The World’s Fastest and Most Widely Used Software Load Balancer
Built for modern enterprises.
Used by Leading Companies
HAProxy Powers the Uptime of the Cloud Era
Load Balancing
Load balance your services at any scale and in any environment with our feature-rich application delivery controller.
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High Availability
Deliver optimal user experiences regardless of volume of visitors, number of hits, or complexity of request.
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Application Acceleration
Get faster performance by offloading CPU-intensive tasks to HAProxy like SSL termination, compression, and device detection.
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Administration
Benefit from better data sync between HAProxy instances, protection from attacks with an integrated WAF, and simplified install and upgrades.
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Security
Detect and protect against bot threats such as web scraping, bruteforcing, vulnerability scanning, and much more.
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Microservices
HAProxy is at the core of application delivery for some of the largest and most complex microservices architectures in the world and constantly releases new features to support these dynamic environments.
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Introducing HAProxy Enterprise
HAProxy Enterprise combines HAProxy, the world’s fastest and most widely used open-source software load balancer and application delivery controller, with enterprise class features, services and premium support.
HAProxy Enterprise is a powerful product tailored to the goals, requirements and infrastructure of modern enterprises.
Authoritative Expert Support
High Performance Modules
Web Application Firewall
Advanced DDoS and Bot Protection
Kubernetes Ingress Controller
Real Time Dashboard
Cluster-Wide Tracking and Rate Limiting
Device Intelligence and Geolocation
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ON DEMAND WEBINARS
HAProxy 2.0 Webinars
Following the road paved by past releases, HAProxy 2.0 brings a powerful set of new core features as well as completely new functionality further improving its support for modern architectures. In a series of three webinars we’ll cover:
- Exploring HAProxy 2.0 – Take a Tour through the New Features
- HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller for High-Performance Ingress
- HAProxy Data Plane API: True Dynamic Configuration Management
FREE EBOOK
The HAProxy Guide to Multi-Layer Security
HAProxy gives you the building blocks to create a strong, layered defense against DDoS, malicious bot traffic, vulnerability scanners and more. Using its flexible configuration language, you’ll learn to:
- Protect your services from application-layer DDoS attacks
- Identify and stop malicious bots
- Harness the power of the HAProxy Enterprise WAF to counter sophisticated, Layer 7 attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting
HAProxy is container ready
The HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller brings the flexibility, performance and reliability of HAProxy to Kubernetes. Route to multiple services by path, automatically detect server additions, enable SSL, toggle on rate limiting and IP whitelisting. An Ingress Controller simplifies your infrastructure and avoids the cost of operating a cloud provider’s load balancer per service.
HAProxy 2.1: Supercharged Performance and a Streamlined Codebase
In HAProxy 2.1, you will see significant performance gains in key areas, exciting new features including Dynamic SSL Certificate Updates, FastCGI, and Native Protocol Tracing, and a streamlined codebase. HAProxy 2.1 is a technical release that is focused on improving...
The History of HAProxy
Today, HAProxy is the world's fastest and most widely used software load balancer. It's responsible for providing high availability, security, and observability to some of the world's highest trafficked websites. Many Site Reliability Engineers and Network/Systems...
HAProxy on Docker Swarm: Load Balancing and DNS Service Discovery
Use HAProxy to add routing, load balancing, and DNS service discovery to Docker Swarm. Docker Swarm lets you expand beyond hosting Docker containers on a single machine. It oversees a cluster of servers and manages which to deploy a container to, depending on each...
HAProxy Products
Application delivery solutions with the utmost performance, reliability, and security at any scale and in any environment.
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Enterprise
Enterprise-class version of HAProxy that combines the stable and cutting-edge code bases with enterprise suite of add-ons, expert support and professional services.
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ALOHA
Hardware Appliance
All of the power of HAProxy Enterprise in a plug-and-play hardware appliance for organizations with physical infrastructure.
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Virtual Appliance
All of the power of HAProxy Enterprise in a plug-and-play virtual appliance for organizations with virtualized infrastructure.
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