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7/24/2026

Deploying HAProxy on Ubuntu 22.04
Short summary
A practical guide to deploying HAProxy on Ubuntu 22.04 as a load balancer in front of two Apache backend servers. Covers installation, frontend/backend configuration with round-robin balancing and health checks, stats dashboard setup, and firewall rules. Includes backend server configuration with distinguishable test pages and verification steps for confirming traffic distribution.
- •Installs and configures HAProxy with round-robin load balancing and health checks
- •Sets up live stats dashboard on port 8404 with auth
- •Covers backend Apache setup and firewall configuration for private network
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