Load Balancing Strategies: From Theory to Practice with HAProxy

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HAProxy Workshop: Load Balancing and Advanced Configuration

Date & Time

Intended Audience

This workshop is specifically designed for **Senior Systems Engineers** who are looking to deepen their understanding of load balancing and HAProxy configuration.

Description

This workshop is a comprehensive 2-hour session that includes both theoretical concepts and practical hands-on labs, with a short break. The session covers the following topics:

Introduction (5 minutes)

  • Brief overview of load balancing concepts
  • Importance of load balancing in modern infrastructure

Load Balancing Fundamentals (15 minutes)

  • Types of load balancers:
 * Layer 4 (L4) vs. Layer 7 (L7)
  • Common load balancing algorithms:
 * Round Robin
 * Least Connections
 * IP Hash
  • Health checks and failure handling

Introduction to HAProxy (10 minutes)

  • Overview of HAProxy and its key features
  • Architecture and components of HAProxy

HAProxy Configuration Basics (20 minutes)

  • Structure of the HAProxy configuration file
  • Key sections:
 * Frontend
 * Backend
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs) and `use_backend` rules

Advanced HAProxy Features (20 minutes)

  • SSL termination
  • Sticky sessions
  • HTTP rewriting and redirection
  • Logging and monitoring

Live Demo: Setting up HAProxy (30 minutes)

  • Installing HAProxy
  • Configuring a basic load balancer
  • Testing and verifying the setup
  • Demonstration of advanced features

Best Practices and Performance Tuning (10 minutes)

  • Optimization of HAProxy configuration
  • Security considerations
  • Scaling HAProxy

Session Hands-On


Lead Instructor

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