8 articles
How to use Apache httpd as a reverse proxy with mod_proxy — proxying to backend services, load balancing across multiple upstreams, WebSocket proxying, and health check configuration.
An introduction to Envoy Proxy's architecture — listeners, clusters, filters, and the xDS dynamic configuration API. Covers static configuration for standalone use and how Envoy fits into service meshes like Istio.
A comprehensive HAProxy configuration guide covering frontends, backends, balance algorithms, active health checks, SSL termination, ACLs, rate limiting, and the runtime socket API.
Step-by-step guide to building a highly available load balancer pair with HAProxy and Keepalived — covering the full stack from VIP configuration to health checks, stats, and SSL termination.
How to configure Keepalived for automatic failover using VRRP — setting up master/backup pairs, virtual IPs, health-check scripts, and combining it with HAProxy or Nginx for zero-downtime load balancer HA.
Configure HAProxy SSL termination to offload TLS from backend servers, including certificate management, hardening, and SNI-based routing.
Configure Nginx upstream load balancing with round robin, least connections, and IP hash strategies including health checks and failover.
Configure HAProxy for HTTP and TCP load balancing — installation, frontends, backends, health checks, ACLs, SSL termination, and the stats dashboard.