Load Balancing Strategies: From Theory to Practice with HAProxy

Date & Time
Intended Audience

This workshop is specifically designed for Senior Systems Engineers who are looking to deepen their understanding of load balancing and HAProxy configuration.

Description

This workshop is a comprehensive 2-hour session that includes both theoretical concepts and practical hands-on labs, with a short break. The session covers the following topics:

Agenda
Introduction (5 minutes)
Load Balancing Fundamentals (15 minutes)
 * Layer 4 (L4) vs. Layer 7 (L7)
 * Round Robin
 * Least Connections
 * IP Hash
Introduction to HAProxy (10 minutes)
HAProxy Configuration Basics (20 minutes)
 * Frontend
 * Backend
Advanced HAProxy Features (20 minutes)
Live Demo: Setting up HAProxy (30 minutes)
Best Practices and Performance Tuning (10 minutes)
Session Hands-On
Lead Instructor

Revision #1
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Updated 28 November 2024 13:10:52 by sara