Jason, No that option is not relevant for TPROXY (client source IP transparency)
Its an old blog but take a look at: http://blog.loadbalancer.org/configure-haproxy-with-tproxy-kernel-for-full-transparent-proxy/ Ignore the kernel re-compile stuff, as its all pretty standard in modern kernels. But it should show you how to construct the haproxy.cfg file. On 23 September 2011 22:53, Jason J. W. Williams <jasonjwwilli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > My understanding has been that HAProxy can be set up in conjunction > with TPROXY support in the Linux kernel so that the backend servers > see the original client's source IP address on incoming packets? > > So is the "option transparent" > (http://code.google.com/p/haproxy-docs/wiki/transparent) not related > to that type of transparent proxying or am I mistaken and there's no > way to make HAProxy preserve the original client IP on the way to the > backend servers? > > Thank you in advance. > > -J > > -- Regards, Malcolm Turnbull. Loadbalancer.org Ltd. Phone: +44 (0)870 443 8779 http://www.loadbalancer.org/
