Using ALOHA Load Balancer as a Reverse Proxy (Guide)
This blog post will show you how to use HAProxy ALOHA as a reverse proxy for accessing multiple websites or apps behind a single public IP address.
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Baptiste Assmann
Baptiste has focused on high-performance web architectures for more than a decade now, mainly on the front piece and through the angle of the Load-Balancer/Reverse proxies. Baptiste loves studying new use cases and finds solutions to make the magic happen with his software load-balancer of choice: HAProxy.
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Benchmarking SSL Performance
In this blog post, we explain how one can improve SSL/TLS performance by adding some functionality to SSL open-source software with HAProxy.
Layer 4 Load Balancing Direct Server Return Mode
In this blog post, we explain what the Layer 4 Load Balancing Direct Server Return (DSR) Mode is, its pros and cons and when and how to use it.
Layer 4 Load Balancing Tunnel Mode
In this blog post, we explain what the Layer 4 Load Balancing Tunnel Mode is, how it works, when to use it, as well as its pros and cons.
Layer 4 Load Balancing NAT Mode
In this blog post, we explain what the Layer 4 Load Balancing NAT Mode is, its pros and cons and when to use this type of architecture.
Send Users to the Same Server for IMAP & SMTP
In this blog post we will demonstrate how you can send users to the same server for imap and smtp by using HAProxy ALOHA.
Send User to the Same Backend for both HTTP & HTTPS
Your application uses both HTTP and HTTPS, depending on the pages. SSL encryption is achieved by your backend server directly. Here's how.
Protect Your Web Server Against Slowloris Attack
Slowloris is a script which opens TCP connections and sends HTTP headers very slowly to force web servers to keep connections opened. The purpose is to...
Maintain Affinity Based on SSL Session ID
HAProxy ALOHA allows you to maintain HTTPS sessions based on SSL connection ID. In this blog post, we show you how to configure HAProxy ALOHA for this.
How to Play With Maxconn to Avoid Server Slowness or Crash
In this blog post we demonstrate how to protect any application or web server against unexpected high load using HAProxy ALOHA.
Smart Content Switching for a News Website
Build a scalable architecture for a news website using these components: A load balancer with content switching capability, cache server and application server.
HAProxy Aloha Layer 7 IPv6 to IPv4 Configuration (Guide)
In this blog post, we show how to configure HAProxy Aloha to use it as an IPv6 to IPv4 gateway without modifying anything on your current platform.