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The complete HAProxy documentation is contained in the following documents. Please ensure to consult the relevant documentation to save time and to get the most accurate response to your needs. Also please refrain from sending questions to the mailing list whose responses are present in these documents.

• intro.txt (this document) : it presents the basics of load balancing, HAProxy as a product, what it does, what it doesn't do, some known traps to avoid, some OS-specific limitations, how to get it, how it evolves, how to ensure you're running with all known fixes how to update it, complements and alternatives.

• management.txt : it explains how to start haproxy, how to manage it at runtime, how to manage it on multiple nodes, how to proceed with seamless upgrades.

• configuration.txt : the reference manual details all configuration keywords and their options. It is used when a configuration change is needed.

• architecture.txt : the architecture manual explains how to best architect a load-balanced infrastructure and how to interact with third party products.

• coding-style.txt : this is for developers who want to propose some code to the project. It explains the style to adopt for the code. It's not very strict and not all the code base completely respects it but contributions which diverge too much from it will be rejected.

• proxy-protocol.txt : this is the de-facto specification of the PROXY protocol which is implemented by HAProxy and a number of third party products.

• README : 源码构建haproxy