Socks5 Proxy Server Load Balancing｜HAProxy Configuration

Why are your proxies always dropping out? Try this load balancing solution

Many users in the use of proxy IP have encountered such trouble: a single proxy server is not stable, frequent dropouts need to be manually switched. As a global proxy IP service provider, ipipgo's technical team recommends the use ofHAProxy+Socks5 Load Balancing SolutionWe are committed to making your agency services as stable and smooth as the highway.

How does HAProxy become a proxy manager?

HAProxy, the open source software, is like an intelligent traffic command center that automates three important things:

Build a Stable Proxy Cluster in Three Steps

Step 1: Acquire quality agent resources
Login to ipipgo console and select Socks5 proxy for multiple regions in "Residential IP" category, it is recommended to select 3-5 nodes of different geographic locations at the same time (free trial is supported).

Step 2: HAProxy Core Configuration
New configuration filehaproxy.cfgThe key configurations are as follows:

 global log /dev/log local0 maxconn 10000 defaults timeout connect 5s timeout client 30s timeout server 30s listen socks5-cluster bind *:1080 mode tcp balance roundrobin server ipipgo-node1 12.34.56.78:1080 check inter 10s # replace with actual IP server ipipipgo-node2 23.45.67.89:1080 check inter 10s server ipipgo-node3 34.56.78.90:1080 check inter 10s

Step 3: Smart O&M Settings
1. Settingcheck inter 10sEnables health testing every 10 seconds
2. Adoptionbalance roundrobinEnable Polling Load
3. Enable IP auto-refresh in the ipipgo console

Enterprise-level optimization tips

We have served an e-commerce data collection project to achieve 99.99% availability with the following solution:

1. weighting - Set higher weights for quality IPs
   server ipipgo-premium 56.78.90.12:1080 weight 3
2. fault isolation - Automatic blocking of anomalous nodes
3. Traffic Monitoring - View real-time traffic distribution with HAProxy Stats

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How many proxy IPs are needed to be enough?
A: It is recommended to configure 3 nodes at the beginning, and the average daily request volume of more than 100,000 times is recommended to use ipipgo's dynamic residential IP service, the system will automatically allocate the optimal node.

Q: How do I verify that load balancing is in effect?
A: Continuous execution at the terminalcurl --socks5 127.0.0.1:1080 ipinfo.io, observe whether the returned IP address is automatically switched.

Q: What should I do if I encounter a connection timeout?
A: ① Check HAProxy logstail -f /var/log/haproxy.log ② manually refresh the IP in the ipipgo console ③ properly adjust the size of thetimeout serverparameter value

With the combined solution of HAProxy+Socks5, together with the global residential IP resources provided by ipipgo, we helped a financial company to realize 7×24 hours uninterrupted data collection, and the failure recovery time was shortened from hourly to secondly. Sign up for ipipgo now and also receiveFree Trial PackageExperience the power and stability of intelligent agent clustering immediately.