Release Notes
New and/or improved features in HAProxy Enterprise 1.8r2 include:
Modules
New
netacuity
module which allows the loading of DigitalElement/NetAcuity geolocation database into HAProxy. This module also allows for live updating from a central URL at a defined interval.New
maxmind
module which allows the loading of MaxMind GeoIP databases into HAProxy. This module also allows for live updating from a central URL at a defined interval.New
send-metrics
module allows HAProxy Enterprise to send statistics at a defined interval to an external HTTP/HTTPS based API. This is useful for integrating with services such as NS1, which can collect HAProxy Enterprise statistics and make DNS decisions. This also allows for integration with graphing and monitoring solutions.New
htmldom
module which allows HTML or Javascript to be injected into the response data.New
modsecurity
module which allows the loading ofmodsecurity
rulesets into HAProxy Enterprise, such as the OWASP CRS.
Backports
Version 1.8r2 includes the following backports:
Feature enhancements
HTTP Status code 103 (Early Hints)
Support for HTTP Status code 421 (Misdirected Request)
Cloud Native Logging (Log to stdout / fd)
CLI / Runtime API supports payloads (ocsp, map)
Master/Worker CLI (the master has its own socket and communicates with all workers, even those exiting)
Server queues now have a
set-priority
option: Delivers JS/CSS before images; boosts premium level users compared to regular users, or gives lower priority to botsRandom based load-balancing algorithm
localpeer
as an environment variablestick-tables extended with
gpc1/gpc1_rate
counters
Cache optimization
Age headers
Chunked Transfer Encoding support
max-object-size
= 2GB,total-max-size
= 4GBUpdated list of cacheable status codes ( 204, 404, 405, 414, 501 )
New fetches
ssl_fc_session_key
/ssl_bc_session_key
: Returns the SSL master key of the front/back connectionset SSL_OP_PRIORITIZE_CHACHA
: Uses the client's preference when selecting the cipher suitefe_defbe
: Fetches frontend default backend name
New converters
strcmp
field/word converter extended
ipv6 added to
ipmask
converter
Stick Table Aggregator
Now supports:
SIGHUP to reload
Environment variables
source
keyword for outbound connectionsSyslog debug logging
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