You have this: reqrep ^([^\ ]*)\ /web1/(.*) \1\ /\2 I think you want this: reqrep ^([^\ ]*\ /)web1[/]?(.*) \1\2 The difference being that the second one will work if the / after webN is omitted. In answer to your comment below, going in to detail about how the expressions above work is more effort than … Read more
The most common load balancing algorithms for HTTP load balancers are IMHO: Round Robin (sometimes called “Next in Loop”). Weighted Round Robin — as Round Robin, but some servers get a larger share of the overall traffic. Random. Source IP hash. Connections are distributed to backend servers based on the source IP address. If a … Read more
That is not correct. There would be a stats page on http://yoursite.com:1935/haproxy?stats To overcome this add another listener- listen stats :1936 mode http stats enable stats hide-version stats realm Haproxy\ Statistics stats uri / stats auth Username:Password Then go to http://yoursite.com:1936/ and login. Make sure your firewall isn’t blocking this request.
Update (28 Aug 2012): I now tend to use haproxyctl nowadays, which utilizes the methods described below. I’ve fixed it after a little more research, for anyone else with the same issue:- You can add a unix socket in your config, then interact with that (here are the possible commands). To set up: sudo nano … Read more
Your confusion is reasonable – they are often the same thing. But not always. When you refer to a load balancer you are referring to a very specific thing – a server or device that balances inbound requests across two or more web servers to spread the load. A reverse proxy, however, typically has any … Read more