Hi Jones,
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 06:48:11PM -0700, Allteams Jones wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to find the best way to proxy a few thousand TCP clients and make
sure each one connects to their own backend server. Essentially I have a few
hundred DB servers and each one of them belongs to a single client. I want to
have a single HAProxy server and based on the destination TCP port, use the
appropriate backend. Those connections need to be persistent and security is
not an issue (DB authenticates client). What is the best way to go about
this? Should I define a few thousand ACLs or define a separate section for
each port-DB mapping?
What you describe sounds exactly like the simplest relaying configuration :
- defaults section for all common settings (mode tcp, timeouts, ...)
- one listen section with bind for the listening port and server
for the server, per client.
It also has the benefit of being more debuggable and observable (eg: think
about the stats).
Hoping this helps,
Willy
