Hey there,

If you're self-hosting multiple services in your homelab, managing ports and SSL certs manually gets old fast. In this week's post, Alex walks through setting up Traefik v3 as a reverse proxy — it auto-discovers your Docker containers, handles Let's Encrypt certificates automatically, and lets you add a new service with just a few labels in your Compose file.

What's covered:

• Static and dynamic config structure
• Full Docker Compose setup with dashboard auth
• Routing Uptime Kuma and Nextcloud behind HTTPS
• Reusable middleware for security headers and IP allowlisting
• Wildcard certs via DNS challenge (no open ports required)
• Common troubleshooting tips

Read the full guide on ignaonline.com →

As always, questions and feedback welcome.

— The ignaonline.com team