Perhaps I'm having a problem with my specific implementation. If I balance source at haproxy before SSL decryption and send traffic on, I get routed to a number of different backend servers from different IPs.
If I use LVS to direct incoming traffic to a group of stud SSL decryptors with PROXY protocol enabled, then onto HAProxy with balance source, all my traffic goes to the same backend. example logs: HAProxy listening on :443 Mar 5 10:27:46 localhost haproxy[25795]: X.26.0.161:34205 [05/Mar/2012:10:27:45.418] https_server https_server/server2 0/0/971 3743 -- 0/0/0 /0/0 0/0 Mar 5 11:27:49 localhost haproxy[25795]: X.74.241.4:6281 [05/Mar/2012:11:27:48.835] https_server https_server/server9 0/0/822 3743 -- 0/0/0 /0/0 0/0 Mar 5 11:28:22 localhost haproxy[25795]: X.4.0.11:49394 [05/Mar/2012:11:28:21.779] https_server https_server/server2 0/0/832 3743 -- 0/0/0/0 /0 0/0 Mar 5 11:29:10 localhost haproxy[25795]: X.94.93.215:50166 [05/Mar/2012:11:29:08.833] https_server https_server/server14 0/0/1271 3919 -- 0 /0/0/0/0 0/0 But with Stud and PROXY protocol before HAProxy everything goes to server 4 Mar 5 11:31:01 localhost haproxy[28351]: ::ffff:X.74.241.4:35759 [05/Mar/2012:11:31:01.141] http_server http_server/server4 98/0/0/618/716 200 494 - - ---- 0/0/0/0/0 0/0 {.example.com|} {|session=YcydrYJakCICpnlCNCHozw; Path=/; Domain=.example.com; Secure; HttpOnly; } "POST /login HTTP/1.1" Mar 5 11:31:05 localhost haproxy[28351]: ::ffff:X.4.0.11:50993 [05/Mar/2012:11:31:04.304] http_server http_server/server4 102/0/0/638/740 200 494 - - ---- 0/0/0/0/0 0/0 {10.2.6.104|} {|session=oChlXqg4XksajMIHUcuEvA; Path=/; Domain=.example.com; Secure; HttpOnly; } "POST /login HTTP/1.1" Mar 5 11:31:09 localhost haproxy[28351]: ::ffff:X.94.93.215:52581 [05/Mar/2012:11:31:09.033] http_server http_server/server4 314/0/0/619/933 200 494 - - ---- 0/0/0/0/0 0/0 {.example.com|} {|session=WQbyueVe6A86Zs0fMY20WA; Path=/; Domain=.example.com; Secure; HttpOnly; } "POST /login HTTP/1.1" Mar 5 11:32:03 localhost haproxy[28351]: ::ffff:X.26.0.161:48867 [05/Mar/2012:11:32:02.762] http_server http_server/server4 60/0/0/601/661 200 494 - - ---- 0/0/0/0/0 0/0 {.example.com|} {|session=w7xNRxyq-ySzLuxd7o4bjg; Path=/; Domain=.example.com; Secure; HttpOnly; } "POST /login HTTP/1.1" The Haproxy config is here: (to stop this post being super long) http://pastie.org/3525275 Could stud supplying the client IP in an ipv6 format be causing this? Using HAproxy 1.5-dev7, Centos 5.6, stud master branch. --- posted at http://www.serverphorums.com http://www.serverphorums.com/read.php?10,452932,456098#msg-456098