Setting up LetEncrypt HTTPS Traefik Ingress for Kubernetes Cluster - kubernetes

Question

I've setup Kubernetes to use the Traefik Ingress to provide name based routing. I am a little lost in terms of how to configure for the automatic LetsEncrypt SSL certs. How do I reference the TOML files and configure for HTTPs. I am using a simple container below with the NGINX image to test this.
The below is my YAML for the deployment/service/ingress.
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
name: web
labels:
app: hmweb
spec:
ports:
- name: http
port: 80
targetPort: 80
protocol: TCP
selector:
app: hmweb
---
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
name: web-ingress
annotations:
kubernetes.io/ingress.class: traefik
spec:
rules:
- host: example.com
http:
paths:
- path: /
backend:
serviceName: web
servicePort: http
---
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: hmweb-deployment
labels:
app: hmweb
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: hmweb
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: hmweb
spec:
containers:
- name: hmweb
image: nginx:latest
envFrom:
- configMapRef:
name: config
ports:
- containerPort: 80
I have also included my ingress.yaml
--
apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: traefik-ingress-controller
---
kind: Deployment
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
metadata:
name: traefik-ingress-controller
namespace: kube-system
labels:
k8s-app: traefik-ingress-lb
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
k8s-app: traefik-ingress-lb
template:
metadata:
labels:
k8s-app: traefik-ingress-lb
name: traefik-ingress-lb
spec:
serviceAccountName: traefik-ingress-controller
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
containers:
- image: traefik
name: traefik-ingress-lb
ports:
- name: http
containerPort: 80
- name: admin
containerPort: 8080
args:
- --api
- --kubernetes
- --logLevel=INFO
---
kind: Service
apiVersion: v1
metadata:
name: traefik-ingress-service
namespace: kube-system
spec:
selector:
k8s-app: traefik-ingress-lb
ports:
- protocol: TCP
port: 80
name: web
- protocol: TCP
port: 8080
name: admin
type: LoadBalancer

Answer 1

You could build a custom image and include the toml file that way, however that would NOT be best practice. Here's how I did it:
1) Deploy your toml configuration to kubernetes as a ConfigMap like so:
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: cfg-traefik
labels:
app: traefik
data:
traefik.toml: |
defaultEntryPoints = ["http", "https"]
[entryPoints]
[entryPoints.http]
address = ":80"
[entryPoints.http.redirect]
entryPoint = "https"
[entryPoints.https]
address = ":443"
[entryPoints.https.tls]
[acme]
email = "you#email.com"
storage = "/storage/acme.json"
entryPoint = "https"
acmeLogging = true
onHostRule = true
[acme.tlsChallenge]
2) Connect the configuration to your Traefik deployment. Here's my configuration:
kind: Deployment
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
metadata:
name: dpl-traefik
labels:
k8s-app: traefik
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
k8s-app: traefik
template:
metadata:
labels:
k8s-app: traefik
name: traefik
spec:
serviceAccountName: svc-traefik
terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
volumes:
- name: config
configMap:
name: cfg-traefik
- name: cert-storage
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: pvc-traefik
containers:
- image: traefik:alpine
name: traefik
volumeMounts:
- mountPath: "/config"
name: "config"
- mountPath: "/storage"
name: cert-storage
ports:
- name: http
containerPort: 80
- name: https
containerPort: 443
- name: admin
containerPort: 8080
args:
- --api
- --kubernetes
- --logLevel=INFO
- --configFile=/config/traefik.toml