Traefik does proxy/forward requests. A "redirect" tells the HTTP client to go to a different address.

http is Traefik dynamic config. Place it in a separate config file and load it in static config via providers.file (doc).

Traefik dashboard is reachable at /dashboard/ and requires /api, it will not respond to /traefik (doc), unless explicitly configured so, only available in the latest (or next?) version.