Creating an isolated proxy microservice can be easily achieved with the Alpine Linux Docker image and HAProxy. It can act as both proxy container or load balancer depending on the needs and configuration.
Prerequisites
- Alpine Linux
- sudo privileges
Install HAProxy on Alpine Linux
Step 1. Update Alpine packages.
sudo apk update
Step 2. Install HAProxy.
sudo apk add haproxy
Step 3. Verify installation.
haproxy --version
Output:
HAProxy version 2.4.17-9f97155 2022/05/13 - https://haproxy.org/
Conclusion
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