haproxy-sock-handler

node.js haproxy socket access module

Haproxy can be partially controlled by sending messages to a socket. Enable the socket control by specifying

global 
    ...
    stats socket /var/run/haproxy.sock
    ...

Configuration

var haproxy = require('haproxy-sock-handler');

haproxy.config.socket = '/path/to/haproxy.sock';

The default configured value is '/var/run/haproxy.sock'

Methods

• showStat(cb)

returns stats object

• showBackendStat(backend, callback)

returns stats on specified backend

• showInfo(cb)

returns general haproxy info

• showHelp(cb)

returns socket help text

• updateBackend(backend, data, callback)

sets weight/up/down/maint for specified backend

• updateBackends(data, callback)

sets weight/up/down/maint for many backends

Data

See https://code.google.com/p/haproxy-docs/wiki/StatisticsMonitoring#CSV_format for info on returned data