OpenStack-Ansible HAProxy server¶
- Configuring HAProxy (optional)
- Making HAProxy highly-available
- Configuring keepalived ping checks
- Securing HAProxy communication with SSL certificates
- Using Certificates from LetsEncrypt
- Using Certificates from LetsEncrypt (legacy method)
- Configuring additional services
- Adding additional global VIP addresses
- Overriding the address haproxy will bind to
- Binding haproxy to interface
- Adding Access Control Lists to HAProxy front end
- Adding prometheus metrics to haproxy
This Ansible role installs the HAProxy Load Balancer service.
To clone or view the source code for this repository, visit the role repository for haproxy_server.
Default variables¶
# Validate Certificates when downloading hatop. May be set to "no" when proxy server
# is intercepting the certificates.
haproxy_hatop_download_validate_certs: yes
# Set the package install state for distribution packages
# Options are 'present' and 'latest'
haproxy_package_state: "latest"
## Haproxy Configuration
haproxy_rise: 3
haproxy_fall: 3
haproxy_interval: 12000
## Haproxy Stats
haproxy_stats_enabled: False
haproxy_stats_bind_address: 127.0.0.1
haproxy_stats_port: 1936
haproxy_stats_ssl: "{{ haproxy_ssl }}"
# haproxy_stats_ssl_cert_path: "{{ haproxy_ssl_cert_path }}/somecustomstatscert.pem"
# haproxy_stats_ssl_client_cert_ca: "{{ haproxy_ssl_cert_path }}/somecustomrootca.pem"
haproxy_username: admin
haproxy_stats_password: secrete
haproxy_stats_refresh_interval: 60
# Prometheus stats are supported from HAProxy v2
# Stats must be enabled above before this can be used
haproxy_stats_prometheus_enabled: False
# Pin stats gathering to one or more processes when using 'nbproc' tuning
# For permitted options see https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/1.8/configuration.html#3.1-stats%20bind-process
# haproxy_stats_process: all
# Default haproxy backup nodes to empty list so this doesn't have to be
# defined for each service.
haproxy_backup_nodes: []
# Configuration lines to write directly into all frontends
haproxy_frontend_extra_raw: []
haproxy_frontend_redirect_extra_raw: "{{ haproxy_frontend_extra_raw }}"
# Default values for enabling HTTP/2 support
# Note, that while HTTP/2 will be enabled on frontends that are covered with TLS,
# backends can be configured to use HTTP/2 regardless of TLS.
haproxy_frontend_h2: True
haproxy_backend_h2: False
haproxy_service_configs: []
# Example:
# haproxy_service_configs:
# - haproxy_service_name: haproxy_all
# haproxy_backend_nodes: "{{ groups['haproxy_all'][0] }}"
# # haproxy_backup_nodes: "{{ groups['haproxy_all'][1:] }}"
# haproxy_port: 80
# haproxy_balance_type: http
# haproxy_backend_options:
# - "forwardfor"
# - "httpchk"
# - "httplog"
# haproxy_backend_server_options:
# - "inter 3000" # a contrived example, there are many server config options possible
# haproxy_acls:
# allow_list:
# rule: "src 127.0.0.1/8 192.168.0.0/16 172.16.0.0/12 10.0.0.0/8"
# backend_name: "mybackend"
# haproxy_frontend_h2: True
# haproxy_backend_h2: False
# haproxy_frontend_acls:
# letsencrypt-acl:
# rule: "path_beg /.well-known/acme-challenge/"
# backend_name: letsencrypt
# haproxy_stick_table:
# - "stick-table type ipv6 size 256k expire 10s store http_err_rate(10s)"
# - "http-request track-sc0 src"
# - "http-request deny deny_status 429 if { sc_http_err_rate(0) gt 20 } !{ src 10.0.0.0/8 } !{ src 172.16.0.0/12 } !{ src 192.168.0.0/16 }"
# # https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy-exposes-a-prometheus-metrics-endpoint/
# - haproxy_service_name: prometheus-metrics
# haproxy_port: 8404
# haproxy_bind:
# - '127.0.0.1'
# haproxy_allowlist_networks: "{{ haproxy_allowlist_networks }}"
# haproxy_frontend_only: True
# haproxy_balance_type: "http"
# haproxy_frontend_raw:
# - 'http-request use-service prometheus-exporter if { path /metrics }'
# haproxy_service_enabled: True
# HAProxy maps (unrelated keys are omitted but are required as the previous service example)
# Example:
# haproxy_service_configs:
# - state: present # state 'absent' will remove map entries defined in this service
# haproxy_service_enabled: true # haproxy_service_enabled 'false' will remove map entries defined in this service
# haproxy_service_name: "one"
# haproxy_maps:
# - 'use_backend %[req.hdr(host),lower,map(/etc/haproxy/route.map)]'
# haproxy_map_entries:
# - name: 'route' # this service contributes entries to the map called 'route'
# order: 10 # prefix the name of the map fragment wih this string to control ordering of the assembled map
# entries:
# - compute.example.com nova-api
# - dashboard.example.com horizon
# - haproxy_service_name: "two"
# - haproxy_service_name: "three"
# haproxy_map_entries:
# - name: 'route' # this service contributes to the map called 'route'
# entries:
# - s3.example.com radosgw
# - sso.example.com keycloak
# - name: 'rate' # and also to the map called 'rate'
# state: present # individual map entries can be removed with state 'absent'
# entries:
# - /api/foo 20
# - /api/bar 40
#
# Results:
#
# /etc/haproxy/route.map
# s3.example.com radosgw
# sso.example.com keycloak
# compute.example.com nova-api
# dashboard.example.com horizon
#
# /etc/haproxy/rate.map
# /api/foo 20
# /api/bar 40
galera_monitoring_user: monitoring
haproxy_bind_on_non_local: False
## haproxy SSL
haproxy_ssl: true
haproxy_ssl_all_vips: false
haproxy_ssl_dh_param: 2048
haproxy_ssl_cert_path: /etc/haproxy/ssl
haproxy_ssl_bind_options: "ssl-min-ver TLSv1.2 prefer-client-ciphers"
haproxy_ssl_server_options: "ssl-min-ver TLSv1.2"
# TLS v1.2 and below
haproxy_ssl_cipher_suite_tls12: >-
{{ haproxy_ssl_cipher_suite | default(ssl_cipher_suite_tls12 | default('ECDH+AESGCM:ECDH+CHACHA20:ECDH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:!aNULL:!SHA1:!AESCCM')) }}
# TLS v1.3
haproxy_ssl_cipher_suite_tls13: "{{ ssl_cipher_suite_tls13 | default('TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256') }}"
# haproxy self signed certificate
# Storage location for SSL certificate authority
haproxy_pki_dir: "{{ openstack_pki_dir | default('/etc/pki/haproxy-ca') }}"
# Delegated host for operating the certificate authority
haproxy_pki_setup_host: "{{ openstack_pki_setup_host | default('localhost') }}"
# Create a certificate authority if one does not already exist
haproxy_pki_create_ca: "{{ openstack_pki_authorities is not defined | bool }}"
haproxy_pki_regen_ca: ''
haproxy_pki_authorities:
- name: "HAProxyRoot"
country: "GB"
state_or_province_name: "England"
organization_name: "Example Corporation"
organizational_unit_name: "IT Security"
cn: "HAProxy Root CA"
provider: selfsigned
basic_constraints: "CA:TRUE"
key_usage:
- digitalSignature
- cRLSign
- keyCertSign
not_after: "+3650d"
- name: "HAProxyIntermediate"
country: "GB"
state_or_province_name: "England"
organization_name: "Example Corporation"
organizational_unit_name: "IT Security"
cn: "HAProxy Intermediate CA"
provider: ownca
basic_constraints: "CA:TRUE,pathlen:0"
key_usage:
- digitalSignature
- cRLSign
- keyCertSign
not_after: "+3650d"
signed_by: "HAProxyRoot"
# Installation details for certificate authorities
haproxy_pki_install_ca:
- name: "HAProxyRoot"
condition: "{{ haproxy_pki_create_ca }}"
# HAProxy server certificate
haproxy_pki_keys_path: "{{ haproxy_pki_dir ~ '/certs/private/' }}"
haproxy_pki_certs_path: "{{ haproxy_pki_dir ~ '/certs/certs/' }}"
haproxy_pki_intermediate_cert_name: "{{ openstack_pki_service_intermediate_cert_name | default('HAProxyIntermediate') }}"
haproxy_pki_intermediate_cert_path: >-
{{ haproxy_pki_dir ~ '/roots/' ~ haproxy_pki_intermediate_cert_name ~ '/certs/' ~ haproxy_pki_intermediate_cert_name ~ '.crt' }}
haproxy_pki_regen_cert: ''
haproxy_pki_certificates: "{{ _haproxy_pki_certificates }}"
# SSL certificate creation
haproxy_pki_create_certificates: "{{ haproxy_user_ssl_cert is not defined and haproxy_user_ssl_key is not defined }}"
# Installation details for SSL certificates
haproxy_pki_install_certificates: "{{ _haproxy_pki_install_certificates }}"
# activate letsencrypt option
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_enable: false
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_certbot_binary: 'certbot'
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_certbot_backend_port: 8888
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_pre_hook_timeout: 5
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_certbot_bind_address: "{{ ansible_host }}"
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_certbot_challenge: "http-01"
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_email: "example@example.com"
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_config_path: "/etc/letsencrypt/live"
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_setup_extra_params: ""
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_acl:
letsencrypt-acl:
rule: "path_beg /.well-known/acme-challenge/"
backend_name: letsencrypt
# Use alternative CA that supports ACME, can be a public or private CA
# haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_certbot_server: "https://acme-staging-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory"
haproxy_ssl_letsencrypt_domains:
- "{{ external_lb_vip_address }}"
# hatop extra package URL and checksum
haproxy_hatop_download_url: "https://github.com/jhunt/hatop/archive/refs/tags/v0.8.2.tar.gz"
haproxy_hatop_download_checksum: "sha256:7fac1f593f92b939cfce34175b593e43862eee8e25db251d03a910b37721fc5d"
# Install hatop
haproxy_hatop_install: true
# The location where the extra packages are downloaded to
haproxy_hatop_download_path: "/opt/cache/files"
## haproxy default
# Set the number of retries to perform on a server after a connection failure
haproxy_retries: "3"
# Set the maximum inactivity time on the client side
haproxy_client_timeout: "50s"
# Set the maximum time to wait for a connection attempt to a server to succeed
haproxy_connect_timeout: "10s"
# Set the maximum allowed time to wait for a complete HTTP request
haproxy_http_request_timeout: "5s"
# Set the maximum inactivity time on the server side
haproxy_server_timeout: "50s"
# Set the HTTP keepalive mode to use
# Disable persistent connections by default because they can cause issues when the server side closes the connection
# at the same time a request is sent.
haproxy_keepalive_mode: 'httpclose'
## haproxy tuning params
haproxy_maxconn: 4096
# Parameters below should only be specified if necessary, defaults are programmed in the template
# haproxy_tuning_params:
# nbproc: 1
# tune.bufsize: 384000
# tune.chksize: 16384
# tune.comp_maxlevel: 1
# tune.http_maxhdr: 101
# tune.maxaccept: 64
# tune.ssl_cachesize: 20000
# tune.ssl_lifetime: 300
haproxy_tuning_params: {}
# Add extra VIPs to all services
extra_lb_vip_addresses: []
# Add extra TLS VIPs to all services
extra_lb_tls_vip_addresses: []
# Option to override which address haproxy binds to for external vip.
haproxy_bind_external_lb_vip_address: "{{ external_lb_vip_address }}"
# Option to override which address haproxy binds to for internal vip.
haproxy_bind_internal_lb_vip_address: "{{ internal_lb_vip_address }}"
# Option to define if you need haproxy to bind on specific interface.
haproxy_bind_external_lb_vip_interface:
haproxy_bind_internal_lb_vip_interface:
# Option to override haproxy frontend binds
# Example:
# haproxy_tls_vip_binds:
# - address: '*'
# interface: bond0
# - address: '192.168.0.10'
haproxy_tls_vip_binds: "{{ _haproxy_tls_vip_binds }}"
# Make the log socket available to the chrooted filesystem
haproxy_log_socket: "/dev/log"
haproxy_log_mount_point: "/var/lib/haproxy/dev/log"
# Ansible group name which should be used for distrtibuting self signed SSL Certificates
haproxy_ansible_group_name: haproxy_all
## security.txt
# When security risks in web services are discovered by independent security
# researchers who understand the severity of the risk, they often lack the
# channels to disclose them properly. As a result, security issues may be
# left unreported. security.txt defines a standard to help organizations
# define the process for security researchers to disclose security
# vulnerabilities securely. For more information see https://securitytxt.org/
# This content will be hosted at /security.txt and /.well-known/security.txt
haproxy_security_txt_dir: "/etc/haproxy"
haproxy_security_txt_headers: |
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
haproxy_security_txt_content: ''
# haproxy_security_txt_content: |
# # Please see https://securitytxt.org/ for details of the specification of this file
# Allows to copy any static file to the destination hosts
haproxy_static_files_default:
- dest: "{{ haproxy_security_txt_dir }}/security.txt"
content: "{{ haproxy_security_txt_headers + '\n' + haproxy_security_txt_content }}"
condition: "{{ haproxy_security_txt_content is truthy }}"
haproxy_static_files_extra: []
haproxy_static_files: "{{ haproxy_static_files_default + haproxy_static_files_extra }}"
Required variables¶
None.
Dependencies¶
None.
Example playbook¶
---
- name: Install haproxy
hosts: haproxy
user: root
roles:
- role: haproxy_server
tags:
- haproxy-server
vars:
haproxy_service_configs:
- haproxy_service_name: group_name
haproxy_backend_nodes: "{{ groups['group_name'][0] }}"
haproxy_backup_nodes: "{{ groups['group_name'][1:] }}"
haproxy_port: 80
haproxy_balance_type: http
haproxy_backend_options:
- "forwardfor"
- "httpchk"
- "httplog"
haproxy_backend_arguments:
- 'http-check expect string OK'