The "haproxy" Module (v4)

Description

This module allows IRC connections to be made using reverse proxies that implement version 2 of the HAProxy PROXY protocol.

Configuration

To load this module use the following <module> tag:

<module name="haproxy">

<bind>

This module extends the core <bind> tags with the following hook types:

Name	Description
haproxy	Listens for haproxy connections.

Example Usage

Listens for plaintext haproxy connections on the /run/inspircd/haproxy.sock UNIX socket endpoint:

<bind path="/run/inspircd/haproxy.sock"
      ...
      hook="haproxy">

Listens for plaintext haproxy connections on the 127.0.0.1:29583 endpoint:

<bind address="127.0.0.1"
      port="29583"
      ...
      hook="haproxy">

Special Notes

If you are using this module you must terminate TLS (SSL) connections at your reverse proxy.