A basic HAProxy configuration for a proxy server with stats

haproxy.cfg

global
        log 127.0.0.1   local0
        log 127.0.0.1   local1 notice
        #log loghost    local0 info
        maxconn 4096
        #chroot /usr/share/haproxy
        user haproxy
        group haproxy
        daemon
        #debug
        #quiet
        stats socket /tmp/haproxy

defaults
        log global
        mode http
        option httplog
        option dontlognull
        retries 3
        option redispatch
        maxconn 2000
        contimeout 5000
        clitimeout 50000
        srvtimeout 50000

listen  web-proxy 0.0.0.0:80
        mode http
        balance roundrobin
        server lb load.balancer.com

listen stats :1936
        mode http
        stats enable
        stats hide-version
        stats scope .
        stats realm Haproxy\ Statistics
        stats uri /
        stats auth user:pass