Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Nov 13, 2020 | BASICS, LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING
HAProxy can run in two different modes: TCP or HTTP. When operating in TCP mode, we say that it acts as a layer 4 proxy. In HTTP mode, we say that it acts as a layer 7 proxy. To understand the difference, you must first learn about the Open Systems Interconnection...
Nick Ramirez Nick Ramirez | Jan 16, 2019 | LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING, MICROSERVICES, PERFORMANCE, TECH
HAProxy 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...
Chad Lavoie Chad Lavoie | Nov 9, 2018 | SECURITY, TECH
HAProxy’s high-performance security capabilities are utilized as a key line of defense by many of the world’s top enterprises. Application-layer DDoS attacks are aimed at overwhelming an application with requests or connections, and in this post we will show you how...
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Senad Caus Senad Caus | Nov 6, 2018 | TECH, WEBINARS
As requests stream into your HAProxy Enterprise load balancer, adding rules to route them to the right place, redirect them to other pages, or outright deny them is what puts you in control of your traffic. Access Control Lists (ACLs) give you this power and they are...
Chad Lavoie Chad Lavoie | Sep 13, 2018 | BASICS, TECH
An HAProxy ACL lets you define custom rules for blocking malicious requests, choosing backends, redirecting to HTTPS and using cached objects. See The Webinar: Introduction to HAProxy ACLs: Building Rules for Dynamically Routing Requests, Redirecting Users and...
