Introduction to HAProxy Stick Tables
HTTP requests are stateless by design. So how do you “remember” clients so that you can persist them to a server? Or how do you recognize when a client’s behavior seems malicious? HAProxy provides a unique feature for capturing and storing client activity called Stick Tables. Stick tables are a rich and powerful system that enables real-time intelligence within your load balancer. They are one of the building blocks that provide you with advanced capabilities.
Watch our on-demand webinar and learn to:
Configure stick table storage within HAProxy
Capture and store counters like HTTP request rate and error rate
Associate metrics with a client via unique keys, such as IP address
Flag malicious users with “general purpose tags”
Use stick tables for server persistence
Block attackers and keep them blocked for a set time
Sync active/active load balancer data with the Stick Table Aggregator