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| author | Yuriy Andamasov <yuriy@vyos.io> | 2026-05-06 20:42:32 +0300 |
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| committer | Yuriy Andamasov <yuriy@vyos.io> | 2026-05-06 20:42:32 +0300 |
| commit | 5d6fa52b8985f8068314aba26878a1d7d5cb84e5 (patch) | |
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feat: flip swap mechanism — MD as primary, RST as override (Phase 1)
This is the first of three phases inverting the per-page swap mechanism
so MD becomes the canonical primary and RST becomes the rare override.
Phase 1 — file renames + conf.py exclude_patterns flip only:
- Rename docs/**/md-<stem>.md to docs/**/<stem>.md (drop md- prefix)
for all 254 stems previously listed in docs/_swap.txt
- Rename docs/**/<stem>.rst to docs/**/rst-<stem>.rst (add rst- prefix)
for the same 254 stems
- Repurpose docs/_swap.txt as docs/_rst_overrides.txt; initially empty
comment-only since no pages need the RST fallback right now
- conf.py exclude_patterns flipped: rst-*.rst is now excluded by default
instead of md-*.md
- conf.py runtime-artifact references updated to _rst_override_state.json
and _md_exclude.txt (Phase 2 will rewrite swap_sources.py to produce
these names; for now no swap script runs because overrides list is empty)
Phase 2 (next commit on this branch) will rewrite scripts/swap_sources.py
with inverted rename direction, delete scripts/import_myst.py + tests, and
update tests/test_swap_sources.py for the new semantics.
Phase 3 will be the cleanup pass and ready-for-review flip.
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diff --git a/docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.rst b/docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.rst deleted file mode 100644 index d742ec18..00000000 --- a/docs/configuration/loadbalancing/haproxy.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,509 +0,0 @@ -:lastproofread: 2026-04-06 - -############# -HAproxy -############# - -.. include:: /_include/need_improvement.txt - -HAProxy is a load balancer and proxy server that provides -high-availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP (level 4) and -HTTP-based (level 7) applications. - -Configuration -============= - - -Service configuration specifies the port to bind to. Backend -configuration defines the load balancing method and specifies the backend -servers. - -Service -------- - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> listen-address - <address> - - Set the IP address for the service to bind to. By default, the service - listens on all IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> port - <port> - - Create service `<name>` to listen on <port> - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> mode - <tcp|http> - - Configure service `<name>` mode TCP or HTTP - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> backend - <name> - - Configure service `<name>` to use the backend <name> - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> ssl - certificate <name> - - Set the SSL certificate <name> for service <name>. You can define - multiple certificates. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> - http-response-headers <header-name> value <header-value> - - Set custom HTTP headers to include in all responses. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> logging facility - <facility> level <level> - - Specify facility and level for logging. - For an explanation on :ref:`syslog_facilities` and - :ref:`syslog_severity_level`, - see tables in the syslog configuration section. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> timeout client - <seconds> - - Set the maximum inactivity time on the client side for this service. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> http-compression algorithm - <gzip | deflate | identity | raw-deflate> - - Set the compression algorithm to be used when compressing HTTP responses. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> http-compression mime-type - <mime-type> - - Set the list of HTTP response MIME types which haproxy will attempt to - compress, if received uncompressed from backend server. - -Rules -^^^^^ -Rules control and route incoming traffic to specific backends based on -predefined conditions. Rules define matching criteria and specify actions -to perform. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> rule <rule> - domain-name <name> - - Match domain name - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> rule <rule> - ssl <sni> - - SSL match Server Name Indication (SNI) option: - * ``req-ssl-sni`` SSL Server Name Indication (SNI) request match - * ``ssl-fc-sni`` SSL frontend connection Server Name Indication match - * ``ssl-fc-sni-end`` SSL frontend match end of connection Server Name - - Indication - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> rule <rule> - url-path <match> <url> - - Define URL path matching rules for a specific service. Use this command - to specify how to match the URL path against incoming requests. - - The available options for <match> are: - * ``begin`` Matches the beginning of the URL path - * ``end`` Matches the end of the URL path. - * ``exact`` Matches the URL path exactly. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> rule <rule> - set backend <name> - - Assign a specific backend to a rule - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy service <name> rule <rule> - redirect-location <url> - - Redirect URL to a new location. - - -Backend -------- - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> balance - <balance> - - Specify the load balancing algorithm for distributing requests among - available servers. - - Balance algorithms: - * ``source-address`` Distributes requests based on the source IP address - of the client. - * ``round-robin`` Distributes requests in a circular manner, - sequentially sending each request to the next server in line. - * ``least-connection`` Distributes requests to the server with the fewest - active connections. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> mode - <mode> - - Configure backend `<name>` mode TCP or HTTP. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> server - <name> address <x.x.x.x> - - Set the address of the backend server that receives incoming traffic. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> server - <name> port <port> - - Set the address of the backend port. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> server - <name> check - - Active health check backend server. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> server - <name> check port <port> - - Set an alternative port number for health checks. - Overrides the default server port used for TCP/HTTP checks. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> server - <name> send-proxy - - Send a Proxy Protocol version 1 header (text format). - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> server - <name> send-proxy-v2 - - Send a Proxy Protocol version 2 header (binary format). - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> ssl - ca-certificate <ca-certificate> - - Use SSL encryption for backend requests and authenticate the backend - against ``<ca-certificate>``. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> ssl no-verify - - Use SSL encryption for backend requests without validating the server - certificate. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> - http-response-headers <header-name> value <header-value> - - Set custom HTTP headers to include in all responses from the backend. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> logging facility - <facility> level <level> - - Specify facility and level for logging. - For an explanation on :ref:`syslog_facilities` and - :ref:`syslog_severity_level`, - see tables in the :ref:`syslog` configuration section. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> timeout check - <seconds> - - Set the timeout in seconds for established connections. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. - - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> timeout connect - <seconds> - - Set the maximum time to wait for a connection attempt to a server to succeed. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> timeout server - <seconds> - - Set the maximum inactivity time on the server side. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. - - - -Global -------- - -Global configuration parameters: - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy global-parameters max-connections - <num> - - Limit maximum number of connections - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy global-parameters ssl-bind-ciphers - <ciphers> - - Limit the cipher algorithms allowed during SSL/TLS handshake. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy global-parameters tls-version-min - <version> - - Specify the minimum required TLS version 1.2 or 1.3 - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy global-parameters logging - facility <facility> level <level> - - Specify facility and level for logging. - For an explanation on :ref:`syslog_facilities` and - :ref:`syslog_severity_level` - see tables in syslog configuration section. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy timeout check <seconds> - - Set the timeout in seconds for established connections. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. Default is 5 seconds. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy timeout client <seconds> - - Set the maximum inactivity time on the client side. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. Default is 50 seconds. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy timeout connect <seconds> - - Set the maximum time to wait for a connection attempt to a server to succeed. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. Default is 10 seconds. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy timeout server <seconds> - - Set the maximum inactivity time on the server side. - Value range 1-3600 seconds. Default is 50 seconds. - -Health checks -============= - - -HTTP checks ------------ - -Use HTTP health checks to monitor web applications that provide health status -information and determine their availability. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> http-check - - Enables HTTP health checks using OPTION HTTP requests against '/' and - expecting a successful response code in the 200-399 range. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> http-check - method <method> - - Set the HTTP method: ``OPTION``, ``GET``, ``POST``, or ``PUT``. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> http-check - uri <path> - - Set the endpoint to use for health checks. - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> http-check - expect <condition> - - Set the expected result condition for a server to be considered healthy. - - Some possible examples are: - * ``status 200`` Expecting a 200 response code - * ``status 200-399`` Expecting a non-failure response code - * ``string success`` Expecting the string `success` in the response body - - -TCP checks ----------- - -Configure health checks for TCP mode backends. You can configure protocol-aware -checks for a range of Layer 7 protocols: - -.. cfgcmd:: set load-balancing haproxy backend <name> health-check <protocol> - - Available health check protocols: - * ``ldap`` LDAP protocol check. - * ``redis`` Redis protocol check. - * ``mysql`` MySQL protocol check. - * ``pgsql`` PostgreSQL protocol check. - * ``smtp`` SMTP protocol check. - -.. note:: If you specify a server to check but do not configure a - protocol, HAProxy performs a basic TCP health check. A server is online if - it responds to a connection attempt with a valid ``SYN/ACK`` packet. - - -Redirect HTTP to HTTPS -====================== - -Configure a HAProxy service for HTTP that listens on port 80 and redirects -incoming requests to HTTPS: - -.. code-block:: none - - set load-balancing haproxy service http port '80' - set load-balancing haproxy service http redirect-http-to-https - -You can use a different service name; in this example, ``http`` is just for -convenience. - - -Examples -======== - -Level 4 balancing ------------------ - -This configuration enables the TCP reverse proxy for the ``my-tcp-api`` -service. Incoming TCP connections on port 8888 are load balanced across the -backend servers (srv01 and srv02) using the round-robin load balancing -algorithm. - -.. code-block:: none - - set load-balancing haproxy service my-tcp-api backend 'bk-01' - set load-balancing haproxy service my-tcp-api mode 'tcp' - set load-balancing haproxy service my-tcp-api port '8888' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 balance 'round-robin' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 mode 'tcp' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv01 address '192.0.2.11' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv01 port '8881' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv02 address '192.0.2.12' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv02 port '8882' - - -Balancing based on domain name ------------------------------- -The following configuration demonstrates how to use VyOS -to achieve load balancing based on the domain name: - -The HTTP service listens on TCP port 80. - -Rule 10 matches requests with the domain name ``node1.example.com`` and -forwards them to the backend ``bk-api-01``. - -Rule 20 matches requests with the domain name ``node2.example.com`` and -forwards them to the backend ``bk-api-02``. - -.. code-block:: none - - set load-balancing haproxy service http description 'bind app listen on 443 port' - set load-balancing haproxy service http mode 'tcp' - set load-balancing haproxy service http port '80' - - set load-balancing haproxy service http rule 10 domain-name 'node1.example.com' - set load-balancing haproxy service http rule 10 set backend 'bk-api-01' - set load-balancing haproxy service http rule 20 domain-name 'node2.example.com' - set load-balancing haproxy service http rule 20 set backend 'bk-api-02' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-01 description 'My API-1' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-01 mode 'tcp' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-01 server api01 address '127.0.0.1' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-01 server api01 port '4431' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-02 description 'My API-2' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-02 mode 'tcp' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-02 server api01 address '127.0.0.2' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-api-02 server api01 port '4432' - - -Terminate SSL -------------- - -The following configuration terminates SSL on the router. - -The ``http`` service listens on port 80 and redirects HTTP requests to -HTTPS. - -The ``https`` service listens on port 443 with the ``bk-default`` backend -and handles HTTPS traffic using the ``cert`` certificate for SSL termination. -The HSTS header is set with a 1-year expiry to tell browsers to always use -SSL for the site. - -Rule 10 matches requests with the exact URL path ``/.well-known/xxx`` and -redirects them to ``/certs/``. - -Rule 20 matches requests with URL paths ending in ``/mail`` or the exact -path ``/email/bar`` and redirects them to ``/postfix/``. - -Global parameters include a maximum connection limit of 4000 and a minimum -TLS version of 1.3. - - -.. code-block:: none - - set load-balancing haproxy service http description 'Force redirect to HTTPS' - set load-balancing haproxy service http port '80' - set load-balancing haproxy service http redirect-http-to-https - - set load-balancing haproxy service https backend 'bk-default' - set load-balancing haproxy service https description 'listen on 443 port' - set load-balancing haproxy service https mode 'http' - set load-balancing haproxy service https port '443' - set load-balancing haproxy service https ssl certificate 'cert' - set load-balancing haproxy service https http-response-headers Strict-Transport-Security value 'max-age=31536000' - - set load-balancing haproxy service https rule 10 url-path exact '/.well-known/xxx' - set load-balancing haproxy service https rule 10 set redirect-location '/certs/' - set load-balancing haproxy service https rule 20 url-path end '/mail' - set load-balancing haproxy service https rule 20 url-path exact '/email/bar' - set load-balancing haproxy service https rule 20 set redirect-location '/postfix/' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-default description 'Default backend' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-default mode 'http' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-default server sr01 address '192.0.2.23' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-default server sr01 port '80' - - set load-balancing haproxy global-parameters max-connections '4000' - set load-balancing haproxy global-parameters tls-version-min '1.3' - - -SSL Bridging -------------- - -The following configuration terminates incoming HTTPS traffic on the router, -then re-encrypts the traffic and sends it to the backend server via HTTPS. -Use this when encryption is required for both paths but you do not want to -install publicly trusted certificates on each backend server. - -Backend service certificates are checked against the certificate authority -specified in the configuration, which could be an internal CA. - -The ``https`` service listens on port 443 with backend ``bk-bridge-ssl`` to -handle HTTPS traffic. It uses certificate named ``cert`` for SSL termination. - -The ``bk-bridge-ssl`` backend connects to ``sr01`` server on port 443 via HTTPS -and checks backend server has a valid certificate trusted by CA ``cacert`` - - -.. code-block:: none - - set load-balancing haproxy service https backend 'bk-bridge-ssl' - set load-balancing haproxy service https description 'listen on 443 port' - set load-balancing haproxy service https mode 'http' - set load-balancing haproxy service https port '443' - set load-balancing haproxy service https ssl certificate 'cert' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-bridge-ssl description 'SSL backend' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-bridge-ssl mode 'http' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-bridge-ssl ssl ca-certificate 'cacert' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-bridge-ssl server sr01 address '192.0.2.23' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-bridge-ssl server sr01 port '443' - - -Balancing with HTTP health checks ---------------------------------- - -This configuration enables HTTP health checks for backend servers. - -.. code-block:: none - - set load-balancing haproxy service my-tcp-api backend 'bk-01' - set load-balancing haproxy service my-tcp-api mode 'tcp' - set load-balancing haproxy service my-tcp-api port '8888' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 balance 'round-robin' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 mode 'tcp' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 http-check method 'get' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 http-check uri '/health' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 http-check expect 'status 200' - - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv01 address '192.0.2.11' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv01 port '8881' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv01 check - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv02 address '192.0.2.12' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv02 port '8882' - set load-balancing haproxy backend bk-01 server srv02 check port '8892' - |
