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HAProxy on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

The de-facto standard software load balancer. This image boots HAProxy 3.0 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with sane, production-oriented defaults — TCP and HTTP load balancing, health checks, and TLS termination for whatever sits behind it.

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Version: HAProxy 3.0Platform: Ubuntu 24.04 LTSPorts: 80/443 (frontend), 8404 (stats, localhost)Category: Web & Networking

What's included

HAProxy 3.0 with HTTP/2 and modern TLS support
Layer 4 (TCP) and layer 7 (HTTP) balancing modes
Built-in health checks and stats endpoint
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with automatic security updates
Trusted Launch: Secure Boot + vTPM supported
Pairs with Azure Load Balancer for zone-redundant entry

Quick start

SSH into the VM with the username and key you chose at deploy.
HAProxy runs as a systemd service; the main config is /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg.
Add your frontend/backend definitions, validate with `haproxy -c -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg`, then `sudo systemctl reload haproxy`.

Common use cases

TLS termination and HTTP routing for VM fleets
Blue/green and canary traffic splitting
TCP balancing for databases and brokers
Rate limiting and connection shaping at the edge

Why our images

Freshly rebuilt against the latest security advisories, no shared default credentials, Trusted Launch support, and automatic OS security updates — everything runs in your own Azure subscription under your governance.

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