How To Install haproxy.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxy.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. haproxy.x86_64 is TCP/HTTP proxy and load balancer for high availability
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxy.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is haproxy.x86_64
HAProxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy which is particularly suited for high availability environments. Indeed, it can - route HTTP requests depending on statically assigned cookies - spread load among several servers while assuring server persistence through the use of HTTP cookies - switch to backup servers in the event a main server fails - accept connections to special ports dedicated to service monitoring - stop accepting connections without breaking existing ones - add, modify, and delete HTTP headers in both directions - block requests matching particular patterns - report detailed status to authenticated users from a URI intercepted by the application
We can use yum to install haproxy.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install haproxy.x86_64.
Install haproxy.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install haproxy.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install haproxy.x86_64
How To Uninstall haproxy.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the haproxy.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove haproxy.x86_64
haproxy.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/haproxy
/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
/etc/logrotate.d/haproxy
/etc/sysconfig/haproxy
/usr/bin/halog
/usr/bin/iprange
/usr/lib/systemd/system/haproxy.service
/usr/sbin/haproxy
/usr/sbin/haproxy-systemd-wrapper
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/README
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/ROADMAP
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/VERSION
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/acl.fig
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/architecture.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/close-options.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/coding-style.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/configuration.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/cookie-options.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/backends-v0.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/backends.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/be-fe-changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/binding-possibilities.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/buffer-redesign.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/buffers.fig
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/config-language.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/connection-reuse.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/cttproxy-changes.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/entities-v2.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/how-it-works.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/http_load_time.url
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/rate-shaping.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/design-thoughts/sess_par_sec.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/acl-content-sw.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/auth.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/build.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/content-sw-sample.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/cttproxy-src.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/examples.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/haproxy.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/option-http_proxy.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/ssl.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/tarpit.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/test-section-kw.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/transparent_proxy.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/examples/url-switching.cfg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/gpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/haproxy-en.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/haproxy-fr.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/haproxy.1
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/acl.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/body-parsing.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/buffer-operations.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/buffer-ops.fig
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/connect-status.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/connection-header.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/connection-scale.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/entities.fig
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/entities.pdf
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/entities.svg
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/entities.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/hashing.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/header-parser-speed.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/header-tree.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/http-cookies.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/http-docs.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/http-parsing.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/naming.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/pattern.dia
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/pattern.pdf
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/polling-states.fig
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/repartition-be-fe-fi.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/sequence.fig
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/stats-v2.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/stream-sock-states.fig
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/internals/todo.cttproxy
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/lgpl.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/proxy-protocol.txt
/usr/share/doc/haproxy-1.5.18/queuing.fig
/usr/share/haproxy
/usr/share/haproxy/400.http
/usr/share/haproxy/403.http
/usr/share/haproxy/408.http
/usr/share/haproxy/500.http
/usr/share/haproxy/502.http
/usr/share/haproxy/503.http
/usr/share/haproxy/504.http
/usr/share/haproxy/README
/usr/share/man/man1/halog.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/haproxy.1.gz
/var/lib/haproxy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxy.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.