Traefik as a simple Http Reverse Proxy not working - http

Question

I am using Traefik as HTTP reverse proxy. I have two servers created using spring boot. Both servers are working properly on port 8081 and 8082
Traefik web UI is visible in port 8080.
What I wanted is to redirect http://localhost:7070/ to http://localhost:8081/ or http://localhost:8082/
traefik.toml config file
loglevel="INFO"
defaultEntryPoints = ["http"]
[entryPoints]
[entryPoints.http]
address = ":7070"
[file]
[frontends]
[frontends.frontend1]
backend = "backend1"
[frontends.frontend1.routes.test_1]
rule = "Host: localhost"
[backends]
[backends.backend1]
[backends.backend1.LoadBalancer]
method = "drr"
[backends.backend1.healthcheck]
path = "/app/health"
interval = "60s"
[backends.backend1.servers.server1]
url = "http://127.0.0.1:8081"
weight = 1
[backends.backend1.servers.server2]
url = "http://127.0.0.1:8082"
weight = 1
[api]
[ping]
[docker]
console output
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Using TOML configuration file
/home/kasun/apps/temp/traefik.toml
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Traefik version v1.5.4 built on 2018-
03-15_01:33:52PM
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30]
Stats collection is disabled.
Help us improve Traefik by turning this feature on :)
More details on https://docs.traefik.io/basics/#collected-data
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Preparing server http &{Network:
Address::7070 TLS:<nil> Redirect:<nil> Auth:<nil>
WhitelistSourceRange:[] Compress:false ProxyProtocol:<nil>
ForwardedHeaders:0xc4202a4520} with readTimeout=0s writeTimeout=0s
idleTimeout=3m0s
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Preparing server traefik &{Network:
Address::8080 TLS:<nil> Redirect:<nil> Auth:<nil>
WhitelistSourceRange:[] Compress:false ProxyProtocol:<nil>
ForwardedHeaders:0xc4202a4540} with readTimeout=0s writeTimeout=0s
idleTimeout=3m0s
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Starting server on :7070
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Starting provider *docker.Provider
{"Watch":true,"Filename":"","Constraints":null,"Trace":false,
"DebugLogGen
eratedTemplate":false,"Endpoint":
"unix:///var/run/docker.sock","Domain":"","TLS":null,
"ExposedByDefault":true,"UseBindPortIP":false,"SwarmMode":false}
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Starting server on :8080
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Starting provider *file.Provider
{"Watch":true,"Filename":"/home/kasun/apps/temp/traefik.toml",
"Constraints":null,"Trace":false,"DebugLogGeneratedTemplate":false,
"Directory":""}
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Server configuration reloaded on :7070
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Server configuration reloaded on :8080
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Server configuration reloaded on :7070
INFO[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] Server configuration reloaded on :8080
WARN[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] HealthCheck has failed
[http://127.0.0.1:8081]: Remove from server list
WARN[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] HealthCheck has failed
[http://127.0.0.1:8082]: Remove from server list
WARN[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] HealthCheck has failed
[http://127.0.0.1:8082]: Remove from server list
WARN[2018-03-20T18:38:58+05:30] HealthCheck has failed
[http://127.0.0.1:8081]: Remove from server list
When I load http://localhost:7070/ from the browser it gives
Service Unavailable
when I go to Traefik health dashboard it displays
Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong here? I went through a few articles but unable to find the correct answer.

Answer 1

I suppose your are running Træfik in a container.
127.0.0.1 -> localhost inside the container, not in your local machine.