/tls.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.tls.domains[0].main=example.org
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.tls.domains[n].sans`"
    
    See [TLS](../tcp/tls.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.tls.domains[0].sans=test.example.org,dev.example.org
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.tls.options`"
    
    See [TLS](../tcp/tls.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.tls.options=mysoptions
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.routers.<router_name>.tls.passthrough`"
    
    See [Passthrough](../tcp/tls.md#passthrough) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.routers.mytcprouter.tls.passthrough=true
    ```
    

#### TCP Services

??? info "`traefik.tcp.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.server.port`"
    
    Registers a port of the application.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.services.mytcpservice.loadbalancer.server.port=423
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.server.tls`"
    
    Determines whether to use TLS when dialing with the backend.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.services.mytcpservice.loadbalancer.server.tls=true
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.proxyprotocol.version`"
        
    See [PROXY protocol](../tcp/service.md#proxy-protocol) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.services.mytcpservice.loadbalancer.proxyprotocol.version=1
    ```

??? info "`traefik.tcp.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.serverstransport`"

    Allows to reference a ServersTransport resource that is defined either with the File provider or the Kubernetes CRD one.
    See [serverstransport](../tcp/serverstransport.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.tcp.services.mytcpservice.loadbalancer.serverstransport=foobar@file
    ```

#### TCP Middleware

You can declare pieces of middleware using tags starting with `traefik.tcp.middlewares.{name-of-your-choice}.`, followed by the middleware type/options.

For example, to declare a middleware [`InFlightConn`](../tcp/middlewares/inflightconn.md) named `test-inflightconn`, you'd write `traefik.tcp.middlewares.test-inflightconn.inflightconn.amount=10`.

More information about available middlewares in the dedicated [middlewares section](../tcp/middlewares/overview.md).

??? example "Declaring and Referencing a Middleware"
    
    ```yaml
    # ...
    # Declaring a middleware
    traefik.tcp.middlewares.test-inflightconn.amount=10
    # Referencing a middleware
    traefik.tcp.routers.my-service.middlewares=test-inflightconn
    ```

!!! warning "Conflicts in Declaration"

    If you declare multiple middleware with the same name but with different parameters, the middleware fails to be declared.

### UDP

You can declare UDP Routers and/or Services using tags.

??? example "Declaring UDP Routers and Services"

    ```yaml
    traefik.udp.routers.my-router.entrypoints=udp
    traefik.udp.services.my-service.loadbalancer.server.port=4123
    ```

!!! warning "UDP and HTTP"

    If you declare a UDP Router/Service, it will prevent Traefik from automatically creating an HTTP Router/Service (like it does by default if no UDP Router/Service is defined).
    You can declare both a UDP Router/Service and an HTTP Router/Service for the same consul service (but you have to do so manually).

#### UDP Routers

??? info "`traefik.udp.routers.<router_name>.entrypoints`"
    
    See [entry points](../../install-configuration/entrypoints.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.udp.routers.myudprouter.entrypoints=ep1,ep2
    ```

??? info "`traefik.udp.routers.<router_name>.service`"
    
    See [service](../udp/service.md) for more information.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.udp.routers.myudprouter.service=myservice
    ```

#### UDP Services

??? info "`traefik.udp.services.<service_name>.loadbalancer.server.port`"
    
    Registers a port of the application.
    
    ```yaml
    traefik.udp.services.myudpservice.loadbalancer.server.port=423
    ```

### Specific Provider Options

#### `traefik.enable`

```yaml
traefik.enable=true
```

You can tell Traefik to consider (or not) the service by setting `traefik.enable` to true or false.

This option overrides the value of `exposedByDefault`.

#### `traefik.consulcatalog.connect`

```yaml
traefik.consulcatalog.connect=true
```

You can tell Traefik to consider (or not) the service as a Connect capable one by setting `traefik.consulcatalog.connect` to true or false.

This option overrides the value of `connectByDefault`.

#### `traefik.consulcatalog.canary`

```yaml
traefik.consulcatalog.canary=true
```

When ConsulCatalog, in the context of a Nomad orchestrator,
is a provider (of service registration) for Traefik,
one might have the need to distinguish within Traefik between a [Canary](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/nomad/job-blue-green-and-canary-deployments#deploy-with-canaries) instance of a service, or a production one.
For example if one does not want them to be part of the same load-balancer.

Therefore, this option, which is meant to be provided as one of the values of the `canary_tags` field in the Nomad [service stanza](https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/job-specification/service#canary_tags),
allows Traefik to identify that the associated instance is a canary one.

#### Port Lookup

Traefik is capable of detecting the port to use, by following the default consul Catalog flow.
That means, if you just expose lets say port `:1337` on the consul Catalog ui, traefik will pick up this port and use it.
