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Install HAProxy on Ubuntu VPS

Category: VPS Setup

Set up HAProxy—a load balancer—on an Ubuntu VPS—install with

apt install haproxy

edit /etc/haproxy/haproxy cfg:

frontend http_front\n bind *:80\n default_backend http_back\nbackend http_back\n server s1 192.168.1.101:80

Restart with

systemctl restart haproxy

open port with

ufw allow 80

On DigitalOcean test with

curl http://ip

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