Enable viewing HAProxy metrics

Configure the HAProxy metrics stats page to enable monitoring your system devices by viewing HAProxy metrics.

Before you begin

Role required: agent_client_collector_admin

About this task

HAProxy provides load balancing and reverse proxy capabilities for both HTTP and TCP requests. The HAProxy checks remove backend servers that fail several health checks in a row, and transfer incoming traffic to backend servers as part of load balancing.

Procedure

1. Access the HAProxy configuration file, located at: /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg.

2. Add the following to the bottom of the file:

   listen frontend *:8080       #Haproxy 
   Monitoring run on port 8080
   mode http
   option forwardfor
   option httpclose
   stats enable
   stats show-legends
   stats refresh 5s
   stats uri /stats        #URL for HAProxy monitoring
   stats realm Haproxy\Statistics.   #Title for pop up window
   stats auth admin:admin     #User and Password for login to the monitoring dashboard
   stats admin if TRUE
   default_backend backend       #This is optional for monitoring backend 
   

3. Run the following command to restart the HAProxy:

   sudo service haproxy restart

4. View the HAProxy metrics on your system by viewing the HAProxy metrics stats page, accessible from the following URL:

   http://<HAProxyServer>:8080/stats

Parent Topic:Deploying Agent Client Collector on both servers and endpoints

Related topics

HAProxy default checks and policies