HAProxy SSL Pass-Through Configuration

External

• https://serversforhackers.com/using-ssl-certificates-with-haproxy

Internal

• HAProxy Concepts - SSL Pass-Through

Overview

HAProxy Concepts - SSL Pass-Through

Frontend Configuration

Frontend binds on both 80 and 443 to allow both regular and SSL HTTP requests.

frontend localhost
  bind *:80
  bind *:443
  option tcplog
  mode tcp
  default_backend nodes

iptables Considerations

If the host HAProxy is deployed on runs iptables, access to ports 80 and 443 has to be explicitly open as follows:

For more details see:

Allow a Web Server on a Specific Interface