Ubuntu 14.04 LTS provide HAProxy 1.3 by default. Although it would sufficient for basic load balancer, there are some important updates and specific parameters that can only run on the updated HaProxy.
Updating haproxy to the latest version relatively simple and straightforward as below :
Add new repository for haproxy latest update :
[code lang=”bash”]sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vbernat/haproxy-1.6[/code]
Press ENTER to save APT configuration file, then run the following command :
[code lang=”bash”]sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install haproxy[/code]
For installation procedure on Debian or others Ubuntu version or if you wish to check new update, simply open the following link : http://haproxy.debian.net/
Updating HAProxy on Ubuntu/Debian
