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# Global settings
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
global
log 127.0.0.1 local2 #Log configuration

chroot /var/lib/haproxy
pidfile /var/run/haproxy.pid
maxconn 4000
user haproxy #Haproxy running under user and group "haproxy"
group haproxy
daemon

# turn on stats unix socket
stats socket /var/lib/haproxy/stats

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# common defaults that all the 'listen' and 'backend' sections will
# use if not designated in their block
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defaults
mode http
log global
option httplog
option dontlognull
option http-server-close
option forwardfor except 127.0.0.0/8
option redispatch
retries 3
timeout http-request 10s
timeout queue 1m
timeout connect 10s
timeout client 1m
timeout server 1m
timeout http-keep-alive 10s
timeout check 10s
maxconn 3000

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#HAProxy Monitoring Config
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
listen haproxy3-monitoring *:8080 #Haproxy Monitoring run on port 8080
mode http
option forwardfor
option httpclose
stats enable
stats show-legends
stats refresh 5s
stats uri /stats #URL for HAProxy monitoring
stats realm Haproxy\ Statistics
stats auth howtoforge:howtoforge #User and Password for login to the monitoring dashboard
stats admin if TRUE
default_backend app-main #This is optionally for monitoring backend

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# FrontEnd Configuration
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
frontend main
bind *:80
option http-server-close
option forwardfor
default_backend app-main

#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# BackEnd roundrobin as balance algorithm
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
backend app-main
balance roundrobin #Balance algorithm
option httpchk HEAD / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:\ localhost #Check the server application is up and healty - 200 status code
server nginx1 192.168.1.104:80 check #Nginx1
server nginx2 192.168.1.105:80 check #Nginx2