Hello sorry for the late reply. This was really helpful! Thanks a lot On Fri, 11 Jun 2021, 11:43 Willy Tarreau, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 11:38:38AM +0530, reshma r wrote: > > Hello all, > > I Had a follow up query, sorry if it is an obvious question. once I > > implement the socket call as a sidecar process, say as a lua script that > > reads the new configuration from portal into a variable, how would I then > > update this variable within haproxy to be used by lua script loaded using > > lua_load directive? I understand we can do it using stats socket via CLI > > and socat but is there a way to do it from within lua script (the one > > running as sidecar process) itself so that I check and update portal > config > > variable every 5 min automatically? > > There are various ways. Your Lua script could periodically connect outside > to retrieve some data and set local variables for example. If you'd prefer > to control this from outside you could also write an HTTP service in Lua > that receives a certain URL after appropriate controls and extracts info > from query string, payload or headers, and sets variables as well. I don't > have much example to point you to, though. > > Hoping this helps, > Willy >
