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 Traefik can be configured to use Rancher as a provider.
 
+!!! important
+    This provider is specific to Rancher 1.x.
+    Rancher 2.x requires Kubernetes and does not have a metadata endpoint of its own for Traefik to query.
+    As such, Rancher 2.x users should utilize the [Kubernetes provider](./kubernetes.md) directly.
+
 ## Global Configuration
 
 ```toml