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HAProxy
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Installation
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First of all, you have to install the HAProxy plugin (os-haproxy) from the
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plugins view.
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.. image:: ../images/menu_plugins.png
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First Step: Configure Backend Servers
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.. image:: images/haproxy_servers.png
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On the "Servers" page, click `+` to open a dialog to create a new server.
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A server consist of a name, IP and port.
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Create an entry for every Server you want to load balance.
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.. image:: images/haproxy_edit_server.png
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For a HTTP Backend, configure like this:
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**Name** Name of this server
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**Description** Keep it empty
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**FQDN or IP** Enter the IP of your Server
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**Port** Port of the Server
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**SSL** Keep the default (disabled)
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**Verify SSL Certificate** Keep the default (checked)
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**SSL Verify CA** Keep the default (empty)
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Second Step: Configure a Backend
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Now, as we have the backend services,
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we can build a backend by combining them to groups of
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servers, which will serve the same service.
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For example if you are hosting a Webservice and want to
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scale horizontally, every server in the cluster will be
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a "Server", but they will be combined to a so called
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"Backend", so HAProxy can load balance between them.
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To create a new Backend, click the `+`.
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.. image:: images/haproxy_backends.png
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And fill out the form:
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.. image:: images/haproxy_edit_backend.png
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.. Note::
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The "Balancing Algorithm" field is important to care about as many
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web applications depend on a state.
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For example, if your web application stores session data on a local
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disk, you may get some trouble when using an algorithm like Round
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Robin. In such a case, the request of the same client always needs
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to be sent to the same backend servers.
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For example by default PHP stores session data in files while Ruby
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on Rails stores session information in a cookie by default.
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Please look up your web framework documentation for information how
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this is handled. Consider writeing files as problematic as well if
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there is no shared storage.
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**Enabled** Enable the Backend (checked)
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**Name** Enter a name for the Backend
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**Description** Enter an optional description
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**Mode** Select the mode HTTP as this is an HTTP backend
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**Balancing Algorithm** Select an load balancing algorithm
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**Servers** Select the previously configured servers
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Third Step: Configure an ACL
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In this step an ACL will has to be created which is later used to decide
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which traffic from a frontend belongs to which backend.
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To create a new ACL, you have to create one by clicking the `+` button:
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.. image:: images/haproxy_acls.png
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In the open modal dialog, the following form will show up:
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.. image:: images/haproxy_edit_acl.png
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**Name** Choose a name for this ACL
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**Description** Keep it empty or choose one for your information
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**Expression** Select "Host contains"
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**Negate condition** Keep it unchecked
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**Value** Enter the (partial) hostname to compare
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Click "Save changes".
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Fourth Step: Configure an Action
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As promised in the previous step, the ACLs will be used. An Action will link
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multiple ACLs with a Backend.
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An Action is created using the `+` button.
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.. image:: images/haproxy_actions.png
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A form dialog opens and we can fill it out like the following:
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.. image:: images/haproxy_edit_action.png
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.. Note::
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You can map using multiple Hostnames to the same Backend by adding multiple
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ACLs and choosing the logical operator "OR".
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**Name** Choose a name for this Action
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**Description** You can add an optional description
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**Test Type** Keep it at the default ("IF")
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**Select ACLs** Select the ACLs to be used
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**Logical operator** Keep the default ("AND")
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**Choose action** Choose "Use Backend"
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**Use Server** Keep the default ("none")
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Fifth Step Configure a frontend
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Now its nearly done. The only thing that needs to be configured for HAProxy
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is a Frontend.
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A Frontend is a a group of bound ports which are used for incoming connections.
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From this Frontend we need to know which backend the request will routed to.
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For this, the previously configured action is needed.
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To create a new Frontend, click the `+` button:
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.. image:: images/haproxy_frontends.png
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The following modal dialog opens and the frontend can be set up:
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.. image:: images/haproxy_edit_frontend.png
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.. Warning::
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If you configure a port that is already in use, the configuration test
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will be successful but the start of HAProxy will fail silently.
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Please ensure that the used port is free - especially if the number
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conflicts with the web configuration of OPNsense.
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General Settings
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**Enabled** Checked
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**Name** Use any name
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**Description** You may keep it empty
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**Listen Address** Enter one or more host:port combinations, use 0.0.0.0:80 for HTTP via IPv4
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**Type** Choose HTTP / HTTPS
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**Default Backend** Keep the default of "None"
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Advanced settings
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Enbable the X-Forwarded-For-header so the backend will know the real IP of
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the client.
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Actions (ACLs)
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Here you have to configure the previously configured actions, so HAProxy
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knows where the requests should be sent to.
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All other Options
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Keep all other options at the default
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Sixth step: Enable and start
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This is the last step - on the General tab, we will enable the service
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after a config test.
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.. image:: images/haproxy_general.png
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For that, the "Enable HAProxy" checkbox needs to be checked.
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On this screen, check "Enable HAProxy" and click "Apply".
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If everything went OK HAProxy will start.
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Now you need to configure firewall rules for accessing your HAProxy instance.
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