Here most of the options have been set by default, main things to change here are ‘ frontend‘ & ‘ backend‘ sections. Now the make the changes, add the following frontend‘ & ‘ backend‘ section at the end of the file. $ sudo cp /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg-org ‘/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg’ and then make the configuration changes for load balancing the two SMTP servers,īefore making the changes, take backup of its configuration file using cp command. We will now make the changes to main HAProxy configuration file i.e. The IP address for haproxy server is 192.168.1.100. Load balancing a Mail server with HAProxyįor this example, we will be using two SMTP servers with the IP adresse 192.168.1.10 & 192.168.1.20 respectively. For purpose of this guide, we will configure HAProxy to load balance the requests from a mail server & a web server. To validate the haproxy service status, run following $ sudo systemctl status haproxy Haproxy service starts automatically when we install haproxy package. To verify the haproxy version, run $ haproxy -v' $ sudo apt update$ sudo apt install haproxy -y Note: At the time of writing this article, HAProxy 2.6 is available via PPA. Now, run following apt command to install haproxy

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vbernat/haproxy-2.6 -y

So to install latest version, enable HAProxy PPA, run $ sudo apt install software-properties-common HAProxy package is available in the default package repositories but it is not the latest and stable version. $ sudo reboot Step 2) Install latest HAProxy Once all the updates are installed, reboot the system once. Login to Ubuntu 20.04 system and install all the available updated using beneath apt command, $ sudo apt update Without any further delay, let’s deep dive into HAProxy installation steps.

Ventoy ubuntu 20.04