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Learn HAProxy - Pre-Requisites Skill & Environment Setup
Before touching HAProxy, you need to master the concepts of TCP/UDP, HTTP, DNS, and the basics of load balancing and reverse proxying. In this episode you set up a Linux environment, install HAProxy and the supporting tools, then verify your first installation.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - History, Background & Why Choose HAProxy
This episode tells the HAProxy story: born as a side project of Willy Tarreau, it grew into the standard open-source load balancer. You also learn how it compares with NGINX, Envoy, and F5, and the best use cases for HAProxy at layers 4 and 7.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - Core Concepts & Main Architecture
This episode dissects HAProxy's anatomy: the five configuration section types (global, defaults, frontend, backend, listen), the request flow inside the event-driven process, and the difference between TCP and HTTP modes along with multiprocess and multithread options.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - Installation & Hello HAProxy
The first hands-on episode: installing HAProxy on Linux, creating a minimal HTTP forwarding configuration, running the service, verifying it with curl, and reading basic logs to confirm traffic is really flowing.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - Frontend & Backend Configuration
This episode goes deep into the two most important sections in HAProxy configuration: frontend and backend. You learn about binding addresses and ports, writing ACLs, using use_backend, creating several frontends and backends, and getting to know the listen section for simple services.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - Load Balancing Algorithms & Health Checks
This episode covers HAProxy's two main engines: server selection algorithms and health checks. You learn about roundrobin, leastconn, source, and uri, understand active and passive health checks, then build a failover strategy using backup servers.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - HTTP Routing, Headers & Rewrite
This episode goes deep into layer 7 HTTP handling: path- and host-based routing, header matching, request and response header manipulation, redirects, and cookie-based persistence to maintain session affinity.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - Logging & Basic Monitoring
This episode makes HAProxy visible: syslog-based logging with a readable format, the statistics page and stats socket for real-time status, and the basics of reading metrics like request rate, response time, and server health status.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - SSL/TLS & Security
This episode brings HAProxy into the HTTPS world: TLS termination at the edge, re-encryption to the backend, HTTP/2 support via ALPN, cipher suite and HSTS tuning, and correct certificate management practices for production.
August 10, 2026
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Learn HAProxy - Advanced Configuration & Runtime API
This episode unlocks dynamic control of HAProxy: changing configuration at runtime through the stats socket, setting server weight and draining without restart, and using stick tables for rate limiting, authentication, and security.
August 10, 2026
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