Ansible Role: HAProxy

Installs HAProxy for kubernetes on Ubuntu Linux servers.

Note: This role officially supports HAProxy versions 2.3.2.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

haproxy_frontend_name: 'kube-apiserver-https'
haproxy_frontend_port: 8443
haproxy_frontend_mode: 'tcp'

HAProxy frontend configuration directives.

haproxy_backend_name: 'kube-apiserver-backend'
haproxy_backend_mode: 'tcp'
haproxy_backend_balance_method: 'roundrobin'

HAProxy backend configuration directives.

haproxy_backend_servers:
  - name: app1
    address: 192.168.0.1:80
  - name: app2
    address: 192.168.0.2:80

A list of backend servers (name and address) to which HAProxy will distribute requests.

haproxy_connect_timeout: 5000
haproxy_client_timeout: 600000
haproxy_server_timeout: 600000

A list of extra global variables to add to the global configuration section inside haproxy.cfg.

Example Playbook

- hosts: kubernetes-master
  become: true
  roles:
    - { role: kcih4518.haproxy }

Author Information

This role was created in 2022 by Avery Yang.