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How can I load balance UDP with open source HAProxy?
UDP is a connectionless protocol, meaning it doesn't establish a formal connection or 'handshake' before sending data...
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Find step-by-step technical guides and tutorials for load balancer configuration. Learn how to master Layer 4, 7 and GSLB, automate deployments with our API/CLI, and configure advanced features like SSL termination, health checks, and HA clustering.
Damian Pacuszka
How to extend Net-SNMP for infrastructure monitoring
Monitoring your infrastructure is a crucial task, and (regardless of the software you've chosen) requires you to make use of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)...
How-tos
Seamus Toth
Solving the Layer 4 ARP problem on Linux with Ansible
The ARP problem for Layer 4 DR (Direct Routing) mode is something that needs to be solved for each of your Real Servers in the virtual service...
Automation
How-tos
Integrations
Oliver Warren
A+ Qualys with HAProxy — The Secret Sauce
So you're probably here because you want to know how to achieve an A+ rating for your SSL web server on Qualys. A quick fun fact: did you know the A+ and A rating are in fact the same?..
HAProxy
How-tos
Layer 7
Oliver Warren
How to migrate your Loadbalancer.org appliance from hardware to virtual
If you want the configurations to differ slightly from the hardware to virtual appliance, such as changing IP's, speak to our support team so they can best advise...
How-tos
Daniel Tighe
Load balancing Leostream Connection Broker and Leostream Gateway for high availability
At its core, Leostream provides a connection broker and remote access gateway which provide you with the tools to build a completely customisable VDI solution to your specific business needs...
How-tos
Damian Pacuszka
Automation of the initial setup of your Loadbalancer.org appliance (VMware Edition)
Although our appliances are absolutely awesome and fun to use, going through the same process many times may become slightly tedious!..
Automation
How-tos
Integrations
Andrew Howe
Extending ModSecurity: How to add completely custom WAF functionality
In this example, I’m going to add a new transformation function to ModSecurity to calculate the Scrabble score of a variable. This will allow us to block HTTP requests containing query string parameters with a Scrabble score above a chosen threshold...
WAF
Open source
Security
Andrew Smalley
How to create a load balancer SSL/TLS certificates report
A customer asked me how to export a list of SSL/TLS certificate expiry dates from our load balancer appliance...
Integrations
How-tos
Automation
Andrei Grigoras
How to load balance Microsoft Dynamics using HAProxy
Microsoft Dynamics is a critical ERP and CRM tool, used every day by businesses all over the world. The application therefore needs to be highly available and scalable...
Microsoft
Layer 7
HAProxy
Oliver Warren
How to achieve client source IP transparency with your load balancer
Working with our pre-sales customers, there is a misconception that you always need source IP transparency - which is not always the case...
How-tos
Security
Layer 4
Daniel Tighe
HELP! I’ve Deleted My SSH Keys!
We all have the ability to absent-mindedly break installations with a single click. Here I will show you how not only to break your SSH keys, but also how to restore them in the event you end up doing the same thing as me!..
How-tos
Oliver Warren
How and when to update your load balancer
A quick guide from our Solutions Engineer, Oliver Warren, outlining when, why and how to update your hardware, virtual and cloud Loadbalancer.org appliances...
How-tos