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+haproxy
+=======
+---
+
+haproxy
+-------
+
+Install, configure and run haproxy based on:
+
+- haproxy.install
+- haproxy.config
+- haproxy.service
+
+Use the supplied haproxy.cfg for a flat file approach,
+or the jinja template and the pillar for a salt approach.
+
+haproxy.config
+--------------
+
+Currently, only a handful of options can be set using the pillar:
+
+- Global
+
+  + stats: enable stats, curently only via a unix socket which can be set to a path
+  + user: sets the user haproxy shall run as
+  + group: sets the group haproxy shall run as
+  + chroot: allows you to turn on chroot and set a directory
+  + daemon: allows you to turn daemon mode on and off
+
+- Default
+
+  + log: set the default log
+  + mode: sets the mode (i.e. http)
+  + retries: sets the number of retries
+  + options: an array of options that is simply looped with no special treatment
+  + timeouts: an array of timeouts that is simply looped with no special treatment
+  + errorfiles: an array of k:v errorfiles to point to the correct file matching an HTTP error code
+
+- Frontend; Frontend(s) is a list of the frontends you desire to have in your haproxy setup
+  Per frontend you can set:
+
+  + 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
+  + 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
+  + use_backends: a list of use_backend statements, looped over, not parsed
+
+- Backend; Backend(s) is a list of the backends you desire to have in your haproxy setup, per backend you can set:
+
+  + name: set the backend name, used in the frontend references by haproxy
+  + balance: set the balance type, string
+  + redirect: if set, can be used to redirect; simply a string, not parsed
+  + servers: a list of servers this backend will contact, is looped over; per server you can set:
+
+      + name: name of the server for haproxy
+      + host: the host to be contacted
+      + port: the port to contact the server on
+      + check: set to check to enable checking
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