Update HAProxy to latest release (2.6.0)

mariusrugan · 6 June 2022 13:33

Hi,

is it possible to share how HAProxy is built and distributed ? i can’t seem to find it in packages with dpkg.
i’m running:

DietPi v8.5.1
Device model : RPi 4 Model B (aarch64)

which installs
HAProxy version 2.5.1-86b093a 2022/01/11 - https://haproxy.org/
which also is couple of versions behind from that line (2.5.7 is the latest one)

thanks in advance!

Joulinar · 6 June 2022 15:22

Hi, welcome to our community.

Basically we install version 2.5.1 as a fixed version defined on our dietpi-software script

github.com

MichaIng/DietPi/blob/master/dietpi/dietpi-software#L7221

      
        
            [Install]
            WantedBy=multi-user.target
            _EOF_
            		fi
            
            
		software_id=98 # HAProxy
            		if (( ${aSOFTWARE_INSTALL_STATE[$software_id]} == 1 )); then
            
            
			Banner_Installing
            
            
			local version='2.5.1' # https://www.haproxy.org/download/
            			aDEPS=('libpcre3-dev' 'libssl-dev' 'zlib1g-dev' 'libsystemd-dev')
            			Download_Install "https://www.haproxy.org/download/${version%.*}/src/haproxy-$version.tar.gz"
            
            
			# Compile
            			G_EXEC cd "haproxy-$version"
            			G_EXEC_OUTPUT=1 G_EXEC make -j "$G_HW_CPU_CORES" TARGET=linux-glibc CPU=generic USE_PCRE=1 USE_OPENSSL=1 USE_ZLIB=1 USE_SYSTEMD=1 ADDLIB='-Wl,--no-as-needed -lgcc_s -Wl,--as-needed' DEBUG_CFLAGS='-g0 -O3' LDFLAGS='-Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed'
            			# Strip binary size
            			G_EXEC strip --remove-section=.comment --remove-section=.note haproxy
            			# Install
            			G_EXEC_OUTPUT=1 G_EXEC make install

Maybe we should update this to a newer version like 2.6 as available on Index of /download

mariusrugan · 6 June 2022 16:05

Hi,
thanks for your quick re:, and for pointing out where is being handled.

The reason i’m down this rabbit hole is because i would like to compile prometheus support in HAProxy, as per (HAProxy Exposes a Prometheus Metrics Endpoint - HAProxy Technologies).

Will try to open a PR.

Also is there an example where user is prompted to select versions when installing software ?
(e.g. latest 2.5 in our case or latest 2.6)

Thanks!

Joulinar · 6 June 2022 16:17

usually we aim to download latest version automatically. In terms of HAProxy it’s not that easy to find out by our script on the given download page. Therefore we use a hardcode version. I guess we will update this for the next release to be version 2.6

I opened PR to change this: DietPi-Software | HAProxy by Joulinar · Pull Request #5550 · MichaIng/DietPi · GitHub

mariusrugan · 6 June 2022 21:39

thanks,
left a comment in GH PR.