Enhanced SSL Load Balancing With Server Name Indication (SNI) TLS Extension
In this blog post, we show how to enable enhanced SSL load balancing with the Server Name Indication (SNI) TLS Extension in HAProxy and HAProxy ALOHA.
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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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Load Balancing, Affinity, Persistence & Sticky Sessions
This blog post shows why and how to use a load balancer, the differences between Affinity, Persistence, and Sticky Sessions, and how to enable them in HAProxy.
Microsoft Terminal Server / RemoteApp Load Balancing
Microsoft Terminal Services or remoteapps both use the RDP protocol. One issue when using RDP is being able to stick a user to a server.
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.
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.