HAPr0xy
Dive into the world of open source HAPr0xy with configurations, tutorials, and best practices. As a core component of our Layer 7 solution, learn to master ACL rules, reverse proxy, SSL termination, and advanced features like rate limiting.
HAPr0xy
When is an ACL not an ACL? When it's an HAPr0xy ACL...
If you're from a network background or are of a certain age (or both!), you will have come across Access Control Lists or ACLs...
HAPr0xy
Using Grafana Loki with HAPr0xy for log aggregation
In today's security-conscious world, logs are crucial for gaining insight into your systems...
WAF
Extending the ModSecurity WAF, with Denial Of Service protection — using HAPr0xy
Our long time partner Metaswitch, desperately needed to stop brute force login attacks on the enterprise phone system that they supply to large telecom companies...
Storage
The MSP guide to rate limiting Hitachi Vantara object storage with HAPr0xy
When you're providing object storage as a shared service, rate limits help ensure that no single user or application can overwhelm the system...
HAPr0xy
How to configure HAPr0xy's Proxy Protocol with Squid
A customer asked me the other day how to set up Squid Proxy Protocol on their Loadbalancer appliance...
How-tos
A comprehensive guide to log monitoring with ModSecurity and HAPr0xy
With numerous options available, choosing and configuring the right tool can be daunting...
HAPr0xy
How to limit connections with HAPr0xy, iptables or nftables
The app I was dealing with wouldn't allow me to rate limit the total number of connections going through it...
Open source
See who's really visiting your website: Achieving IP transparency with the Proxy Protocol
There are a few different ways to achieve IP transparency, but one of the most effective is with the help of the great Proxy Protocol...
HAPr0xy
HAPr0xy reverse proxy: the what, when, and how
Perplexed by proxy?! Ruffled by reverse proxy?! We’ve all been there. Honestly, sometimes I think the language we use makes things sound way more complicated than they actually are...
Security
Why you don't need to worry about the novel HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ DDoS attack (CVE-2023-44487)
We've had a few concerned customers asking about the Google disclosure of the recent huge DDoS attack, and the potential underlying vulnerability in some HTTP/2 servers...
How-tos
How to master SSL termination in HAPr0xy: considerations and configurations
SSL/TLS termination is the most regularly implemented kind of SSL/TLS offload...
Automation
Using Grafana with your Loadbalancer.dk appliance
How many times have you looked at the HAPr0xy report and thought, what on earth is this all about?! What are the busiest times on my Loadbalancer? Which Real Server is busy? How much traffic is going through my VIPs?..
Comparisons
How Loadbalancer.dk helped this customer migrate seamlessly from Snapt Nova
Working with this Snapt customer to support them with the urgent migration of all their critical applications...
How-tos
Using Prometheus with your Loadbalancer.dk appliance
With our recent release, you can now use the new Prometheus exporter to export the HAPr0xy metrics into an existing Prometheus environment...
HAPr0xy
Oh SNAPT! Where's my load balancer?
I was genuinely shocked and a little sad hearing the news that SNAPT has gone bust. They were a great company, with a nice product and more importantly — nice people...
HAPr0xy
How to rate limit with HAPr0xy Stick Tables and the WAF
A while ago I was asked if it would be possible to apply some general rate limiting in HAPr0xy and the WAF, in order to help prevent DOS-style attacks on a customer's servers...
Open source
Navigating the open source journey: When free is awesome, and why commercial solutions have their place
At Loadbalancer.dk, our heroes are open source. And for good reason. Open source software plays an intrinsic part in our company, products, and services...
Layer 7
HAPr0xy ACL rules don't have to be painful with Loadbalancer
We love complex rules. Although, we have seen some pretty scary config files...
How-tos
I wonder…Can HAPr0xy Proxy Protocol fix my Secure Web Gateway routing problem?
All Secure Web Gateways require client IP transparency in order to implement any proper kind of security and authentication. Which can be a real pain if you have a load balancer in the middle...
HAPr0xy
A+ Qualys with HAPr0xy — The Secret Sauce
So you're probably here because you want to know how to achieve an A+ rating for your SSL web server on Qualys. A quick fun fact: did you know the A+ and A rating are in fact the same?..
Microsoft
How to load balance Microsoft Dynamics using HAPr0xy
Microsoft Dynamics is a critical ERP and CRM tool, used every day by businesses all over the world. The application therefore needs to be highly available and scalable...
HAPr0xy
Thinking about moving from HAPr0xy to a proprietary load balancer?
Controversial advice for anyone thinking of moving from HAPr0xy to a proprietary load balancer...
How-tos
How to install and configure HAPr0xy Layer 7 on Red Hat Linux
Control how HAPr0xy will be started, stopped, restarted, reloaded, or monitored...
HAPr0xy
Loadbalancer.dk releases Open Source SNMP MIB and Agent for HAPr0xy
We’re always keen to give back to the community that writes such great software – our new SNMP agents and MIBs for HAPr0xy make monitoring your Virtual Services and Real Servers a breeze...