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HAProxy 2.0 Released

HAProxy 2.0 adds a powerful set of cloud-native features as well as completely new functionality that further improves its seamless support for integration into modern architectures. In conjunction with this release we are also introducing the HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller and the powerful HAProxy Data Plane API which provides a modern REST API for configuring and managing HAProxy

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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. Detect and block against malicious payloads.
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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

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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.

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Latest Blog Posts

HAProxy 2.1: Supercharged Performance and a Streamlined Codebase

by Daniel Corbett | Dec 4, 2019 | NEWS, TECH

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...

[On-Demand Webinar] HAProxy Enterprise 2.0 and Q&A

by Senad Caus | Dec 3, 2019 | LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING, TECH, WEBINARS

With robust logs and metrics, easy programmability for automation and scaling, support for fast message serialization, and smart ways to recover from system failures, HAProxy Enterprise 2.0 delivers the features needed for modern, cloud-native applications. In this...

The History of HAProxy

by Willy Tarreau | Nov 8, 2019 | LOAD BALANCING / ROUTING, TECH

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...

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