HAProxy: Load Balancing and High Availability

HAProxy and Keepalived architecture

In this article, I’ll walk you through setting up a highly available load balancing solution using HAProxy and Keepalived on bare metal infrastructure.

This architecture delivers 99.99% uptime—even if one of the front-end servers fails.

  • Active-passive pair configuration using VRRP
  • Integration with Consul for health checks
  • Automatic failover in 2–3 seconds
  • Monitoring via Prometheus + Grafana

We’ve successfully deployed this approach in production for clients with stringent availability requirements.

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