HAProxy Concepts

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SSL Support

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

HAProxy can be configured to terminate the SSL connection or to pass it through the backend server.

SSL Termination

SSL Pass-Through

When HAProxy is configured with SSL pass-through, the backend servers handle the SSL connection, rather than the load balancer. The load balancer will just simply proxy the request off to its backend server. The connection will remain encrypted, and the load balancer cannot see what it contains.

HAProxy SSL Pass-Through Configuration