HAProxy
Sign in to saveHAProxy is a free and open source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy (forward proxy, reverse proxy) for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spreads requests across multiple servers. It is written in C and has a reputation for being fast and efficient (in terms of processor and memory usage).
Key facts
- Software.name
- HAProxy
- Software.logo
- haproxy-logo.png
- Software.author
- Willy Tarreau
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.operating system
- Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris (8/9/10), AIX (5.1–5.3), macOS, Cygwin
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License Version 2
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Features
- HAProxy Community vs HAProxy Enterprise
- ALOHA
- Versions
- Performance
- Similar software
- See also
- References
- External links
HAProxy is a free and open source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy (forward proxy, reverse proxy) for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spreads requests across multiple servers. It is written in C and has a reputation for being fast and efficient (in terms of processor and memory usage).
HAProxy is used by a number of high-profile websites including GoDaddy, GitHub, Bitbucket, Stack Overflow, Reddit, Slack, Speedtest.net, Tumblr, Twitter and Tuenti and is used in the OpsWorks product from Amazon Web Services.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “HAProxy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.