Course Code:
hapbsp
Duration:
14 hours
Course Outline:
Day 1 - Introduction and Core Concepts
- Security Configuration in HAProxy
- SSL/TLS offloading and termination
- Enforcing HTTPS and redirect rules
- ACLs (Access Control Lists) for security
- Rate limiting and DDoS protection
- Authentication mechanisms (Basic, OAuth, etc.)
- Best Practices for Securing HAProxy
- Protecting against common attacks (SQL injection, XSS, etc.)
- Hardening HAProxy with firewalls and network rules
- Securing logs and sensitive data
Day 2 - Advanced Configuration and Performance Optimization
- Managing HAProxy Upgrades
- Upgrade strategies (in-place vs. rolling upgrades)
- Zero-downtime upgrades with graceful reloads
- Backup and rollback strategies
- Optimizing and Tuning HAProxy
- Tuning for performance: CPU, memory, and network optimizations
- Connection management and session persistence
- Load balancing optimization techniques
- Scaling HAProxy with horizontal scaling
- Monitoring and Metrics
- Setting up HAProxy stats and dashboard
- Integrating HAProxy with Prometheus, Grafana, and other monitoring tools
- Analyzing metrics for performance bottlenecks
- Log management and troubleshooting
- Best Practices for HAProxy Deployment
- High availability and failover strategies
- Configuring redundancy and load distribution
- Best practices for maintaining configurations
- Backup and disaster recovery considerations