The HAProxy load balancer supports a range of free open-source OS. In this guide, we will cover one of the simpler methods of deploying HAProxy on the Debian OS via the haproxy.debian.net service. The procedure is as follows:
1.Open the installation service page by clicking https://haproxy.debian.net/
2.Select the OS and its version, afterwards select the HAProxy version (Fig. 1).
Fig. 1 Populating parameters for HAProxy setup
Note
Use the cat /etc/issue command to check the version of the currently installed Debian OS.
As a result, the service will generate a set of commands that must be executed in the Debian OS to install HAProxy.
Fig. 2 Example of HAProxy installation commands generated by the haproxy.debian.net service
3.Execute the generated commands one after another.
For example, to install HAProxy of version 1.8 on Debian 8 (Jessie), execute the following commands:
echo deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main | \
tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
echo deb http://haproxy.debian.net jessie-backports-1.8 main | \
tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/haproxy.list
apt-get update
apt-get install haproxy -t jessie-backports\*
Attention
Since HAProxy and Debian are constantly being updated and amended, we recommend using the https://haproxy.debian.net/ service for receiving the up-to-date commands. The commands listed here are merely examples.
