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+title: "Traefik Configuration Overview"
+description: "Read the official Traefik documentation to get started with configuring the Traefik Proxy."
+---
+
+# Boot Environment
+
+Traefik Proxy’s configuration is divided into two main categories:
+
+- **Static Configuration**: Defines parameters that require Traefik to restart when changed. This includes entry points, providers, API/dashboard settings, and logging levels.
+- **Dynamic Configuration**: Involves elements that can be updated without restarting Traefik, such as routers, services, and middlewares.
+
+This section focuses on setting up the static configuration, which is essential for Traefik’s initial boot.
+
+## Configuration Methods
+
+Traefik offers multiple methods to define static configuration. 
+
+!!! warning "Note"
+    It’s crucial to choose one method and stick to it, as mixing different configuration options is not supported and can lead to unexpected behavior.
+
+Here are the methods available for configuring the Traefik proxy:
+
+- [File](#file) 
+- [CLI](#cli)
+- [Environment Variables](#environment-variables)
+- [Helm](#helm)
+
+## File
+
+You can define the static configuration in a file using formats like YAML or TOML.
+
+### Configuration Example
+
+```yaml tab="traefik.yml (YAML)"
+entryPoints:
+  web:
+    address: ":80"
+  websecure:
+    address: ":443"
+
+providers:
+  docker: {}
+
+api:
+  dashboard: true
+
+log:
+  level: INFO
+```
+
+```toml tab="traefik.toml (TOML)"
+[entryPoints]
+  [entryPoints.web]
+    address = ":80"
+
+  [entryPoints.websecure]
+    address = ":443"
+
+[providers]
+  [providers.docker]
+
+[api]
+  dashboard = true
+
+[log]
+  level = "INFO"
+```
+
+### Configuration File
+
+At startup, Traefik searches for static configuration in a file named `traefik.yml` (or `traefik.yaml` or `traefik.toml`) in the following directories:
+
+- `/etc/traefik/`
+- `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/`
+- `$HOME/.config/`
+- `.` (the current working directory).
+
+You can override this behavior using the `configFile` argument like this:
+
+```bash
+traefik --configFile=foo/bar/myconfigfile.yml
+```
+
+## CLI
+
+Using the CLI, you can pass static configuration directly as command-line arguments when starting Traefik. 
+
+### Configuration Example
+
+```sh tab="CLI"
+traefik \
+  --entryPoints.web.address=":80" \
+  --entryPoints.websecure.address=":443" \
+  --providers.docker \
+  --api.dashboard \
+  --log.level=INFO
+```
+
+## Environment Variables
+
+You can also set the static configuration using environment variables. Each option corresponds to an environment variable prefixed with `TRAEFIK_`.
+
+### Configuration Example
+
+```sh tab="ENV"
+TRAEFIK_ENTRYPOINTS_WEB_ADDRESS=":80" TRAEFIK_ENTRYPOINTS_WEBSECURE_ADDRESS=":443" TRAEFIK_PROVIDERS_DOCKER=true TRAEFIK_API_DASHBOARD=true TRAEFIK_LOG_LEVEL="INFO" traefik
+```
+
+## Helm
+
+When deploying Traefik Proxy using Helm in a Kubernetes cluster, the static configuration is defined in a `values.yaml` file. 
+
+You can find the official Traefik Helm chart on [GitHub](https://github.com/traefik/traefik-helm-chart/blob/master/traefik/VALUES.md)
+
+### Configuration Example
+
+```yaml tab="values.yaml"
+ports:
+  web:
+    exposedPort: 80
+  websecure:
+    exposedPort: 443
+
+additionalArguments:
+  - "--providers.kubernetescrd.ingressClass"
+  - "--log.level=INFO"
+```
+
+```sh tab="Helm Commands"
+helm repo add traefik https://traefik.github.io/charts
+helm repo update
+helm install traefik traefik/traefik -f values.yaml
+```