HAProxy

The Reliable, High Performance TCP/HTTP Load Balancer.

Role Variables

• haproxy_user: User that execute haproxy.
• haproxy_group: Group of the user that execute haproxy.
• haproxy_version: Version of HAProxy. Valid versions are: 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and 1.8.
• haproxy_config_dir: Directory where configuration is stored.
• haproxy_log_dir: Directory where logs are stored.
• haproxy_run_dir: Directory where pid file is stored.
• haproxy_global(List<String>): Each element of this list is a line of the GLOBAL section in configuration file.
• haproxy_defaults (List<String>): Each element of this list is a line of the DEFAULTS section in configuration file.
• haproxy_frontend_address (String): Bind address of the frontend. Default: "*"
• haproxy_frontend_port: Frontend port for HAProxy. Default: 10000
• haproxy_servers_balance: Type of load balancer for HAProxy. Default: roundrobin
• haproxy_servers (List<String>): Each element of this list is a backend server.
• haproxy_basic_auth_enabled (Bool): Activate/desactivate the basic authorization.
• haproxy_userlist (List<Dict>): Each element of this list is a dictionary with three items:
  • type (String): type of password (insecure-password, password).
  • user (String): username.
  • password (String): 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