How to Use HAProxy & Varnish Together on a Single Domain Name
In this blog post, we'll explain how to use both HAProxy and Varnish on a web application hosted on a single domain name.
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HAProxy vs Varnish (Complete Comparison)
Despite being “competitors”, each of them has its own very well performing: HAProxy is a Reverse-proxy Load-Balancer and Varnish is a Reverse-proxy cache.
HTTP Request Flood Mitigation
In this blog post, we will provide a configuration that you can use to protect your applications against HTTP request flood attacks.
Use the GeoIP Database With HAProxy (Easy to Follow Guide)
Geolocation is the process of linking a third party to a geographical location. In easier words: know the country of a client's IP address. On the Internet, such a base is called GeoIP.
Efficient SMTP Relay Infrastructure With Postfix & Load Balancers
In this blog post, we will explain how to configure the HAProxy load balancer to build an efficient SMTP relay infrastructure with Postfix.
Preserve Source IP Address Despite Reverse Proxies (Guide)
In this blog post, we aim to demonstrate how to preserve source IP addresses when using the reverse-proxy mode in HAProxy.
Hypervisors Performance Comparison & Benchmarking (Unbiased)
In this blog post, we summarize the findings of a hypervisors virtual network performance comparison from a virtualized load balancer point of view.
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.
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.