Chapter 5. Installing the Load Balancer

The following example provides general guidance for configuring an HAProxy load balancer using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 server. However, you can install any suitable load balancing software solution that supports TCP forwarding.

Procedure

  1. Install HAProxy: 

    # dnf install haproxy

  2. Install the following package that includes the semanage tool: 

    # dnf install policycoreutils-python-utils

  3. Configure SELinux to allow HAProxy to bind any port: 

    # semanage boolean --modify --on haproxy_connect_any

  4. Configure the load balancer to balance the network load for the ports as described in Table 5.1, “Ports Configuration for the Load Balancer”. For example, to configure ports for HAProxy, edit the /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg file to correspond with the table. For more information, see Configuration example for haproxy.cfg for HAProxy load balancer with Satellite 6 in the Red Hat Knowledgebase.

    Table 5.1. Ports Configuration for the Load Balancer

    ServicePortModeBalance ModeDestination

    HTTP

    80

    TCP

    roundrobin

    port 80 on all Capsule Servers

    HTTPS and RHSM

    443

    TCP

    source

    port 443 on all Capsule Servers

    AMQP

    5647

    TCP

    roundrobin

    port 5647 on all Capsule Servers

    Puppet (Optional)

    8140

    TCP

    roundrobin

    port 8140 on all Capsule Servers

    PuppetCA (Optional)

    8141

    TCP

    roundrobin

    port 8140 only on the system where you configure Capsule Server to sign Puppet certificates

    SmartProxy (Optional for OpenScap)

    9090

    TCP

    roundrobin

    port 9090 on all Capsule Servers

  5. Configure the load balancer to disable SSL offloading and allow client-side SSL certificates to pass through to back end servers. This is required because communication from clients to Capsule Servers depends on client-side SSL certificates.

  6. Start and enable the HAProxy service: 

    # systemctl enable --now haproxy