HAProxy In-Depth: Definitive Reference for Developers and Engineers

"HAProxy In-Depth"

Delve into the heart of high-performance application delivery with "HAProxy In-Depth," the definitive technical guide for architects, engineers, and DevOps professionals seeking mastery over one of the industry’s most trusted open source load balancers. This comprehensive volume unveils the inner workings of HAProxy’s robust architecture, from its sophisticated event-driven processing engine to memory and network stack optimizations that empower unparalleled scalability and reliability. Readers are guided through process models, session management intricacies, and advanced extensibility, laying the foundation for a deep technical appreciation of HAProxy’s core design tenets.

Moving beyond the fundamentals, "HAProxy In-Depth" offers actionable expertise on crafting advanced configurations, implementing dynamic and secure traffic management, and harnessing HAProxy’s diverse algorithmic options for granular load distribution. Each chapter dissects critical topics such as TLS offloading, certificate lifecycle automation, high-availability clustering, observability, monitoring, and incident response. Whether optimizing for compliance with state-of-the-art security practices—including mTLS, WAF integration, and DDoS prevention—or integrating with modern CI/CD pipelines, the book provides proven strategies and clear architectural patterns for resilient, self-healing infrastructures.

Recognizing the evolving landscape of application delivery, this book also illuminates practical extensions using Lua scripting, external service integration, and automation with popular DevOps toolchains. Visionary sections on API gateway transformation, edge deployments, and multi-cloud workflows position HAProxy as a future-ready platform. Through illustrative examples, checklists for migration, and best practices from real-world scenarios, "HAProxy In-Depth" equips readers with the knowledge and tools to architect, operate, and extend HAProxy for the most demanding use cases—today and tomorrow.

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Data di uscita

Ebook: 25 giugno 2025