Traefik Labs has announced the extension of its Application Intelligence Layer to Amazon Web Services (AWS), delivering unified ingress and routing across the heterogeneous compute environments of Amazon EC2, ECS, and EKS. Announced during AWS re:Invent 2025, this release enables organizations to deploy a single connectivity layer that works consistently across virtual machines and containers on AWS, following a similar architecture previously demonstrated with Nutanix.
Traefik Labs extends its Application Intelligence Layer to AWS compute environments.
The new Traefik AWS Elastic Provider unifies ingress for EC2, ECS, and EKS.
It provides consistent routing, security, and observability without requiring workload changes.
The approach follows a proven architecture first demonstrated with Nutanix infrastructure.
It supports incremental modernization, allowing workloads to move between platforms without access disruption.
The release includes a technical guide for architects on unifying ingress across distributed AWS environments.
Most enterprises operate a mix of compute platforms—EC2 for legacy applications, ECS for event-driven workloads, and EKS for cloud-native microservices—each with its own networking and load-balancing models. Traefik's Application Intelligence Layer addresses this fragmentation by providing a unified point of control that understands all three platforms. This allows organizations to maintain consistent routing, authentication, and observability across their entire AWS footprint without forcing every workload onto a single compute model.
This release validates an architectural approach first proven with Nutanix, where Traefik unified traffic across AHV virtual machines and Nutanix Kubernetes Platform containers. The AWS implementation, via the Traefik AWS Elastic Provider, applies the same principle to Amazon's ecosystem. “The Application Intelligence Layer we demonstrated with Nutanix now works across the various AWS compute platforms. Organizations can modernize incrementally without fragmenting how their applications are accessed,” said Sudeep Goswami, CEO of Traefik Labs.
The provider is designed for real-world operational patterns where infrastructure evolves gradually. It does not require replatforming existing applications. Instead, it allows teams to choose the right compute platform for each workload while presenting a consistent interface and security posture at the application edge. This supports incremental migrations between platforms—for example, moving an application from EC2 to EKS—without disrupting how users and systems access it.
The Traefik AWS Elastic Provider operates on a hub-and-spoke architecture. A central Traefik instance manages global concerns like TLS termination, while lightweight instances in each compute environment handle local service discovery. This maintains network isolation while enabling unified routing. Alongside the provider, Traefik has released an AWS builders-style technical guide titled "Unifying Ingress Across Distributed AWS Compute Environments," offering detailed architectural patterns, security configurations, and implementation guidance for platform engineers and architects.
The extension of Traefik's Application Intelligence Layer to AWS represents a significant step in simplifying cloud operations for enterprises with diverse infrastructure. By providing a single, intelligent ingress layer that spans VMs and containers across EC2, ECS, and EKS, Traefik reduces operational complexity and silos. This enables organizations to accelerate their cloud-native journey more flexibly, supporting both legacy and modern applications with consistent connectivity, security, and observability, all while preserving the ability to modernize at their own pace.
About Traefik Labs
Traefik Labs builds cloud-native infrastructure for cloud-native and Kubernetes-native API gateway solutions, AI Gateway, and MCP Gateway products. With 3.4 billion Docker Hub downloads, Traefik serves customers across financial services, healthcare, retail, transportation, and public sector organizations globally. The company maintains strategic partnerships with NVIDIA, Oracle, Nutanix, HPE, and Microsoft.
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