There are a few good reasons for setting up an HAProxy LDAP backend. Perhaps the client’s TLS implementation is lacking. Maybe the application only supports a single server and you can’t afford down time. In the latter scenario, setting up multiple address records in DNS with the same domain name. The problem with that is… Read More »
The CentOS 8 repositories provide HAProxy version 1.8.15. You may want or need features in newer versions. Fortunately, installing HAProxy 2.0.9 (Latest stable version as of 2019 November, 21) from source is relatively straightforward. The steps to do so are: Install required packages Download the HAProxy source code Compile and install HAProxy Create an unprivileged… Read More »
The Debian Stretch repositories provide HAProxy version 1.7. You may want or need features in newer versions. Fortunately, installing HAProxy 1.9.7 from source is relatively straightforward. The steps to do so are: Install required packages Download the HAProxy source code Compile and install HAProxy Create an unprivileged service account Create a SystemD unit file Create… Read More »
The CentOS 7 repositories provide HAProxy version 1.5. You may want or need features in newer versions. Fortunately, installing HAProxy 1.9.7 from source is relatively straightforward. The steps to do so are: Install required packages Download the Lua source code Download the HAProxy source code Compile and install Lua Compile and install HAProxy Create an… Read More »