Installing HAProxy on Ubuntu 18.04

HAProxy is a free, open-source load balancing and proxy solution that allows you to distribute incoming traffic across multiple servers to ensure high availability and performance. It is commonly used to improve the scalability and reliability of web applications.

Here are the steps to install HAProxy on Ubuntu 18.04:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install haproxy

sudo systemctl start haproxy
sudo systemctl enable haproxy

sudo systemctl restart haproxy

1. Update your system's package list by running the following command:
2. Install HAProxy by executing the following command:
3. After the installation is complete, you can start and enable HAProxy to run on system boot using the following commands:
4. By default, HAProxy listens on port 80. You can configure it by editing the configuration file located at /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg. Make sure to backup the original file before making any changes.
5. Once you have made your desired changes, restart HAProxy to apply the new configuration:

Congratulations! You have successfully installed HAProxy on Ubuntu 18.04. You can now use HAProxy to load balance and proxy incoming traffic to your servers.