Solana RPC Haproxy

This is a guide for setting up HAproxy in front of a Solana RPC node. HAproxy will manage basic HTTP requests.

Requirements

• Ansible version 2.8 or higher

Role Variables

• haproxy_log_level: The level of logging for HAproxy.
• haproxy_certificate_path: The location of a certificate for SSL. By default, a self-signed certificate is included.
• haproxy_lb_maxconn: The maximum number of connections the load balancer can handle, default is 3000.
• haproxy_rpc_maxconn: The maximum number of RPC connections passed to the Solana RPC software, default is 1000.
• haproxy_rpc_maxconn_pubsub: The maximum number of pubsub connections passed to the Solana RPC software, default is 500.
• haproxy_major_version: The major version of HAproxy to install, default is 2.2.
• haproxy_minor_version: The minor version of HAproxy to install, default is 10.
• haproxy_checksum: Checksum for the HAproxy installation package (sha256sum).

For advanced settings, customize the haproxy.cfg file. A helpful resource for tailoring HAproxy for API use can be found here.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: rpc_nodes
      roles:
         - { role: rpcpool.solana_rpc_haproxy }

License

MIT License

Author Information

This role was created by rpcpool. Contributions, suggestions, and improvements are always welcome.