Using HAProxy in docker

README.md

A quick HAProxy example

Taken from here: https://medium.com/@nirgn/load-balancing-applications-with-haproxy-and-docker-d719b7c5b231

docker-compose.yml

version: '3'

services:
  awesome:
   image: awesome
   ports:
     - 8080
   environment:
     - SERVICE_PORTS=8080
   deploy:
     replicas: 20
     update_config:
       parallelism: 5
       delay: 10s
     restart_policy:
       condition: on-failure
       max_attempts: 3
       window: 120s
   networks:
     - web

  proxy:
    image: dockercloud/haproxy
    depends_on:
      - awesome
    environment:
      - BALANCE=leastconn
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
    ports:
      - 80:80
    networks:
      - web
    deploy:
      placement:
        constraints: [node.role == manager]

networks:
  web:
    driver: overlay