When the connection for sink_forward_{oc}_applet fails or a previous one is destroyed, the sft->appctx is instantly released. However process_sink_forward_task(), which may run at any time, iterates over all known sfts and tries to create sessions for orphan ones. It means that instantly after sft->appctx is destroyed, a new one will be created, thus a new connection attempt will be made. It can be an issue with tcp log-servers or sink servers, because if the server is unavailable, process_sink_forward() will keep looping without any temporisation until the applet survives (ie: connection succeeds), which results in unexpected CPU usage on the threads responsible for that task. Instead, we add a tempo logic so that a delay of 1second is applied between two retries. Of course the initial attempt is not delayed. This could be backported to all stable versions.
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.