HAProxy on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — Support & Quick Start

At a glance

Application ports	80 (HTTP frontend), 443 (TCP pass-through frontend)
Service(s)	haproxy
Configuration	/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg (placeholder frontends on *:80 and *:443; runtime API socket /run/haproxy/admin.sock)
Logs	journalctl -u haproxy -f
Version	HAProxy 3.0 (vbernat PPA)
Platform	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Quick start

1. SSH into the VM with the username and key you chose at deploy.
2. HAProxy runs as a systemd service with a placeholder frontend bound on *:80 and *:443; the main config is /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg. The in-image ufw allows 80/443 — open them in the NSG to publish.
3. Add your frontend/backend definitions, validate with `haproxy -c -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg`, then `sudo systemctl reload haproxy`. No stats frontend ships — add one bound to 127.0.0.1:8404 if you want it (the runtime API socket is /run/haproxy/admin.sock).

First login

1. No credential is generated and no stats page ships. Edit /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg to add your backends (use `echo 'show stat' | sudo socat stdio /run/haproxy/admin.sock` for runtime stats).
2. Validate with `haproxy -c -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg`, then `sudo systemctl reload haproxy`.

Still stuck?

Email support@dcassociatesgroup.com (response within 1 business day) or send a message via the contact form. Include the offer name, VM size, region, and any log output — sudo journalctl -u <service> -n 100 usually tells the story.