Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Feb 15, 2022 | BASICS, LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING
Load balancing is an indispensable technique for improving a website’s performance. I’ll explain why. With Firefox’s Web Developer Tools open, I visited a popular retailer’s website to see how many HTTP requests my browser made when loading the...
![[On-Demand Webinar] HAProxy Skills Lab: Health Checking Servers](https://cdn.haproxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Webinar-Health-Checking-Servers-HAProxy-1-1000x500.png)
Senad Caus Senad Caus | Jan 26, 2022 | BASICS, LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING, WEBINARS
A common misconception is that load balancing is enough to achieve high availability. That is only true when you factor in one, very important feature: health checks! Health checks monitor your servers for issues. If a server loses connectivity or begins returning...
Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Sep 14, 2021 | BASICS, LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING
HAProxy makes your web applications highly available by spreading requests across a pool of backend servers. If one or even several servers fail, clients can still use your app as long as there are other servers still running. The caveat is, HAProxy needs to know...
Jim O'Connell Jim O'Connell | Aug 31, 2021 | BASICS, LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING, TECH
Learn how to test your HAProxy Configuration. Properly testing your HAProxy configuration file is a simple, yet crucial part of administering your load balancer. Remembering to run one simple command after making a change to your configuration file can save you from...
Jim O'Connell Jim O'Connell | Aug 18, 2021 | BASICS, TECH
Learn how to Install HAProxy on Ubuntu 20.04. Ubuntu 20.04 is a great choice for installing your HAProxy software load balancer. It’s a free Linux operating system that’s fast, secure, and best of all, it’s easy to use. One of the features...
