Hi Dave, I don't see the "send-proxy" directive in your config, have you tried it : https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.8/configuration.html#5.2-send-proxy
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding something already... Aaron West Loadbalancer.org Limited +44 (0)330 380 1064 www.loadbalancer.org On 23 March 2017 at 12:38, Dave J <mr_wad...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I've probably got lost in the masses of documentation on this subject, but > I'm trying to configure my HAProxy process to send the PROXY protocol > header as described at http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/doc/proxy- > protocol.txt. This is because I am having to write support for the PROXY > protocol into a C++ server (in order for it to have access to the client > IP/port) and I want to test my code is working properly with the parsing of > the PROXY header. > > Here is my minimal config file: > > ----------------------- > > global > maxconn 4096 > > defaults > log global > mode http > retries 3 > option redispatch > maxconn 2000 > timeout connect 5000 > timeout client 50000 > timeout server 50000 > > frontend TestServerTest > bind 10.6.186.24:54781 > mode tcp > default_backend TestServernodes > > backend TestServernodes > mode tcp > # Note there is no 'check' after the below line unlike the others as > we don't want to send the > # healthcheck ("OPTIONS / HTTP/1.0"...) string to the TestServer as it > doesn't understand it! > server TestServer01 10.6.186.24:48080 > > ----------------------- > > What I am finding is that when I start HAProxy and connect to 54781, the > first data that TestServer at 48080 receives is the data which is sent from > my client; it is not the PROXY header described at the link I posted. > > Can someone please tell me what I am missing in my configuration that is > preventing the PROXY header being sent to my backend server? > > Thanks in advance. > > Dave J > > >
