---
title: Traefik module
description: The traefik module parses access logs created by Træfik. When you run the module, it performs a few tasks under the hood: Sets the default paths to the...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-module-traefik
products:
  - Beats
  - Filebeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Traefik module
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The `traefik` module parses access logs created by [Træfik](https://traefik.io/).
When you run the module, it performs a few tasks under the hood:
- Sets the default paths to the log files (but don’t worry, you can override the defaults)
- Makes sure each multiline log event gets sent as a single event
- Uses an Elasticsearch ingest pipeline to parse and process the log lines, shaping the data into a structure suitable for visualizing in Kibana
- Deploys dashboards for visualizing the log data

<tip>
  Read the [quick start](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/filebeat-installation-configuration) to learn how to configure and run modules.
</tip>


## Configure the module

You can further refine the behavior of the `traefik` module by specifying [variable settings](#traefik-settings) in the `modules.d/traefik.yml` file, or overriding settings at the command line.
You must enable at least one fileset in the module. **Filesets are disabled by default.**
The following example shows how to set paths in the `modules.d/traefik.yml` file to override the default paths for Træfik logs:
```yaml
- module: traefik
  access:
    enabled: true
    var.paths: ["/usr/local/traefik/access.log*"]
```

To specify the same settings at the command line, you use:
```sh
-M "traefik.access.var.paths=[/path/to/traefik/access.log*]"
```


### Variable settings

Each fileset has separate variable settings for configuring the behavior of the module. If you don’t specify variable settings, the `traefik` module uses the defaults.
For advanced use cases, you can also override input settings. See [Override input settings](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/advanced-settings).
<tip>
  When you specify a setting at the command line, remember to prefix the setting with the module name, for example, `traefik.access.var.paths` instead of `access.var.paths`.
</tip>


### `access` log fileset settings

<definitions>
  <definition term="var.paths">
    An array of glob-based paths that specify where to look for the log files. All patterns supported by [Go Glob](https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Glob) are also supported here. For example, you can use wildcards to fetch all files from a predefined level of subdirectories: `/path/to/log/*/*.log`. This fetches all `.log` files from the subfolders of `/path/to/log`. It does not fetch log files from the `/path/to/log` folder itself. If this setting is left empty, Filebeat will choose log paths based on your operating system.
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Example dashboards

This module comes with sample dashboards. For example:
![kibana traefik](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/images/kibana-traefik.png)

## Fields

For a description of each field in the module, see the [exported fields](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/beats/filebeat/exported-fields-traefik) section.