Configuring HAProxy as a Service

Verify that the haproxy system service is configured and loaded by creating the file /lib/systemd/system/haproxy.service with the following contents:

ini
[Unit]
Description=HAProxy Load Balancer
Documentation=man:haproxy(1)
Documentation=file:/usr/share/doc/haproxy/configuration.txt.gz
After=network-online.target rsyslog.service
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/haproxy
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/haproxy
BindReadOnlyPaths=/dev/log:/var/lib/haproxy/dev/log
Environment="CONFIG=/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg" "PIDFILE=/run/haproxy.pid" "EXTRAOPTS=-S /run/haproxy-master.sock"
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/haproxy -Ws -f $CONFIG -p $PIDFILE $EXTRAOPTS
ExecReload=/usr/sbin/haproxy -Ws -f $CONFIG -c -q $EXTRAOPTS
ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID
KillMode=mixed
Restart=always
SuccessExitStatus=143
Type=notify
	
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start the HAProxy service:

shell
shell> service haproxy start

Verify that the HAProxy service is running:

shell
shell> service haproxy status

The cluster login should now be verified by using the LogScale PUBLIC_URL string configured above.