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Multipath TCP (MPTCP), standardized in RFC8684 [1], is a TCP extension
that enables a TCP connection to use different paths.
Multipath TCP has been used for several use cases. On smartphones, MPTCP
enables seamless handovers between cellular and Wi-Fi networks while
preserving established connections. This use-case is what pushed Apple
to use MPTCP since 2013 in multiple applications [2]. On dual-stack
hosts, Multipath TCP enables the TCP connection to automatically use the
best performing path, either IPv4 or IPv6. If one path fails, MPTCP
automatically uses the other path.
To benefit from MPTCP, both the client and the server have to support
it. Multipath TCP is a backward-compatible TCP extension that is enabled
by default on recent Linux distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat, ...).
Multipath TCP is included in the Linux kernel since version 5.6 [3]. To
use it on Linux, an application must explicitly enable it when creating
the socket. No need to change anything else in the application.
This attached patch adds MPTCP per address support, to be used with:
mptcp{,4,6}@<address>[:port1[-port2]]
MPTCP v4 and v6 protocols have been added: they are mainly a copy of the
TCP ones, with small differences: names, proto, and receivers lists.
These protocols are stored in __protocol_by_family, as an alternative to
TCP, similar to what has been done with QUIC. By doing that, the size of
__protocol_by_family has not been increased, and it behaves like TCP.
MPTCP is both supported for the frontend and backend sides.
Also added an example of configuration using mptcp along with a backend
allowing to experiment with it.
Note that this is a re-implementation of Björn's work from 3 years ago
[4], when haproxy's internals were probably less ready to deal with
this, causing his work to be left pending for a while.
Currently, the TCP_MAXSEG socket option doesn't seem to be supported
with MPTCP [5]. This results in a warning when trying to set the MSS of
sockets in proto_tcp:tcp_bind_listener.
This can be resolved by adding two new variables:
sock_inet(6)_mptcp_maxseg_default that will hold the default
value of the TCP_MAXSEG option. Note that for the moment, this
will always be -1 as the option isn't supported. However, in the
future, when the support for this option will be added, it should
contain the correct value for the MSS, allowing to correctly
set the TCP_MAXSEG option.
Link: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8684.html [1]
Link: https://www.tessares.net/apples-mptcp-story-so-far/ [2]
Link: https://www.mptcp.dev [3]
Link: https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/issues/1028 [4]
Link: https://github.com/multipath-tcp/mptcp_net-next/issues/515 [5]
Co-authored-by: Dorian Craps <dorian.craps@student.vinci.be>
Co-authored-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
HAProxy
HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.
Installation
The INSTALL file describes how to build HAProxy. A list of packages is also available on the wiki.
Getting help
The discourse and the mailing-list are available for questions or configuration assistance. You can also use the slack or IRC channel. Please don't use the issue tracker for these.
The issue tracker is only for bug reports or feature requests.
Documentation
The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for ease of use. It is available in text format as well as HTML. The wiki is also meant to replace the old architecture guide.
Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for:
- INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
- BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
- LICENSE for the project's license
- CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions
The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory:
- doc/intro.txt for a quick introduction on HAProxy
- doc/configuration.txt for the configuration's reference manual
- doc/lua.txt for the Lua's reference manual
- doc/SPOE.txt for how to use the SPOE engine
- doc/network-namespaces.txt for how to use network namespaces under Linux
- doc/management.txt for the management guide
- doc/regression-testing.txt for how to use the regression testing suite
- doc/peers.txt for the peers protocol reference
- doc/coding-style.txt for how to adopt HAProxy's coding style
- doc/internals for developer-specific documentation (not all up to date)
License
HAProxy is licensed under GPL 2 or any later version, the headers under LGPL 2.1. See the LICENSE file for a more detailed explanation.