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Ansible role to install and configure HAProxy.

Sponsor

Building and improving this Ansible role have been sponsored by my current and previous employers like Cloudpunks GmbH and Proact Deutschland GmbH.

Table of contents

Requirements

  • Minimum Ansible version: 2.10

Default Variables

haproxy_acls

List of acl file definitions

Default value

haproxy_acls:
  - name: private
    whitelist:
      - 10.10.0.0/20

Example usage

haproxy_acls:
  - name: office
    whitelist:
      - 192.168.1.1/24
      - 10.0.0.0/20
  - name: remote
    whitelist:
       - 10.1.0.0/24
  - name: ancient
    state: absent

haproxy_backends

List of backends

Default value

haproxy_backends: []

Example usage

haproxy_backends:
  - name: backend1
    content: |
      mode tcp
      server backend1 localhost:1337
  - name: backend2
    settings:
      - mode http
    options:
      - tcp-smart-connect
    defaults:
      - tfo
      - check
    smart_connect: true
    retry_on:
      - conn-failure
      - empty-response
      - response-timeout
    csp: true
    servers:
      - server1:8080
      - server2:8080
      - server3:8080

haproxy_blocks

List of combined frontend and backends

Default value

haproxy_blocks: []

Example usage

haproxy_blocks:
  - name: foobar
    frontends: |
      bind 0.0.0.0:8080
      log global
      mode tcp
      use_backend foobar
    backends: |
      log global
      mode tcp
      server foobar-01 foobar.example.com:8080 check
  - name: barfoo
    frontends:
      - name: barfoo1
        content: |
          ...
      - name: barfoo2
        content: |
          ...
      - name: barfoo3
        content: |
          ...
    backends:
      - name: backend1
        content: |
          ...
      - name: backend2
        content: |
          ...
      - name: backend3
        content: |
          ...

haproxy_client_timeout

Default value

haproxy_client_timeout: 600s

haproxy_config

Raw configuration for the HAProxy

Default value

haproxy_config:

Example usage

haproxy_config: |
  global
    log /dev/log local0
    chroot /var/lib/haproxy
    ...

  defaults
    log global
    mode http
    ...

  frontend incoming
    bind 0.0.0.0:80
    bind 0.0.0.0:443 alpn h2,http/1.1,http/1.0 ssl crt /etc/haproxy/ssl/
    ...

haproxy_connect_timeout

Global default tunnel timeout

Default value

haproxy_connect_timeout: 600s

haproxy_content_type_options

X-Content-Type-Options header if security headers are enabled

Default value

haproxy_content_type_options: nosniff

haproxy_default_backend

Default fallback backend

Default value

haproxy_default_backend: fallback

haproxy_enable_maintenance

Enable or disable the maintenance backend

Default value

haproxy_enable_maintenance: false

haproxy_enable_security_headers

Enable general security headers

Default value

haproxy_enable_security_headers: true

haproxy_error_list

List of supported error pages

Default value

haproxy_error_list:
  - 400
  - 403
  - 405
  - 408
  - 429
  - 500
  - 502
  - 503
  - 504

haproxy_error_pages

Path to error page files

Default value

haproxy_error_pages: errors

haproxy_expect_ct

Expect-CT header if security headers are enabled

Default value

haproxy_expect_ct: max-age=0

haproxy_exporter_binding

Address to bind the Prometheus exporter

Default value

haproxy_exporter_binding: 0.0.0.0

haproxy_frame_options

X-Frame-Options header if security headers are enabled

Default value

haproxy_frame_options: SAMEORIGIN

haproxy_frontends

List of frontends

Default value

haproxy_frontends: []

Example usage

haproxy_frontends:
  - name: frontend1
    content: |
      bind 0.0.0.0:1337
      mode tcp
      use_backend backend1
  - name: frontend2
    content: |
      bind 0.0.0.0:1338
      mode tcp
      use_backend backend2

haproxy_global_maxconn

Globally defined max connections

Default value

haproxy_global_maxconn: 32000

haproxy_http_logging

Logging format for HTTP frontends

Default value

haproxy_http_logging: '{"host":"%H","ident":"haproxy","pid":%pid,"timestamp":"%Tl","haproxy":{"conn":{"act":%ac,"fe":%fc,"be":%bc,"srv":%sc},"queue":{"backend":%bq,"srv":%sq},"time":{"tq":%Tq,"tw":%Tw,"tc":%Tc,"tr":%Tr,"tt":%Tt},"termination_state":"%tsc","retries":%rc,"network":{"client_ip":"%ci","client_port":%cp,"frontend_ip":"%fi","frontend_port":%fp},"ssl":{"version":"%sslv","ciphers":"%sslc"},"request":{"method":"%HM","uri":"%HP","protocol":"%HV","header":{"host":"%[capture.req.hdr(0),json(utf8s)]","referer":"%[capture.req.hdr(1),json(utf8s)]"}},"name":{"backend":"%b","frontend":"%ft","server":"%s"},"response":{"status_code":%ST,"location":"%[capture.res.hdr(0),json(utf8s)]"},"bytes":{"uploaded":%U,"read":%B}}}'

haproxy_incoming

Configuration for the incoming frontend

Default value

haproxy_incoming:

Example usage

haproxy_incoming: |
  acl domain1-host req.hdr(host) -m dom -i example.com
  use_backend domain1 if domain1-host

haproxy_incoming_binding

Address to bind the incoming frontend

Default value

haproxy_incoming_binding: 0.0.0.0

haproxy_keyring

Path for the repository keyring

Default value

haproxy_keyring: /usr/share/keyrings/haproxy-archive-keyring.gpg

haproxy_letsencrypt_backend

Default letsencrypt backend

Default value

haproxy_letsencrypt_backend: fallback

haproxy_log_address

Address to log into

Default value

haproxy_log_address: /dev/log

haproxy_log_extra

Extra options for global log definiton

Default value

haproxy_log_extra:

haproxy_log_facility

Facility to log

Default value

haproxy_log_facility: local0

haproxy_maintenance_backend

Backend used for maintenance mode

Default value

haproxy_maintenance_backend: maintenance

haproxy_maintenance_filter

Filter to apply skip maintenance mode

Default value

haproxy_maintenance_filter: '!private-network'

haproxy_peers

List of clustering peers

Default value

haproxy_peers: []

Example usage

haproxy_peers:
  - name: haproxy-01
    address: 192.168.1.2
  - name: haproxy-02
    address: 192.168.1.3

haproxy_queue_timeout

Default value

haproxy_queue_timeout: 600s

haproxy_referer_policy

Referrer-Policy header if security headers are enabled

Default value

haproxy_referer_policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade

haproxy_retry_on

List of default retry-on options for backends

Default value

haproxy_retry_on:
  - conn-failure
  - empty-response
  - response-timeout

haproxy_selfsigned_country

Country for selfsigned default cert

Default value

haproxy_selfsigned_country: DE

haproxy_selfsigned_email

Email for selfsigned default cert

Default value

haproxy_selfsigned_email: root@localhost

haproxy_selfsigned_locality

City for selfsigned default cert

Default value

haproxy_selfsigned_locality: Nuremberg

haproxy_selfsigned_org

Organisation for selfsigned default cert

Default value

haproxy_selfsigned_org: HAProxy

haproxy_selfsigned_state

State for selfsigned default cert

Default value

haproxy_selfsigned_state: Bavaria

haproxy_selfsigned_unit

Unit for selfsigned default cert

Default value

haproxy_selfsigned_unit: DevOps

haproxy_server_timeout

Default value

haproxy_server_timeout: 600s

haproxy_skip_configuration

Skip the configuration and don't touch it

Default value

haproxy_skip_configuration: false

haproxy_ssl_ciphers

List of ciphers used for SSL connections

Default value

haproxy_ssl_ciphers:
  - ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
  - ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
  - ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
  - ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
  - ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305
  - ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305
  - DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
  - DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

haproxy_ssl_ciphersuites

List of ciphersuites used for SSL connections

Default value

haproxy_ssl_ciphersuites:
  - TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
  - TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  - TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256

haproxy_ssl_options

List of options used for SSL connections

Default value

haproxy_ssl_options:
  - no-sslv3
  - no-tlsv10
  - no-tlsv11
  - no-tls-tickets

haproxy_sslredirect_filter

Filter to apply an redirect to HTTPS

Default value

haproxy_sslredirect_filter: http !letsencrypt

haproxy_tcp_logging

Logging format for TCP frontends

Default value

haproxy_tcp_logging: '{"host":"%H","ident":"haproxy","pid":%pid,"timestamp":"%Tl","haproxy":{"conn":{"act":%ac,"fe":%fc,"be":%bc,"srv":%sc},"queue":{"backend":%bq,"srv":%sq},"time":{"tw":%Tw,"tc":%Tc,"tt":%Tt},"termination_state":"%tsc","retries":%rc,"network":{"client_ip":"%ci","client_port":%cp,"frontend_ip":"%fi","frontend_port":%fp},"name":{"backend":"%b","frontend":"%ft","server":"%s"},"bytes":{"uploaded":%U,"read":%B}}}'

haproxy_tunnel_timeout

Default value

haproxy_tunnel_timeout: 600s

haproxy_userlists

List of userlist definitions

Default value

haproxy_userlists: []

Example usage

haproxy_userlists:
  - name: example
    users:
      - username: username1
        password: $6$To5YrYYRjY/.utPQ$hPTAoVJrf5heTtFBFDJIJz58X15fNQ5MD0qqkt4.MSHjyqyyE8cNoZRqr7qBLh/h/VgdcNQiHCd6VvB8av70t0
      - username: username2
        password: $6$kZ/4XMtsx$2v4XFur04PG3iWnBKSJMm03.TqYachWUrfsMTayVFhtOZ7y8LO7GubBZK4P7.TQhwUjYeZ3UpmC0VO5V8JLfi/
      - username: username3
        password: $6$.1t20Tfh8pocL2$0YX7s.Yrze6Vge1XI.Fs.FvegmqZSkg2sdFXjFi271LNwOC1lRtf.F46PIOIYmsVfjpEu86scRNpY/MqA/tE0/

haproxy_version

Version of the PPA repo to use

Default value

haproxy_version: 3.2

haproxy_xss_protection

X-XSS-Protection header if security headers are enabled

Default value

haproxy_xss_protection: 1; mode=block

haprxy_http_reuse

Declare how idle HTTP connections may be shared between requests

Default value

haprxy_http_reuse: always

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haproxy

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License

Apache-2.0

Author

Thomas Boerger

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