HAProxy Enterprise Documentation 2.5r1

View help

To see which commands are available, call the help command.

View help when using the UNIX socket

When using the UNIX socket, follow these steps:

  1. Install the socat package.

    $ sudo apt install -y socat

  2. Call the help command:

    $ echo "help" | \
   sudo socat stdio unix-connect:/var/run/hapee-2.5/hapee-lb.sock
    The following commands are valid at this level:
abort ssl ca-file <cafile>              : abort a transaction for a CA file
abort ssl cert <certfile>               : abort a transaction for a certificate file
abort ssl crl-file <crlfile>            : abort a transaction for a CRL file
add acl [@<ver>] <acl> <pattern>        : add an acl entry
add map [@<ver>] <map> <key> <val>      : add a map entry (payload supported instead of key/val)
...

View help when using a TCP/IP address

When using a TCP/IP address to access the API, follow these steps:

  1. Install the socat package.

    $ sudo apt install -y socat

  2. Call the help command:

    $ echo "help" | socat stdio tcp4-connect:127.0.0.1:9999
    The following commands are valid at this level:
abort ssl ca-file <cafile>              : abort a transaction for a CA file
abort ssl cert <certfile>               : abort a transaction for a certificate file
abort ssl crl-file <crlfile>            : abort a transaction for a CRL file
add acl [@<ver>] <acl> <pattern>        : add an acl entry
add map [@<ver>] <map> <key> <val>      : add a map entry (payload supported instead of key/val)
...

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