HAProxy
HAProxy is a free and open source software that provides a high availability load balancer and proxy (forward proxy, reverse proxy) for TCP and HTTP-based applications that spreads requests across multiple servers. It is written in C and has a reputation for being fast and efficient (in terms of…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2001
- Category
- cloud_infrastructure
- Problem solved
- HAProxy was created to solve the problem of efficiently distributing network traffic to multiple servers, ensuring high availability and performance for web applications, especially under heavy loads. It aimed to provide a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable open-source alternative to expensive hardware load balancers and less specialized software proxies of the time, addressing challenges in scalability, reliability, and detailed traffic management.
- Platforms
- macos, FreeBSD, linux, Solaris, Linux, unix, web, Other Unix-like systems
Related technologies
Notable users
- Airbnb
- Stack Overflow
- DigitalOcean
- GoDaddy
- GitHub
- Booking.com