How to configure Haproxy load balancer

Question

Hi Guys,

I have my web server in docker container. But when more traffic comes to my page, it is not able to handle the traffic. So I want to implement load balancing concept using Haproxy.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

Yes you can implement load balancing concept using Haproxy. Use the below given steps.

• Install Haproxy software.

$ yum install haproxy

• Open /etc/haproxy/haproxy.conf and set front end and back end ip.

• Start service of Haproxy.

$ systemctl start haproxy

$ systemctl enable haproxy

• Stop firewall.

$ systemctl stop firewalld

Hope this will help.