Solana RPC Haproxy

Role for a sample HAproxy config to place in front of a Solana RPC node. HAproxy handles basic HTTP handling plus

Requirements

• Ansible >= 2.8

Role Variables

• haproxy_log_level: Log level for haproxy
• haproxy_certificate_path: Specify a path to a certificate in case you want HAproxy to respond to SSL certificates. By default a self-signed certificate is installed.
• haproxy_lb_maxconn: Maximum connections that the loadbalancer accepts. Default 3000.
• haproxy_rpc_maxconn: Maximum RPC connections that get forwarded to the Solana RPC software. Default 1000.
• haproxy_rpc_maxconn_pubsub: Maximum pubsub connections that get forwarded to the Solana RPC software. Default 500.
• haproxy_major_version: The major version of haproxy to install. Default 2.2.
• haproxy_minor_version: The minor version of haproxy to install. Default 10.
• haproxy_checksum: Checksum for the haproxy install package (sha256sum).

For more specific configuration, you will want to customise the haproxy.cfg. A good introduction to customising haproxy for API use can be found here.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: rpc_nodes
      roles:
         - { role: rpcpool.solana_rpc_haproxy }

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was originally developed by rpcpool. Patches, suggestions and improvements are always welcome.