serlophug.haproxy

HAProxy =========

A dependable and high-performance load balancer for TCP and HTTP.

Role Variables

• haproxy_user: The user that runs HAProxy.
• haproxy_group: The group of the user that runs HAProxy.
• haproxy_version: The version of HAProxy to use. Valid options: 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8.
• haproxy_config_dir: The folder where configuration files are stored.
• haproxy_log_dir: The folder where log files are kept.
• haproxy_run_dir: The folder where the PID file is located.
• haproxy_global (List<String>): Lines for the GLOBAL section in the configuration file.
• haproxy_defaults (List<String>): Lines for the DEFAULTS section in the configuration file.
• haproxy_frontend_address (String): The address for the frontend. Default is "*".
• haproxy_frontend_port: The port for HAProxy's frontend. Default is 10000.
• haproxy_servers_balance: The load balancing method for HAProxy. Default is roundrobin.
• haproxy_servers (List<String>): Each entry is a backend server.
• haproxy_basic_auth_enabled (Bool): Enables or disables basic authentication.
• haproxy_userlist (List<Dict>): Each entry is a dictionary with three items:
  • type (String): Password type (insecure-password, password).
  • user (String): The username.
  • password (String): The password.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: localhost
      vars: 
        haproxy_group: haproxy
        haproxy_user: haproxy
        haproxy_version: 1.7
        haproxy_global:
          - "daemon"
          - "maxconn 256"
          - "user {{ haproxy_user }}"
          - "group {{ haproxy_group }}"
        
        haproxy_frontend_port: 80
        haproxy_servers_balance: roundrobin
        haproxy_servers: 
          - "s1 172.17.0.4:80"
          - "s2 172.17.0.5:80"

      roles:
         - { role: serlophug.haproxy }

License

Apache 2.0