Information about the package, haproxy, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The haproxy package is designed for, HAProxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability.
Package Name:
haproxy
Summary:
HAProxy is a TCP/HTTP reverse proxy for high availability
Description:
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 one 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 - persists clients to the correct application server depending on application cookies - report detailed status as HTML pages to authenticated users from a URI intercepted from the application
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.18
Release:
1.el6
Size:
800 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the haproxy package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install haproxy
This command will install haproxy on the server.
yum remove haproxy
This command will un-install haproxy on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove haproxy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove haproxy
This command will un-install haproxy on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove haproxy when using the -y flag.
yum update haproxy
This command will update haproxy to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove haproxy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update haproxy
This command will update haproxy to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove haproxy when using the -y flag.
yum info haproxy
This command will show you core information about the haproxy package.
yum deplist haproxy
This command will show you the dependencies for haproxy. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update haproxy
This command will check if there is an update waiting on haproxy. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.