Hi, I was looking at different reverse proxies (Traefik, Caddy, NGINX, Apache (mod_proxy), HAProxy) - I wanted to run two instances of a reverse proxy on different devices for failover. I do not find much about running reverse-proxies in a failover configuration, could someone point me at a resource related to these proxies so I can figure out how to run reverse-proxies in an HA configuration?

Thanks

Edit: The answer seems to be using keepalived, because I will be using this only in my homelab and not exposing it to the internet.

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  • @MigratingtoLemmyOPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Hi, could you explain more about why I’ll need a VIP? I don’t ever access an IP whilst using the reverse-proxy, what IPs would keepalived need to create a VIP (I can certainly allocate an IP, I just need to know how keepalived will work with it).

    Thanks! In theory, this should work with other reverse-proxies like Traefik too, yes? Although I like the look of HAProxy haha