HAProxy is a TCP proxy and a HTTP reverse proxy. It supports SSL termination and offloading, TCP and HTTP normalization, traffic regulation, caching and protection against DDoS attacks.
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helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/haproxy
Note: You need to substitute the placeholders
REGISTRY_NAME
andREPOSITORY_NAME
with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository.
Bitnami charts for Helm are carefully engineered, actively maintained and are the quickest and easiest way to deploy containers on a Kubernetes cluster that are ready to handle production workloads.
This chart bootstraps a HAProxy Deployment in a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.
Bitnami charts can be used with Kubeapps for deployment and management of Helm Charts in clusters.
To install the chart with the release name my-release
:
helm install my-release oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/haproxy
Note: You need to substitute the placeholders
REGISTRY_NAME
andREPOSITORY_NAME
with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to useREGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io
andREPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts
.
The command deploys haproxy on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.
Tip: List all releases using
helm list
Bitnami charts allow setting resource requests and limits for all containers inside the chart deployment. These are inside the resources
value (check parameter table). Setting requests is essential for production workloads and these should be adapted to your specific use case.
To make this process easier, the chart contains the resourcesPreset
values, which automatically sets the resources
section according to different presets. Check these presets in the bitnami/common chart. However, in production workloads using resourcePreset
is discouraged as it may not fully adapt to your specific needs. Find more information on container resource management in the official Kubernetes documentation.
It is strongly recommended to use immutable tags in a production environment. This ensures your deployment does not change automatically if the same tag is updated with a different image.
Bitnami will release a new chart updating its containers if a new version of the main container, significant changes, or critical vulnerabilities exist.
By default, HAProxy is deployed with a sample, non-functional, configuration. You will need to edit the following values to adapt it to your use case:
Set the configuration to be injected in the haproxy.cfg
file by changing the configuration
parameter. Alternatively, you can provide an existing ConfigMap with haproxy.cfg
by using the existingConfigmap
parameter.
The example below configures HAProxy to forward all requests to port 8080 to a service called service1:8080 (it is assumed that this is accessible from inside the cluster).
configuration: |
global
log 127.0.0.1 local2
maxconn 4096
defaults
mode http
log global
option httplog
option dontlognull
option http-server-close
option forwardfor except 127.0.0.0/8
option redispatch
retries 3
timeout http-request 20s
timeout queue 1m
timeout connect 10s
timeout client 1m
timeout server 1m
timeout http-keep-alive 30s
timeout check 10s
maxconn 3000
frontend fe_http
option forwardfor except 127.0.0.1
option httpclose
bind *:8080
default_backend be_http
backend be_http
balance roundrobin
server nginx service:8080 check port 8080
Based on your HAProxy configuration, edit the containerPorts
and service.ports
parameters. In the containerPorts
parameter, set all the ports that the HAProxy configuration uses, and in the service.ports
parameter, set the ports to be externally exposed.
For the example above, the configuration would look like this:
service:
- name: http
port: 80 # We use port 80 in the service
targetPort: http
containerPorts:
- name: http
containerPort: 8080
To add extra environment variables (useful for advanced operations like custom init scripts), use the extraEnvVars
property.
extraEnvVars:
- name: LOG_LEVEL
value: error
Alternatively, use a ConfigMap or a Secret with the environment variables. To do so, use the extraEnvVarsCM
or the extraEnvVarsSecret
values.
If additional containers are needed in the same pod (such as additional metrics or logging exporters), they can be defined using the sidecars
config parameter.
sidecars:
- name: your-image-name
image: your-image
imagePullPolicy: Always
ports:
- name: portname
containerPort: 1234
If these sidecars export extra ports, extra port definitions can be added using the service.extraPorts
parameter (where available), as shown in the example below:
service:
extraPorts:
- name: extraPort
port: 11311
targetPort: 11311
NOTE: This Helm chart already includes sidecar containers for the Prometheus exporters (where applicable). These can be activated by adding the
--enable-metrics=true
parameter at deployment time. Thesidecars
parameter should therefore only be used for any extra sidecar containers.
If additional init containers are needed in the same pod, they can be defined using the initContainers
parameter. Here is an example:
initContainers:
- name: your-image-name
image: your-image
imagePullPolicy: Always
ports:
- name: portname
containerPort: 1234
Learn more about sidecar containers and init containers.
This chart allows you to set custom Pod affinity using the affinity
parameter. Find more information about Pod affinity in the Kubernetes documentation.
As an alternative, use one of the preset configurations for pod affinity, pod anti-affinity, and node affinity available at the bitnami/common chart. To do so, set the podAffinityPreset
, podAntiAffinityPreset
, or nodeAffinityPreset
parameters.
Name | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
global.imageRegistry |
Global Docker image registry | "" |
global.imagePullSecrets |
Global Docker registry secret names as an array | [] |
global.defaultStorageClass |
Global default StorageClass for Persistent Volume(s) | "" |
global.storageClass |
DEPRECATED: use global.defaultStorageClass instead | "" |
global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext |
Adapt the securityContext sections of the deployment to make them compatible with Openshift restricted-v2 SCC: remove runAsUser, runAsGroup and fsGroup and let the platform use their allowed default IDs. Possible values: auto (apply if the detected running cluster is Openshift), force (perform the adaptation always), disabled (do not perform adaptation) | auto |
Name | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
kubeVersion |
Override Kubernetes version | "" |
nameOverride |
String to partially override common.names.fullname | "" |
fullnameOverride |
String to fully override common.names.fullname | "" |
commonLabels |
Labels to add to all deployed objects | {} |
commonAnnotations |
Annotations to add to all deployed objects | {} |
clusterDomain |
Kubernetes cluster domain name | cluster.local |
extraDeploy |
Array of extra objects to deploy with the release | [] |
deploymentAnnotations |
Annotations to add to the deployment | {} |
diagnosticMode.enabled |
Enable diagnostic mode (all probes will be disabled and the command will be overridden) | false |
diagnosticMode.command |
Command to override all containers in the deployment | ["sleep"] |
diagnosticMode.args |
Args to override all containers in the deployment | ["infinity"] |
Name | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
service.type |
haproxy service type | LoadBalancer |
service.ports |
List of haproxy service ports | [] |
service.clusterIP |
haproxy service Cluster IP | "" |
service.loadBalancerIP |
haproxy service Load Balancer IP | "" |
service.loadBalancerSourceRanges |
haproxy service Load Balancer sources | [] |
service.externalTrafficPolicy |
haproxy service external traffic policy | Cluster |
service.externalIPs |
External IPs | [] |
service.annotations |
Additional custom annotations for haproxy service | {} |
service.sessionAffinity |
Session Affinity for Kubernetes service, can be “None” or “ClientIP” | None |
service.sessionAffinityConfig |
Additional settings for the sessionAffinity | {} |
service.labels |
Additional custom labels for haproxy service | {} |
networkPolicy.enabled |
Specifies whether a NetworkPolicy should be created | true |
networkPolicy.allowExternal |
Don’t require server label for connections | true |
networkPolicy.allowExternalEgress |
Allow the pod to access any range of port and all destinations. | true |
networkPolicy.extraIngress |
Add extra ingress rules to the NetworkPolicy | [] |
networkPolicy.extraEgress |
Add extra ingress rules to the NetworkPolicy | [] |
networkPolicy.ingressNSMatchLabels |
Labels to match to allow traffic from other namespaces | {} |
networkPolicy.ingressNSPodMatchLabels |
Pod labels to match to allow traffic from other namespaces | {} |
ingress.enabled |
Enable ingress record generation for haproxy | false |
ingress.pathType |
Ingress path type | ImplementationSpecific |
ingress.apiVersion |
Force Ingress API version (automatically detected if not set) | "" |
ingress.hostname |
Default host for the ingress record | haproxy.local |
ingress.path |
Default path for the ingress record | / |
ingress.annotations |
Additional annotations for the Ingress resource. To enable certificate autogeneration, place here your cert-manager annotations. | {} |
ingress.tls |
Enable TLS configuration for the host defined at ingress.hostname parameter |
false |
ingress.selfSigned |
Create a TLS secret for this ingress record using self-signed certificates generated by Helm | false |
ingress.extraHosts |
An array with additional hostname(s) to be covered with the ingress record | [] |
ingress.extraPaths |
An array with additional arbitrary paths that may need to be added to the ingress under the main host | [] |
ingress.extraTls |
TLS configuration for additional hostname(s) to be covered with this ingress record | [] |
ingress.secrets |
Custom TLS certificates as secrets | [] |
ingress.ingressClassName |
IngressClass that will be be used to implement the Ingress (Kubernetes 1.18+) | "" |
ingress.extraRules |
Additional rules to be covered with this ingress record | [] |
terminationGracePeriodSeconds |
Seconds HAProxy pod needs to terminate gracefully | "" |
Name | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
image.registry |
HAProxy image registry | REGISTRY_NAME |
image.repository |
HAProxy image repository | REPOSITORY_NAME/haproxy |
image.digest |
HAProxy image digest in the way sha256:aa…. Please note this parameter, if set, will override the tag | "" |
image.pullPolicy |
HAProxy image pull policy | IfNotPresent |
image.pullSecrets |
HAProxy image pull secrets | [] |
replicaCount |
Number of haproxy replicas to deploy | 1 |
startupProbe.enabled |
Enable startupProbe on haproxy nodes | false |
startupProbe.initialDelaySeconds |
Initial delay seconds for startupProbe | 15 |
startupProbe.periodSeconds |
Period seconds for startupProbe | 10 |
startupProbe.timeoutSeconds |
Timeout seconds for startupProbe | 5 |
startupProbe.failureThreshold |
Failure threshold for startupProbe | 5 |
startupProbe.successThreshold |
Success threshold for startupProbe | 1 |
livenessProbe.enabled |
Enable livenessProbe on haproxy nodes | true |
livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds |
Initial delay seconds for livenessProbe | 15 |
livenessProbe.periodSeconds |
Period seconds for livenessProbe | 10 |
livenessProbe.timeoutSeconds |
Timeout seconds for livenessProbe | 5 |
livenessProbe.failureThreshold |
Failure threshold for livenessProbe | 5 |
livenessProbe.successThreshold |
Success threshold for livenessProbe | 1 |
readinessProbe.enabled |
Enable readinessProbe on haproxy nodes | true |
readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds |
Initial delay seconds for readinessProbe | 15 |
readinessProbe.periodSeconds |
Period seconds for readinessProbe | 10 |
readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds |
Timeout seconds for readinessProbe | 5 |
readinessProbe.failureThreshold |
Failure threshold for readinessProbe | 5 |
readinessProbe.successThreshold |
Success threshold for readinessProbe | 1 |
customStartupProbe |
Custom startupProbe that overrides the default one | {} |
customLivenessProbe |
Custom livenessProbe that overrides the default one | {} |
customReadinessProbe |
Custom readinessProbe that overrides the default one | {} |
resourcesPreset |
Set container resources according to one common preset (allowed values: none, nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge). This is ignored if resources is set (resources is recommended for production). | nano |
resources |
Set container requests and limits for different resources like CPU or memory (essential for production workloads) | {} |
podSecurityContext.enabled |
Enabled haproxy pods’ Security Context | true |
podSecurityContext.fsGroupChangePolicy |
Set filesystem group change policy | Always |
podSecurityContext.sysctls |
Set kernel settings using the sysctl interface | [] |
podSecurityContext.supplementalGroups |
Set filesystem extra groups | [] |
podSecurityContext.fsGroup |
Set haproxy pod’s Security Context fsGroup | 1001 |
containerSecurityContext.enabled |
Enabled containers’ Security Context | true |
containerSecurityContext.seLinuxOptions |
Set SELinux options in container | {} |
containerSecurityContext.runAsUser |
Set containers’ Security Context runAsUser | 1001 |
containerSecurityContext.runAsGroup |
Set containers’ Security Context runAsGroup | 1001 |
containerSecurityContext.runAsNonRoot |
Set container’s Security Context runAsNonRoot | true |
containerSecurityContext.privileged |
Set container’s Security Context privileged | false |
containerSecurityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem |
Set container’s Security Context readOnlyRootFilesystem | true |
containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation |
Set container’s Security Context allowPrivilegeEscalation | false |
containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop |
List of capabilities to be dropped | ["ALL"] |
containerSecurityContext.seccompProfile.type |
Set container’s Security Context seccomp profile | RuntimeDefault |
pdb.create |
Enable a Pod Disruption Budget creation | true |
pdb.minAvailable |
Minimum number/percentage of pods that should remain scheduled | "" |
pdb.maxUnavailable |
Maximum number/percentage of pods that may be made unavailable | "" |
autoscaling.enabled |
Enable Horizontal POD autoscaling for HAProxy | false |
autoscaling.minReplicas |
Minimum number of HAProxy replicas | 1 |
autoscaling.maxReplicas |
Maximum number of HAProxy replicas | 11 |
autoscaling.targetCPU |
Target CPU utilization percentage | 50 |
autoscaling.targetMemory |
Target Memory utilization percentage | 50 |
command |
Override default container command (useful when using custom images) | [] |
args |
Override default container args (useful when using custom images) | [] |
automountServiceAccountToken |
Mount Service Account token in pod | false |
hostAliases |
haproxy pods host aliases | [] |
podLabels |
Extra labels for haproxy pods | {} |
podAnnotations |
Annotations for haproxy pods | {} |
podAffinityPreset |
Pod affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
"" |
podAntiAffinityPreset |
Pod anti-affinity preset. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
soft |
nodeAffinityPreset.type |
Node affinity preset type. Ignored if affinity is set. Allowed values: soft or hard |
"" |
nodeAffinityPreset.key |
Node label key to match. Ignored if affinity is set |
"" |
nodeAffinityPreset.values |
Node label values to match. Ignored if affinity is set |
[] |
configuration |
haproxy configuration | "" |
containerPorts |
List of container ports to enable in the haproxy container | [] |
existingConfigmap |
configmap with HAProxy configuration | "" |
affinity |
Affinity for haproxy pods assignment | {} |
nodeSelector |
Node labels for haproxy pods assignment | {} |
tolerations |
Tolerations for haproxy pods assignment | [] |
schedulerName |
Name of the k8s scheduler (other than default) | "" |
topologySpreadConstraints |
Topology Spread Constraints for pod assignment | [] |
updateStrategy.type |
haproxy statefulset strategy type | RollingUpdate |
priorityClassName |
haproxy pods’ priorityClassName | "" |
lifecycleHooks |
for the haproxy container(s) to automate configuration before or after startup | {} |
extraEnvVars |
Array with extra environment variables to add to haproxy nodes | [] |
extraEnvVarsCM |
Name of existing ConfigMap containing extra env vars for haproxy nodes | "" |
extraEnvVarsSecret |
Name of existing Secret containing extra env vars for haproxy nodes | "" |
extraVolumes |
Optionally specify extra list of additional volumes for the haproxy pod(s) | [] |
extraVolumeMounts |
Optionally specify extra list of additional volumeMounts for the haproxy container(s) | [] |
sidecars |
Add additional sidecar containers to the haproxy pod(s) | [] |
initContainers |
Add additional init containers to the haproxy pod(s) | [] |
Name | Description | Value |
---|---|---|
serviceAccount.create |
Specifies whether a ServiceAccount should be created | true |
serviceAccount.name |
Name of the service account to use. If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template. | "" |
serviceAccount.automountServiceAccountToken |
Automount service account token for the server service account | false |
serviceAccount.annotations |
Annotations for service account. Evaluated as a template. Only used if create is true . |
{} |
serviceAccount.create |
Specifies whether a ServiceAccount should be created | true |
serviceAccount.name |
The name of the ServiceAccount to use. | "" |
enableServiceLinks |
If set to false, disable Kubernetes service links in the pod spec | true |
Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value]
argument to helm install
. For example,
helm install my-release \
--set service.type=LoadBalancer \
oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/haproxy
Note: You need to substitute the placeholders
REGISTRY_NAME
andREPOSITORY_NAME
with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to useREGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io
andREPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts
.
The above command sets the HAProxy service type as LoadBalancer.
NOTE: Once this chart is deployed, it is not possible to change the application’s access credentials, such as usernames or passwords, using Helm. To change these application credentials after deployment, delete any persistent volumes (PVs) used by the chart and re-deploy it, or use the application’s built-in administrative tools if available.
Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,
helm install my-release -f values.yaml oci://REGISTRY_NAME/REPOSITORY_NAME/haproxy
Note: You need to substitute the placeholders
REGISTRY_NAME
andREPOSITORY_NAME
with a reference to your Helm chart registry and repository. For example, in the case of Bitnami, you need to useREGISTRY_NAME=registry-1.docker.io
andREPOSITORY_NAME=bitnamicharts
. Tip: You can use the default values.yaml
Find more information about how to deal with common errors related to Bitnami’s Helm charts in this troubleshooting guide.
This major bump changes the following security defaults:
runAsGroup
is changed from 0
to 1001
readOnlyRootFilesystem
is set to true
resourcesPreset
is changed from none
to the minimum size working in our test suites (NOTE: resourcesPreset
is not meant for production usage, but resources
adapted to your use case).global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext
is changed from disabled
to auto
.This could potentially break any customization or init scripts used in your deployment. If this is the case, change the default values to the previous ones.
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