How To Install haproxy on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxy
on CentOS 7.
What is haproxy
HAProxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy which is particularly suited for high availability environments. Indeed, it can - route HTTP requests depending on statically assigned cookies - spread load among several servers while assuring server persistence through the use of HTTP cookies - switch to backup servers in the event a main server fails - accept connections to special ports dedicated to service monitoring - stop accepting connections without breaking existing ones - add, modify, and delete HTTP headers in both directions - block requests matching particular patterns - report detailed status to authenticated users from a URI intercepted by the application
We can use yum
or dnf
to install haproxy
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install haproxy.
Install haproxy on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install haproxy
using yum
by running the following command:
Install haproxy on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install haproxy
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall haproxy on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the haproxy
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxy
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.