haproxy
Building a Read-Only HAProxy Dashboard That Humans Can Actually Use
A practical look at building a modern, human-friendly, strictly read-only dashboard for understanding HAProxy routes, services, health and drift.
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haproxy
Building a Native Fail2Ban with HAProxy Stick-Tables
A vulnerability scanner launched 38,000 requests in 30 minutes and took down my Archy.net Ghost blog. Here's how I built a native fail2ban with HAProxy stick-tables. No external daemons, no log parsing, just real-time protection.
Kubernetes
From Docker Swarm to Talos Linux: A Step-by-Step Migration Guide
How I migrated 28 services from Docker Swarm to Talos Linux Kubernetes in 2 days with zero downtime. Cilium CNI, MetalLB BGP, Flux GitOps, and all the things that went wrong along the way.
haproxy
HAProxy Odyssey: From NetScaler to BGP Anycast
From cutting cost-heavy Citrix nets to mastering BGP Anycast, my HAProxy journey shows how resilience, security, and automation evolve.
haproxy
From Keepalived to BGP Anycast: HAProxy HA on UniFi UDM Pro Max
How I got true active-active HAProxy load balancing using BGP anycast on a UniFi UDM Pro Max. No expensive routers needed.
openclaw
Installing OpenClaw: A Complete Guide from Scratch
Your AI assistant doesn't have to live on someone else's servers. OpenClaw runs on your hardware, connects to Telegram/Discord/WhatsApp, and keeps your data private. Here's how to set it up.
haproxy
From SSH to API: Deploying HAProxy Data Plane API for Automated Load Balancer Management
Replacing manual SSH configuration with HAProxy Data Plane API: how I automated load balancer management across an HA cluster using REST APIs and Ansible AWX.
authentik
Deploying Authentik SSO with Azure SMTP and HAProxy: A Complete Guide
Setting up a robust Single Sign-On (SSO) solution is essential for modern infrastructure management. In this guide, I'll walk you through deploying Authentik with high availability using Docker Swarm, configuring email notifications, and integrating everything with HAProxy as a reverse proxy.
haproxy
Securing Internal Services: Using HAProxy ACLs and AdGuard Home DNS Rewrites
Learn how to restrict sensitive services like monitoring dashboards and admin panels to your internal network using HAProxy access control lists combined with AdGuard Home DNS rewrites giving your users friendly domain names without exposing services to the internet.
haproxy
Smart HAProxy Role Detection: Know Your Server's Status Instantly
Update (December 2025): The original script had a critical flaw in VIP detection that could cause both servers to incorrectly
HomeAssistant
Home Assistant + HAProxy: Fixing Add-on Access Blocked by X-Frame-Options
Article written following real debugging on production infrastructure. Configuration tested with HAProxy 2.8.15 and Home Assistant 2024.12 since I had this issue for some times.
Parallels
Why Parallels RAS Wouldn't Work on Port 443 with my other services
The SNI Routing Trap....