Add redirection capabilities to the frontend

README.rst

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Currently, only a handful of options can be set using the pillar:
 
   + name: the name haproxy will use for the frontend
   + bind: the bind string: this allows you to set the IP, Port and other paramters for the bind
+  + redirect: add a redirect line, an unparsed string like in the backend
   + reqadd: an array of reqadd statements. Looped over and put in the configuration, no parsing
   + default_backend: sets the default backend
   + acls: a list of acls, not parsed, simply looped and put in to the configuration

haproxy/install.sls

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+# Because on Ubuntu we don't have a current HAProxy in the usual repo, we add a PPA
+{% if salt['grains.get']('osfullname') == 'Ubuntu' %}
+haproxy_ppa_repo:
+  pkgrepo.managed:
+    - ppa: vbernat/haproxy-1.5
+    - require_in:
+      - pkg: haproxy.install
+    - watch_in:
+      - pkg: haproxy.install
+{% endif %}
+
 haproxy.install:
   pkg.installed:
-    - name: haproxy
+    - name: haproxy

haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ defaults
 {%- for frontend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:frontends', {}).iteritems() %}
 frontend {{ frontend[1].name }}
     bind {{ frontend[1].bind }}
+{%- if 'redirects' in backend[1] %}
+{%- for redirect in frontend[1].redirects %}
+redirect {{ redirect }}{% endfor %}
+{-% endif %}
 {%- if 'acls' in frontend[1] %}
 {%- for acl in frontend[1].acls %}
     acl {{ acl }}
@@ -82,10 +86,14 @@ frontend {{ frontend[1].name }}
 {%- if 'backends' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
 {%- for backend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:backends', {}).iteritems() %}
 backend {{ backend[1].name }}
+{%- if 'redirects' in backend[1] %}
+{%- for redirect in backend[1].redirects %}
+redirect {{ redirect }}{% endfor %}
+{-% endif %}
     balance {{ backend[1].balance }}
     {%- if 'servers' in backend[1] %}
     {%- for server in backend[1].servers.iteritems() %}
     server {{ server[1].name }} {{ server[1].host }}:{{ server[1].port }} {{ server[1].check }}{% endfor %}
     {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
-{% endif %}
+{% endif %}

pillar.example

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ haproxy:
     frontend1:
       name: www-http
       bind: "*:80"
+      redirect: scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
       reqadd:
         - "X-Forwarded-Proto:\\ http"
       default_backend: www-backend