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 # Traefik
 
-Wiki Cafe's customized `abra` recipe for traefik.
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+Wiki Cafe's configuration for a traefik deployment. Originally slimmed down from a `abra` [recipe](https://git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/traefik) by [Co-op Cloud](https://coopcloud.tech/).
+
+
+## Deploying the app with Docker Swarm
+
+
+Set the environment variables from the .env file during the shell session.
+
+```
+set -a && source .env && set +a^C
+```
+
+Deploy using the `-c` flag to specify multiple compose files.
+
+```
+docker stack deploy traefik -c compose.yaml -c compose.googledomains.yaml
+```