Update HAProxy to latest release (2.6.0)

mariusrugan · June 6, 2022, 1:33pm

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 · June 6, 2022, 3:22pm

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 · June 6, 2022, 4:05pm

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 · June 6, 2022, 4:17pm

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 · June 6, 2022, 9:39pm

thanks,
left a comment in GH PR.