class RhaproxyPeers

It is possible to synchronize server entries in stick tables between several haproxy instances over TCP connections in a multi-master fashion. Each instance pushes its local updates and insertions to remote peers. Server IDs are used to identify servers remotely, so it is important that configurations look similar or at least that the same IDs are forced on each server on all participants. Interrupted exchanges are automatically detected and recovered from the last known point. In addition, during a soft restart, the old process connects to the new one using such a TCP connection to push all its entries before the new process tries to connect to other peers. That ensures very fast replication during a reload, it typically takes a fraction of a second even for large tables.

Attributes

name[RW]

name <peersect>

Creates a new peer name <peersect>. It is an independant section,
which is referenced by one or more stick-tables.
peer[RW]

peer <peername> <ip>:<port>

Defines a peer inside a peers section.
If <peername> is set to the local peer name (by default hostname, or forced
using "-L" command line option), haproxy will listen for incoming remote peer
connection on <ip>:<port>. Otherwise, <ip>:<port> defines where to connect to
to join the remote peer, and <peername> is used at the protocol level to
identify and validate the remote peer on the server side.

During a soft restart, local peer <ip>:<port> is used by the old instance to
connect the new one and initiate a complete replication (teaching process).

It is strongly recommended to have the exact same peers declaration on all
peers and to only rely on the "-L" command line argument to change the local
peer name. This makes it easier to maintain coherent configuration files
across all peers.
peers[RW]

peers <peersect>

Creates a new peer list with name <peersect>. It is an independant section,
which is referenced by one or more stick-tables.
This is under the peers_section.

Public Class Methods

new() click to toggle source

Returns a new RhaproxyPeers Object

# File lib/rhaproxy/peers.rb, line 65
def initialize()
end

Public Instance Methods

config() click to toggle source

Compile the HAproxy peers configuration

# File lib/rhaproxy/peers.rb, line 71
def config

  if @name

    conf = option_string()

    return conf

  else

    puts "no peers section name defined"

    return false

  end

end

Private Instance Methods

option_string() click to toggle source
# File lib/rhaproxy/peers.rb, line 91
def option_string()

  ostring = "  " + "peers " + @name.to_s + "\n"

  if @peers
    ostring += "    " + "peers " + @peers.to_s + "\n"
  end

  if @peer
    ostring += "    " + "peer " + @peer.to_s + "\n"
  end

  ostring += "\n"

  return ostring

end