First install socat Execute the following command where <backend> and <Server> are replaced Example We can verify the servers with socat with the following command We get the following output We can see the srv_op_state has changed to the value

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Create a folder to contain the .cfg files Change the systemd file used for the HAProxy Service Find the line that starts with Environment Edit the line so it contains the -f /etc/haproxy/haproxy.dIn this case we are using the /etc/haproxy/haproxy.d

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