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Amaury Denoyelle f3127df74d MINOR: proxy: add refcount to proxies
Implement refcount notion into proxy structure. The objective is to be
able to increment refcount on proxy to prevent its deletion temporarily.
This is similar to the server refcount : "del backend" is not blocked
and will remove the targetted instance from the global proxies_list.
However, the final free operation is delayed until the refcount is null.

As stated above, the API is similar to servers. Proxies are initialized
with a refcount of 1. Refcount can be incremented via proxy_take(). When
no longer useful, refcount is decremented via proxy_drop() which
replaces the older free_proxy(). Deinit is only performed once refcount
is null.

This commit also defines flag PR_FL_DELETED. It is set when a proxy
instance has been removed via a "del backend" CLI command. This should
serve as indication to modules which may still have a refcount on the
target proxy so that they can release it as soon as possible.

Note that this new refcount is completely ignored for a default proxy
instance. For them, proxy_take() is pure noop. Free is immediately
performed on first proxy_drop() invokation.
2026-03-02 10:44:59 +01:00
.github CI: remove redundant "halog" compilation 2026-02-23 11:11:26 +01:00
addons MINOR: promex: use watcher to iterate over backend instances 2026-02-27 10:28:24 +01:00
admin MEDIUM: systemd: implement directory loading 2026-01-16 09:55:33 +01:00
dev DEV: term-events: Fix hanshake events decoding 2026-02-18 09:44:15 +01:00
doc MINOR: proxy: define a basic "del backend" CLI 2026-02-27 10:28:24 +01:00
examples MINOR: mailers: warn if mailers are configured but not actually used 2025-06-27 16:41:18 +02:00
include MINOR: proxy: add refcount to proxies 2026-03-02 10:44:59 +01:00
reg-tests REGTESTS: fix quoting in feature cmd which prevents test execution 2026-02-17 18:31:29 +01:00
scripts CI: vtest: move the vtest2 URL to vinyl-cache.org 2026-02-18 16:29:46 +01:00
src MINOR: proxy: add refcount to proxies 2026-03-02 10:44:59 +01:00
tests TESTS: quic: add unit-tests for QUIC TX part 2025-09-08 14:49:03 +02:00
.cirrus.yml CI: cirrus-ci: bump FreeBSD image to 14-3 2025-10-09 14:06:48 +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 DOC: clarify the experimental status for certain features 2025-10-17 18:41:13 +02:00
BSDmakefile BUILD: makefile: commit the tiny FreeBSD makefile stub 2023-05-24 17:17:36 +02:00
CHANGELOG [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev5 2026-02-19 16:26:52 +01:00
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 2025-11-26 16:11:47 +01:00
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 MINOR: haterm: new "haterm" utility 2026-02-19 15:45:01 +01:00
README.md DOC: remove openssl no-deprecated CI image 2026-02-19 10:39:23 +01:00
SUBVERS BUILD: use format tags in VERDATE and SUBVERS files 2013-12-10 11:22:49 +01:00
VERDATE [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev5 2026-02-19 16:26:52 +01:00
VERSION [RELEASE] Released version 3.4-dev5 2026-02-19 16:26:52 +01:00

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.