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HAProxy Exposes a Prometheus Metrics Endpoint
Chad LavoieHAProxy has added native support for Prometheus, allowing you to export metrics directly. Read on to learn more. Metrics are a key aspect of observability, along with logging and tracing. They contain the data that inform you about the state of your systems, which...
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Extending HAProxy with the Stream Processing Offload Engine
Christopher FauletThe HAProxy Stream Processing Offload Engine filter enables you to extend HAProxy in any language without modifying its core codebase. Inspired by the possibilities? Read on to learn more. Imagine you're living in the distant future and you're stomping around town in...
IP Masking in HAProxy
Nick RamirezAn HAProxy load balancer allows you to mask IP addresses in order to protect the privacy of your users. Read on to learn more. How do load balancers fit into the larger debate over data privacy and security? It helps to step back and consider how HAProxy adds a layer...
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Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 3 [Health Checks]
Baptiste Assmann and Nick RamirezAchieving high availability rests on having good health checks. HAProxy as an API gateway gives you several ways to do this. Run your service on multiple servers. Place your servers behind an HAProxy load balancer. Enable health checking to quickly remove unresponsive...
Test Driving “Power of Two Random Choices” Load Balancing
Willy TarreauThe Power of Two Random Choices load-balancing algorithm has piqued some curiosity. In this blog post, we see how it stacks up against other modern-day algorithms available in HAProxy. Recently, I was asked twice about my opinion on supporting an algorithm known as...
Introduction to HAProxy Logging
Moemen MhedhbiWhen it comes to operationalizing your log data, HAProxy provides a wealth of information. In this blog post, we demonstrate how to set up HAProxy logging, target a Syslog server, understand the log fields, and suggest some helpful tools for parsing log files. [On...
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[On Demand Webinar] Deep Dive Into HAProxy Logging
Senad CausThere's more to logs than grep! In this deep dive, you'll learn how to unleash the power of your HAProxy logs. See how understanding the data captured empowers you to operationalize that data, debug issues, and stay ahead of lurking problems. Join our live webinar...
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Using HAProxy as an API Gateway, Part 2 [Authentication]
Baptiste Assmann and Nick RamirezHAProxy is a powerful API gateway due to its ability to provide load balancing, rate limiting, observability and other features to your service endpoints. It also integrates with OAuth 2, giving you control over who can access your APIs. In this blog post, you'll see...
HAProxy 1.9.2 Adds gRPC Support
Nick RamirezHAProxy provides end-to-end proxying of HTTP/2 traffic. Use HAProxy to route, secure, and observe gRPC traffic over HTTP/2. Read on to learn more. HAProxy 1.9 introduced the Native HTTP Representation (HTX). Not only does this allow you to use HTTP/2 end-to-end, it...
[On Demand Webinar] Introduction to HAProxy Maps
Senad CausYour routing logic in HAProxy is simple in the beginning. Then it grows in complexity, perhaps requiring you to choose a different backend based upon the requested URL path, hostname or region. Not long after, you have dozens of similar rules—maybe even hundreds! When...
HAProxy 1.9 Has Arrived
Daniel CorbettHAProxy Technologies is proud to announce the release of HAProxy 1.9. This release brings a native HTTP representation (HTX) powering end-to-end HTTP/2 support and paving the way for future innovations such as HTTP/3 (QUIC). It also contains improvements to buffers...
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