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What you would like to collect from your Traefik?

Collect both logs and metrics from your Traefik
Collect only logs from your Traefik

Collect logs & metrics

Collect logs and metrics from your Traefik using Vector.

1. Configure Traefik

Add a metrics entrypoint to your traefik.yaml configuration file and write the logs to /var/log/traefik, where Vector reads them.

List the entrypoints that serve your traffic next to metrics. Defining entryPoints replaces Traefik's default http entrypoint on port 80.

traefik.yaml

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entryPoints:
  metrics:
    address: ":8082"

metrics:
  prometheus:
    entryPoint: metrics

log:
  filePath: "/var/log/traefik/traefik.log"
  format: json

accessLog:
  filePath: "/var/log/traefik/access.log"

Create the log directory

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sudo mkdir -p /var/log/traefik

Restart Traefik

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sudo systemctl restart traefik

2. Set up Vector

Select your platform:

Install and configure Vector on Ubuntu or Debian:

Set up Vector

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curl -sSL https://telemetry.betterstack.com/setup-vector/traefik_with_metrics/$SOURCE_TOKEN \
  -o /tmp/setup-vector.sh && \
  bash /tmp/setup-vector.sh

Curious about what the script does?

Installs Vector using official package.
Configures Vector for your Better Stack source.
Enables and restarts Vector.

The script will ask for confirmation before making any changes.

Install

Install Vector on Windows using official installer:

Install Vector

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powershell Invoke-WebRequest https://packages.timber.io/vector/latest/vector-x64.msi -OutFile vector-latest-x64.msi
msiexec /i vector-latest-x64.msi

Setup

Run in Powershell as administrator to download Vector config:

Download Vector config using Powershell

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$config_yaml_path = "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector.yaml"
$backup_path = "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector-backup.yaml"
Move-Item -Path "$config_yaml_path" -Destination "$backup_path"
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/vector-yaml/traefik_with_metrics/$SOURCE_TOKEN?os=windows" |
  Add-Content $config_yaml_path

Run Vector

Run Vector with new configuration:

Start Vector

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& "C:\Program Files\Vector\bin\vector" --config "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector.yaml"

Install

Install Vector using official installer:

Install Vector

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curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.vector.dev | sh -s -- -y

Create a Vector service:

Create a Vector service

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mkdir -p /etc/vector
mkdir -p /var/lib/vector/
cat <<-'SERVICE' >> /etc/systemd/system/vector.service
[Unit]
Description=Vector
Documentation=https://vector.dev
After=network-online.target
Requires=network-online.target

[Service]
User=vector
Group=vector
ExecStart=/root/.vector/bin/vector
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=no
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/vector

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
SERVICE

Setup

Download Vector configuration for your source:

Download Vector config

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CONFIG_YAML_PATH="/etc/vector/vector.yaml"
BACKUP_SUFFIX=".bak-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
mv "${CONFIG_YAML_PATH}" "${CONFIG_YAML_PATH}${BACKUP_SUFFIX}"
curl -o "$CONFIG_YAML_PATH" \
  https://telemetry.betterstack.com/vector-yaml/traefik_with_metrics/$SOURCE_TOKEN

Restart Vector

Restart Vector to reload the configuration:

Restart Vector

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systemctl restart vector

You should see your logs in Better Stack → Live tail.

Collect only logs

Collect logs from your Traefik using Vector.

1. Write logs to files

Add this to your traefik.yaml configuration file to write the logs to /var/log/traefik, where Vector reads them.

traefik.yaml

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log:
  filePath: "/var/log/traefik/traefik.log"
  format: json

accessLog:
  filePath: "/var/log/traefik/access.log"

Create the log directory

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sudo mkdir -p /var/log/traefik

Restart Traefik

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sudo systemctl restart traefik

2. Set up Vector

Select your platform:

Install and configure Vector on Ubuntu or Debian:

Set up Vector

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curl -sSL https://telemetry.betterstack.com/setup-vector/traefik/$SOURCE_TOKEN \
  -o /tmp/setup-vector.sh && \
  bash /tmp/setup-vector.sh

Curious about what the script does?

Installs Vector using official package.
Configures Vector for your Better Stack source.
Enables and restarts Vector.

The script will ask for confirmation before making any changes.

Install

Install Vector on Windows using official installer:

Install Vector

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powershell Invoke-WebRequest https://packages.timber.io/vector/latest/vector-x64.msi -OutFile vector-latest-x64.msi
msiexec /i vector-latest-x64.msi

Setup

Run in Powershell as administrator to download Vector config:

Download Vector config using Powershell

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$config_yaml_path = "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector.yaml"
$backup_path = "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector-backup.yaml"
Move-Item -Path "$config_yaml_path" -Destination "$backup_path"
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/vector-yaml/traefik/$SOURCE_TOKEN?os=windows" |
  Add-Content $config_yaml_path

Run Vector

Run Vector with new configuration:

Start Vector

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& "C:\Program Files\Vector\bin\vector" --config "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector.yaml"

Install

Install Vector using official installer:

Install Vector

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curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.vector.dev | sh -s -- -y

Create a Vector service:

Create a Vector service

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mkdir -p /etc/vector
mkdir -p /var/lib/vector/
cat <<-'SERVICE' >> /etc/systemd/system/vector.service
[Unit]
Description=Vector
Documentation=https://vector.dev
After=network-online.target
Requires=network-online.target

[Service]
User=vector
Group=vector
ExecStart=/root/.vector/bin/vector
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=no
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/vector

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
SERVICE

Setup

Download Vector configuration for your source:

Download Vector config

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CONFIG_YAML_PATH="/etc/vector/vector.yaml"
BACKUP_SUFFIX=".bak-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
mv "${CONFIG_YAML_PATH}" "${CONFIG_YAML_PATH}${BACKUP_SUFFIX}"
curl -o "$CONFIG_YAML_PATH" \
  https://telemetry.betterstack.com/vector-yaml/traefik/$SOURCE_TOKEN

Restart Vector

Restart Vector to reload the configuration:

Restart Vector

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systemctl restart vector

You should see your logs in Better Stack → Live tail.

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2. Set up Vector

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Start logging in 2 minutes

Collect logs & metrics

1. Configure Traefik

2. Set up Vector

Install

Setup

Run Vector

Install

Setup

Restart Vector

Collect only logs

1. Write logs to files

2. Set up Vector

Install

Setup

Run Vector

Install

Setup

Restart Vector

Need help?

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