Fundamentals: What is an API Gateway?
When talking about managing web applications and the services they provide, the term “API gateway” is often thrown around, but what does it mean?
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Verify OAuth JWT Tokens With HAProxy
Learn how to secure your APIs against unauthorized access. The OAuth 2 protocol uses JSON Web Tokens to convey a client’s permissions and HAProxy can verify whether a token can be trusted.
Fundamentals: Load Balancing & the Right Distribution Algorithm for You
In this blog, you will learn what algorithm is the best for you, both static and dynamic algorithms will help you manage incoming traffic for web applications.
Fundamentals: High Availability & the Role of a Reverse Proxy
In this blog post, we will explore the gold standard of high availability and the difference between a forward proxy and a reverse proxy.
Path-Based Routing With HAProxy
Here's how to deploy the HAProxy load balancer in front of your services and then use path-based routing to direct requests to the correct backend service.
Restrict API Access With Client Certificates (mTLS)
HAProxy enables mTLS, supporting client certificate authentication for both clients and backend servers. Learn how to set it up in this blog post.
Log Forwarding With HAProxy & Syslog
Learn how HAProxy can act as a log collection point that ingests logs from multiple applications and then forwards them to a centralized log aggregation server.
Preserve Stick Table Data When Reloading HAProxy
A reload clears away all of your stick table data.. The good news is that there is a way to preserve data during a reload, which we’ll cover in this blog post.
Announcing HAProxy Data Plane API 2.6
We updated the HAProxy Data Plane API to cover more HAProxy configuration keywords. In this blog, you’ll see everything we’ve added.
HAProxyConf 2022 Call for Papers Now Open
Do you want to talk for this year's HAProxyConf 2022? Submit your talk for this year's event which will be held on November 8 and 9 in Paris.
Custom Resources With HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller
Learn how the HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller provides a set of custom resources that includes Global, Defaults, and Backend.
Announcing HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller 1.8
In 1.8 of the HAProxy Kubernetes Ingress Controller release, we added support for full rootless mode, Prometheus metrics for the controller itself, and...