I have a problem with setting up mailcow with traefik, I encounter gateway timeouts. I also have this problem with nextcloud, so I would be really interested, what causes these issues with gateway timeout.
I guess it has to do with port 9000 and php-fpm upstream or sth.
But I want to know for sure, and how to deal with it.
My traefik.toml
:
debug = true
checkNewVersion = true
defaultEntryPoints = ["http", "https"]
[web]
address = ":8080"
[web.auth.basic]
users = ["admin:undecipherablestring"]
[entryPoints]
[entryPoints.http]
address = ":80"
[entryPoints.http.redirect]
entryPoint = "https"
[entryPoints.https]
address = ":443"
[entryPoints.https.tls]
[acme]
email = "[email protected]"
storage = "acme.json"
entryPoint = "https"
onHostRule = true
[[acme.domains]]
main = "main.com"
sans = ["monitor.main.com", "ports.main.com", "git.main.com", "cloud.main.com", "mail.main.com"]
My traefik docker-compose.yml
:
version: '2'
services:
proxy:
image: traefik
container_name: traefik
restart: always
command: |-
--docker
--docker.domain=docker.localhost
--logLevel=DEBUG
networks:
- webgateway
labels:
- "traefik.frontend.rule=Host: monitor.main.com"
- "traefik.port=8080"
ports:
- "80:80"
- "443:443"
- "8080:8080"
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
- ./traefik.toml:/traefik.toml
- ./acme.json:/acme.json
- acme:/opt/traefik/acme
networks:
webgateway:
driver: bridge
volumes:
acme:
driver: local
My mailcow docker-compose.yml
:
version: '2.1'
services:
unbound-mailcow:
image: mailcow/unbound:1.0
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/unbound
command: /usr/sbin/unbound
depends_on:
mysql-mailcow:
condition: service_healthy
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "nslookup", "google.com", "127.0.0.1"]
interval: 30s
timeout: 3s
retries: 10
volumes:
- ./data/conf/unbound/unbound.conf:/etc/unbound/unbound.conf:ro
restart: always
networks:
mailcow-network:
ipv4_address: 172.22.1.254
aliases:
- unbound
mysql-mailcow:
image: mariadb:10.1
command: mysqld --max_allowed_packet=128M
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "mysqladmin", "ping", "--host", "localhost", "--silent"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 5s
retries: 10
volumes:
- mysql-vol-1:/var/lib/mysql/
- ./data/conf/mysql/:/etc/mysql/conf.d/:ro
environment:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${DBROOT}
- MYSQL_DATABASE=${DBNAME}
- MYSQL_USER=${DBUSER}
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=${DBPASS}
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
networks:
mailcow-network:
ipv4_address: 172.22.1.250
aliases:
- mysql
redis-mailcow:
image: redis:alpine
depends_on:
unbound-mailcow:
condition: service_healthy
volumes:
- redis-vol-1:/data/
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
networks:
mailcow-network:
ipv4_address: 172.22.1.249
aliases:
- redis
clamd-mailcow:
image: mailcow/clamd:1.1
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/clamd
restart: always
environment:
- SKIP_CLAMD=${SKIP_CLAMD:-n}
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
networks:
mailcow-network:
aliases:
- clamd
rspamd-mailcow:
image: mailcow/rspamd:1.3
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/rspamd
command: >
/bin/bash -c "
sleep 5;
/usr/bin/rspamd -f -u _rspamd -g _rspamd
"
depends_on:
- nginx-mailcow
volumes:
- ./data/conf/rspamd/override.d/:/etc/rspamd/override.d:ro
- ./data/conf/rspamd/local.d/:/etc/rspamd/local.d:ro
- ./data/conf/rspamd/lua/:/etc/rspamd/lua/:ro
- dkim-vol-1:/data/dkim
- rspamd-vol-1:/var/lib/rspamd
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
hostname: rspamd
networks:
mailcow-network:
ipv4_address: 172.22.1.253
aliases:
- rspamd
php-fpm-mailcow:
image: mailcow/phpfpm:1.0
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/phpfpm
command: "php-fpm -d date.timezone=${TZ}"
depends_on:
- redis-mailcow
volumes:
- ./data/web:/web:ro
- ./data/conf/rspamd/dynmaps:/dynmaps:ro
- dkim-vol-1:/data/dkim
environment:
- DBNAME=${DBNAME}
- DBUSER=${DBUSER}
- DBPASS=${DBPASS}
- MAILCOW_HOSTNAME=${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}
- IMAP_PORT=${IMAP_PORT:-143}
- IMAPS_PORT=${IMAPS_PORT:-993}
- POP_PORT=${POP_PORT:-110}
- POPS_PORT=${POPS_PORT:-995}
- SIEVE_PORT=${SIEVE_PORT:-4190}
- SUBMISSION_PORT=${SUBMISSION_PORT:-587}
- SMTPS_PORT=${SMTPS_PORT:-465}
- SMTP_PORT=${SMTP_PORT:-25}
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
networks:
mailcow-network:
aliases:
- phpfpm
sogo-mailcow:
image: mailcow/sogo:1.3
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/sogo
depends_on:
unbound-mailcow:
condition: service_healthy
environment:
- DBNAME=${DBNAME}
- DBUSER=${DBUSER}
- DBPASS=${DBPASS}
- TZ=${TZ}
- MAILCOW_HOSTNAME=${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}
volumes:
- ./data/conf/sogo/:/etc/sogo/
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
networks:
mailcow-network:
ipv4_address: 172.22.1.252
aliases:
- sogo
dovecot-mailcow:
image: mailcow/dovecot:1.4
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/dovecot
depends_on:
unbound-mailcow:
condition: service_healthy
volumes:
- ./data/conf/dovecot:/usr/local/etc/dovecot
- ./data/assets/ssl:/etc/ssl/mail/:ro
- ./data/conf/sogo/:/etc/sogo/
- vmail-vol-1:/var/vmail
- crypt-vol-1:/mail_crypt/
environment:
- DBNAME=${DBNAME}
- DBUSER=${DBUSER}
- DBPASS=${DBPASS}
ports:
- "${DOVEADM_PORT:-127.0.0.1:19991}:12345"
- "${IMAP_PORT:-143}:143"
- "${IMAPS_PORT:-993}:993"
- "${POP_PORT:-110}:110"
- "${POPS_PORT:-995}:995"
- "${SIEVE_PORT:-4190}:4190"
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
hostname: ${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}
networks:
mailcow-network:
aliases:
- dovecot
postfix-mailcow:
image: mailcow/postfix:1.2
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/postfix
depends_on:
unbound-mailcow:
condition: service_healthy
volumes:
- ./data/conf/postfix:/opt/postfix/conf
- ./data/assets/ssl:/etc/ssl/mail/:ro
- postfix-vol-1:/var/spool/postfix
- crypt-vol-1:/var/lib/zeyple
environment:
- DBNAME=${DBNAME}
- DBUSER=${DBUSER}
- DBPASS=${DBPASS}
ports:
- "${SMTP_PORT:-25}:25"
- "${SMTPS_PORT:-465}:465"
- "${SUBMISSION_PORT:-587}:587"
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
hostname: ${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}
networks:
mailcow-network:
aliases:
- postfix
memcached-mailcow:
image: memcached:alpine
depends_on:
unbound-mailcow:
condition: service_healthy
restart: always
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
networks:
mailcow-network:
aliases:
- memcached
nginx-mailcow:
depends_on:
- sogo-mailcow
- php-fpm-mailcow
image: nginx:mainline-alpine
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "ping", "php-fpm-mailcow", "-c", "5"]
interval: 5s
timeout: 5s
retries: 10
command: /bin/sh -c "envsubst < /etc/nginx/conf.d/templates/listen_plain.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/listen_plain.active &&
envsubst < /etc/nginx/conf.d/templates/listen_ssl.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/listen_ssl.active &&
envsubst < /etc/nginx/conf.d/templates/server_name.template > /etc/nginx/conf.d/server_name.active &&
nginx -g 'daemon off;'"
environment:
- HTTPS_PORT=${HTTPS_PORT:-443}
- HTTP_PORT=${HTTP_PORT:-80}
- MAILCOW_HOSTNAME=${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}
volumes:
- ./data/web:/web:ro
- ./data/conf/rspamd/dynmaps:/dynmaps:ro
- ./data/assets/ssl/:/etc/ssl/mail/:ro
- ./data/conf/nginx/:/etc/nginx/conf.d/:rw
expose:
- "${HTTP_PORT:-80}"
#ports:
#- "${HTTPS_BIND:-0.0.0.0}:${HTTPS_PORT:-443}:${HTTPS_PORT:-443}"
#- "${HTTP_BIND:-0.0.0.0}:${HTTP_PORT:-80}:${HTTP_PORT:-80}"
restart: always
dns:
- 172.622.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
labels:
- "traefik.frontend.rule=Host: ${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}"
- "traefik.backend=mailcow"
- "traefik.port=80"
- "traefik.frontend.entryPoints=http,https"
- "traefik.docker.network=traefik"
networks:
mailcow-network:
ipv4_address: 172.22.1.251
aliases:
- nginx
traefik:
acme-mailcow:
depends_on:
- nginx-mailcow
image: mailcow/acme:1.12
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/acme
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
environment:
- ADDITIONAL_SAN=${ADDITIONAL_SAN}
- MAILCOW_HOSTNAME=${MAILCOW_HOSTNAME}
- DBNAME=${DBNAME}
- DBUSER=${DBUSER}
- DBPASS=${DBPASS}
- SKIP_LETS_ENCRYPT=${SKIP_LETS_ENCRYPT:-n}
- SKIP_IP_CHECK=${SKIP_IP_CHECK:-n}
volumes:
- ./data/web/.well-known/acme-challenge:/var/www/acme:rw
- ./data/assets/ssl:/var/lib/acme/:rw
- ./data/assets/ssl-example:/var/lib/ssl-example/:ro
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
# do not restart the container too often. Things get worse when we hit let's encrypt's ratelimit.
restart: on-failure:1
networks:
mailcow-network:
aliases:
- acme
fail2ban-mailcow:
image: mailcow/fail2ban:1.5
build: ./data/Dockerfiles/fail2ban
depends_on:
- dovecot-mailcow
- postfix-mailcow
- sogo-mailcow
- php-fpm-mailcow
- redis-mailcow
restart: always
privileged: true
environment:
- TZ=${TZ}
- SKIP_FAIL2BAN=${SKIP_FAIL2BAN:-no}
network_mode: "host"
dns:
- 172.22.1.254
dns_search: mailcow-network
volumes:
- /lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro
ipv6nat:
image: robbertkl/ipv6nat
restart: always
privileged: true
network_mode: "host"
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
- /lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro
networks:
mailcow-network:
driver: bridge
enable_ipv6: true
ipam:
driver: default
config:
- subnet: 172.22.1.0/24
- subnet: fd4d:6169:6c63:6f77::/64
traefik:
external:
name: traefik_webgateway
volumes:
vmail-vol-1:
mysql-vol-1:
dkim-vol-1:
redis-vol-1:
rspamd-vol-1:
postfix-vol-1:
crypt-vol-1:
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Answers
I think this issue has been resolved by the traefik community. You can check this: https://github.com/containous/traefik/pull/1873
I think I may have had a similar issue to what you are/were experiencing. Take a look at this GitHub issue: https://github.com/containous/traefik/issues/979
If your problem is the same as mine, here is the issue:
Traefik is on a “front facing” network, so is one of your services, but that service is also part of a “back facing” network. Traefik, by default, doesn’t know what network to send requests to… so it sends them to a randomly chosen one of the two IP address options (picked at the creation of that container). If Traefik isn’t part of that network, it wont be able to reach that container, and will give you a Gateway Timeout.
Solution: add a label to your container to directly specify to Traefik what network it should be communicating on:
Pro tip: use
docker network ls
to figure out what the actual name of your network is, because it is not what docker-compose says in the file. The actual network name is prefixed based on the name of the folder that it is run in. (I don’t know why, and I don’t like it, but that is the world we live in)Hence the
<folder prefix>
in my above example.What I do is define in a file called
.env
in the same dir asdocker-compose.yml
a variable for the project name (that ends as the prefix for all containers/networks/etc). It should only contain characters, no spaces, dashes, etc.Then, in your application label, you use the variable name appended with the created network separated by “_”:
FWIW, if you define the network in the provider section in your traefik service definition, you do not need to add it to each service you add going forward.
Example:
You should create the traefik network outside your compose file.