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Alexander Stephan 47b20a72e2 MINOR: server: distinguish name references with new SRV_F_NAME_REFD flag
Until now, every form of "this server is referenced by something in the
running config" was collapsed onto a single flag, SRV_F_NON_PURGEABLE,
which prevents the server from being removed via 'del server'. This
catches everything but conflates two distinct properties:

  - the server object itself is pinned by another runtime structure
    (e.g. DNS resolution attached to it), versus
  - the server's *name* is referenced statically (use-server rules,
    track chains, sample-fetch arguments of type ARGT_SRV)

These differ for any operation that touches the name but not the
object identity, e.g. the runtime rename feature added next. Removing
a name-referenced server is still forbidden (the rule text would
dangle), but renaming such a server should also be forbidden for the
same reason - while renaming a resolver-pinned server is fine, since
the resolver holds the object pointer and doesn't care about the name.

Introduce SRV_F_NAME_REFD for the name-reference case and move the
three name-based setters (sample.c ARGT_SRV resolution, proxy.c
use-server resolution, server.c track chain setup) from
SRV_F_NON_PURGEABLE to SRV_F_NAME_REFD. The resolvers.c call site
keeps SRV_F_NON_PURGEABLE since it is the object-pinned case.

Adjust 'del server' to check both flags so the set of servers it
refuses to remove is unchanged: same observable behavior, just a
richer internal taxonomy.

A subsequent patch introducing 'set server name' will gate on
SRV_F_NAME_REFD only.
2026-07-01 09:11:18 +02:00
.github CI: github: remove OpenTracing leftovers 2026-06-26 16:45:38 +02:00
addons MAJOR: ot: remove deprecated OpenTracing support 2026-06-26 11:27:07 +02:00
admin CLEANUP: admin/halog: improve handling of memory allocation errors 2026-05-31 10:30:00 +02:00
dev DEV: patchbot: prepare for new version 3.5-dev 2026-06-03 14:56:22 +02:00
doc MAJOR: ot: remove deprecated OpenTracing support 2026-06-26 11:27:07 +02:00
examples EXAMPLES: lua/acme: fix acme-gandi-livedns.lua configuration example 2026-06-15 13:50:22 +02:00
include MINOR: server: distinguish name references with new SRV_F_NAME_REFD flag 2026-07-01 09:11:18 +02:00
reg-tests MAJOR: proxy: remove support for "dispatch" and "transparent" proxy keywords 2026-06-26 10:51:16 +02:00
scripts MAJOR: ot: remove deprecated OpenTracing support 2026-06-26 11:27:07 +02:00
src MINOR: server: distinguish name references with new SRV_F_NAME_REFD flag 2026-07-01 09:11:18 +02:00
tests TESTS: quic: add unit-tests for QUIC TX part 2025-09-08 14:49:03 +02:00
.gitattributes MINOR: Configure the cpp userdiff driver for *.[ch] in .gitattributes 2021-02-22 18:17:57 +01:00
.gitignore MINOR: tevt/dev: Add term_events tool 2025-01-31 10:41:50 +01:00
.mailmap DOC: update Tim's address in .mailmap 2021-09-16 09:14:14 +02:00
.travis.yml MEDIUM: mworker: remove USE_SYSTEMD requirement for -Ws 2024-11-20 12:07:38 +01:00
BRANCHES CLEANUP: tree-wide: fix typos in user-invisible files 2026-05-13 17:03:48 +02:00
BSDmakefile BUILD: makefile: commit the tiny FreeBSD makefile stub 2023-05-24 17:17:36 +02:00
CHANGELOG [RELEASE] Released version 3.5-dev1 2026-06-25 16:53:19 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING CLEANUP: assorted typo fixes in the code and comments 2025-04-02 11:12:20 +02:00
INSTALL MINOR: version: mention that it's development again 2026-06-03 15:25:53 +02:00
LICENSE LICENSE: add licence exception for OpenSSL 2012-09-07 13:52:26 +02:00
MAINTAINERS MAJOR: spoe: Let the SPOE back into the game 2024-05-22 09:04:38 +02:00
Makefile MAJOR: ot: remove deprecated OpenTracing support 2026-06-26 11:27:07 +02:00
README.md CI: github: replace cirrus by a vmactions/freebsd-vm job 2026-06-03 11:20:31 +02:00
SUBVERS BUILD: use format tags in VERDATE and SUBVERS files 2013-12-10 11:22:49 +01:00
VERDATE [RELEASE] Released version 3.5-dev1 2026-06-25 16:53:19 +02:00
VERSION [RELEASE] Released version 3.5-dev1 2026-06-25 16:53:19 +02:00

HAProxy

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HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable reverse-proxy offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

Installation

The INSTALL file describes how to build HAProxy. A list of packages is also available on the wiki.

Getting help

The discourse and the mailing-list are available for questions or configuration assistance. You can also use the slack or IRC channel. Please don't use the issue tracker for these.

The issue tracker is only for bug reports or feature requests.

Documentation

The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for ease of use. It is available in text format as well as HTML. The wiki is also meant to replace the old architecture guide.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for:

  • INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy
  • BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use
  • LICENSE for the project's license
  • CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory:

License

HAProxy is licensed under GPL 2 or any later version, the headers under LGPL 2.1. See the LICENSE file for a more detailed explanation.