Traefik mount additional volume for logs

[theapplegeek]

What problem will this feature address?

The Docker logs of dokploy-traefik do not show Traefik access logs.
To work around this, I configured Traefik to write logs to files under
/etc/dokploy/traefik/dynamic/logs, but this path is not appropriate for this purpose.

Describe the solution you'd like

I think the best approach would be to add a dedicated volume bind for Traefik logs, for example /etc/dokploy/traefik/logs:/etc/dokploy/traefik/logs.
This would provide a proper and persistent location for Traefik logs and avoid mixing log files with dynamic configuration.

Describe alternatives you've considered

N/A

Additional context

No response

Will you send a PR to implement it?

Maybe, need help

[theapplegeek]

I switched Traefik to run as a Docker Swarm service and added a bind mount to persist logs on the host:

docker service update \
  --mount-add type=bind,source=/etc/dokploy/traefik/logs,target=/etc/dokploy/traefik/logs \
  dokploy-traefik

Then I updated the Traefik configuration to enable file logging for both Traefik logs and access logs:

log:
  level: INFO  # DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL
  format: common  # common, json, logfmt
  filePath: /etc/dokploy/traefik/logs/traefik.log
accesslog:
  format: common  # common, json, logfmt
  filePath: /etc/dokploy/traefik/logs/access.log

To handle log rotation on the host, I created the following logrotate configuration at /etc/logrotate.d/traefik:

/etc/dokploy/traefik/logs/traefik.log {
    daily
    rotate 31
    maxage 31
    compress
    delaycompress
    missingok
    notifempty
    copytruncate

    dateext
    dateformat -%Y-%m-%d
}

/etc/dokploy/traefik/logs/access.log {
    daily
    rotate 31
    maxage 31
    compress
    delaycompress
    missingok
    notifempty
    copytruncate

    dateext
    dateformat -%Y-%m-%d
}

However, I think it would be better if Dokploy handled this automatically during installation:

• create and mount a dedicated volume/bind for Traefik logs (e.g. /etc/dokploy/traefik/logs)
• configure Traefik to write logs and access logs to that path by default

This would provide a proper, persistent logging setup out of the box and remove the need for manual configuration.