.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 How Lua runs in HAProxy ======================= HAProxy Lua running contexts ---------------------------- The Lua code executed in HAProxy can be processed in 2 main modes. The first one is the **initialisation mode**, and the second is the **runtime mode**. * In the **initialisation mode**, we can perform DNS solves, but we cannot perform socket I/O. In this initialisation mode, HAProxy still blocked during the execution of the Lua program. * In the **runtime mode**, we cannot perform DNS solves, but we can use sockets. The execution of the Lua code is multiplexed with the requests processing, so the Lua code seems to be run in blocking, but it is not the case. The Lua code is loaded in one or more files. These files contains main code and functions. Lua have 6 execution context. 1. The Lua file **body context**. It is executed during the load of the Lua file in the HAProxy `[global]` section with the directive `lua-load`. It is executed in initialisation mode. This section is use for configuring Lua bindings in HAProxy. 2. The Lua **init context**. It is a Lua function executed just after the HAProxy configuration parsing. The execution is in initialisation mode. In this context the HAProxy environment are already initialized. It is useful to check configuration, or initializing socket connections or tasks. These functions are declared in the body context with the Lua function `core.register_init()`. The prototype of the function is a simple function without return value and without parameters, like this: `function fcn()`. 3. The Lua **task context**. It is a Lua function executed after the start of the HAProxy scheduler, and just after the declaration of the task with the Lua function `core.register_task()`. This context can be concurrent with the traffic processing. It is executed in runtime mode. The prototype of the function is a simple function without return value and without parameters, like this: `function fcn()`. 4. The **action context**. It is a Lua function conditionally executed. These actions are registered by the Lua directives "`core.register_action()`". The prototype of the Lua called function is a function with doesn't returns anything and that take an object of class TXN as entry. `function fcn(txn)`. 5. The **sample-fetch context**. This function takes a TXN object as entry argument and returns a string. These types of function cannot execute any blocking function. They are useful to aggregate some of original HAProxy sample-fetches and return the result. The prototype of the function is `function string fcn(txn)`. These functions can be registered with the Lua function `core.register_fetches()`. Each declared sample-fetch is prefixed by the string "lua.". **NOTE**: It is possible that this function cannot found the required data in the original HAProxy sample-fetches, in this case, it cannot return the result. This case is not yet supported 6. The **converter context**. It is a Lua function that takes a string as input and returns another string as output. These types of function are stateless, it cannot access to any context. They don't execute any blocking function. The call prototype is `function string fcn(string)`. This function can be registered with the Lua function `core.register_converters()`. Each declared converter is prefixed by the string "lua.". HAProxy Lua Hello world ----------------------- HAProxy configuration file (`hello_world.conf`): :: global lua-load hello_world.lua listen proxy bind 127.0.0.1:10001 tcp-request inspect-delay 1s tcp-request content use-service lua.hello_world HAProxy Lua file (`hello_world.lua`): .. code-block:: lua core.register_service("hello_world", "tcp", function(applet) applet:send("hello world\n") end) How to start HAProxy for testing this configuration: :: ./haproxy -f hello_world.conf On other terminal, you can test with telnet: :: #:~ telnet 127.0.0.1 10001 hello world Core class ========== .. js:class:: core The "core" class contains all the HAProxy core functions. These function are useful for the controlling the execution flow, registering hooks, manipulating global maps or ACL, ... "core" class is basically provided with HAProxy. No `require` line is required to uses these function. The "core" class is static, it is not possible to create a new object of this type. .. js:attribute:: core.emerg :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "emergency" (0). .. js:attribute:: core.alert :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "alert" (1). .. js:attribute:: core.crit :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "critical" (2). .. js:attribute:: core.err :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "error" (3). .. js:attribute:: core.warning :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "warning" (4). .. js:attribute:: core.notice :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "notice" (5). .. js:attribute:: core.info :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "info" (6). .. js:attribute:: core.debug :returns: integer This attribute is an integer, it contains the value of the loglevel "debug" (7). .. js:attribute:: core.proxies **context**: task, action, sample-fetch, converter This attribute is a table of declared proxies (frontend and backends). Each proxy give an access to his list of listeners and servers. The table is indexed by proxy name, and each entry is of type :ref:`proxy_class`. Warning, if you are declared frontend and backend with the same name, only one of these are listed. :see: :js:attr:`core.backends` :see: :js:attr:`core.frontends` .. js:attribute:: core.backends **context**: task, action, sample-fetch, converter This attribute is a table of declared proxies with backend capability. Each proxy give an access to his list of listeners and servers. The table is indexed by the backend name, and each entry is of type :ref:`proxy_class`. :see: :js:attr:`core.proxies` :see: :js:attr:`core.frontends` .. js:attribute:: core.frontends **context**: task, action, sample-fetch, converter This attribute is a table of declared proxies with frontend capability. Each proxy give an access to his list of listeners and servers. The table is indexed by the frontend name, and each entry is of type :ref:`proxy_class`. :see: :js:attr:`core.proxies` :see: :js:attr:`core.backends` .. js:function:: core.log(loglevel, msg) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter This function sends a log. The log is sent, according with the HAProxy configuration file, on the default syslog server if it is configured and on the stderr if it is allowed. :param integer loglevel: Is the log level associated with the message. It is a number between 0 and 7. :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:attr:`core.emerg`, :js:attr:`core.alert`, :js:attr:`core.crit`, :js:attr:`core.err`, :js:attr:`core.warning`, :js:attr:`core.notice`, :js:attr:`core.info`, :js:attr:`core.debug` (log level definitions) :see: :js:func:`core.Debug` :see: :js:func:`core.Info` :see: :js:func:`core.Warning` :see: :js:func:`core.Alert` .. js:function:: core.Debug(msg) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`core.log` Does the same job than: .. code-block:: lua function Debug(msg) core.log(core.debug, msg) end .. .. js:function:: core.Info(msg) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`core.log` .. code-block:: lua function Info(msg) core.log(core.info, msg) end .. .. js:function:: core.Warning(msg) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`core.log` .. code-block:: lua function Warning(msg) core.log(core.warning, msg) end .. .. js:function:: core.Alert(msg) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`core.log` .. code-block:: lua function Alert(msg) core.log(core.alert, msg) end .. .. js:function:: core.add_acl(filename, key) **context**: init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter Add the ACL *key* in the ACLs list referenced by the file *filename*. :param string filename: the filename that reference the ACL entries. :param string key: the key which will be added. .. js:function:: core.del_acl(filename, key) **context**: init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter Delete the ACL entry referenced by the key *key* in the list of ACLs referenced by *filename*. :param string filename: the filename that reference the ACL entries. :param string key: the key which will be deleted. .. js:function:: core.del_map(filename, key) **context**: init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter Delete the map entry indexed with the specified key in the list of maps referenced by his filename. :param string filename: the filename that reference the map entries. :param string key: the key which will be deleted. .. js:function:: core.get_info() **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter Returns HAProxy core information. We can found information like the uptime, the pid, memory pool usage, tasks number, ... These information are also returned by the management socket via the command "show info". See the management socket documentation for more information about the content of these variables. :returns: an array of values. .. js:function:: core.now() **context**: body, init, task, action This function returns the current time. The time returned is fixed by the HAProxy core and assures than the hour will be monotonic and that the system call 'gettimeofday' will not be called too. The time is refreshed between each Lua execution or resume, so two consecutive call to the function "now" will probably returns the same result. :returns: a table which contains two entries "sec" and "usec". "sec" contains the current at the epoch format, and "usec" contains the current microseconds. .. js:function:: core.http_date(date) **context**: body, init, task, action This function take a string representing http date, and returns an integer containing the corresponding date with a epoch format. A valid http date me respect the format IMF, RFC850 or ASCTIME. :param string date: a date http-date formatted :returns: integer containing epoch date :see: :js:func:`core.imf_date`. :see: :js:func:`core.rfc850_date`. :see: :js:func:`core.asctime_date`. :see: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.1.1.1 .. js:function:: core.imf_date(date) **context**: body, init, task, action This function take a string representing IMF date, and returns an integer containing the corresponding date with a epoch format. :param string date: a date IMF formatted :returns: integer containing epoch date :see: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.1.1.1 The IMF format is like this: .. code-block:: text Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT .. .. js:function:: core.rfc850_date(date) **context**: body, init, task, action This function take a string representing RFC850 date, and returns an integer containing the corresponding date with a epoch format. :param string date: a date RFC859 formatted :returns: integer containing epoch date :see: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.1.1.1 The RFC850 format is like this: .. code-block:: text Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT .. .. js:function:: core.asctime_date(date) **context**: body, init, task, action This function take a string representing ASCTIME date, and returns an integer containing the corresponding date with a epoch format. :param string date: a date ASCTIME formatted :returns: integer containing epoch date :see: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.1.1.1 The ASCTIME format is like this: .. code-block:: text Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994 .. .. js:function:: core.rfc850_date(date) **context**: body, init, task, action This function take a string representing http date, and returns an integer containing the corresponding date with a epoch format. :param string date: a date http-date formatted .. js:function:: core.asctime_date(date) **context**: body, init, task, action This function take a string representing http date, and returns an integer containing the corresponding date with a epoch format. :param string date: a date http-date formatted .. js:function:: core.msleep(milliseconds) **context**: body, init, task, action The `core.msleep()` stops the Lua execution between specified milliseconds. :param integer milliseconds: the required milliseconds. .. js:attribute:: core.proxies **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter Proxies is a table containing the list of all proxies declared in the configuration file. The table is indexed by the proxy name, and each entry of the proxies table is an object of type :ref:`proxy_class`. Warning, if you have declared a frontend and backend with the same name, only one of these are listed. .. js:function:: core.register_action(name, actions, func [, nb_args]) **context**: body Register a Lua function executed as action. All the registered action can be used in HAProxy with the prefix "lua.". An action gets a TXN object class as input. :param string name: is the name of the converter. :param table actions: is a table of string describing the HAProxy actions who want to register to. The expected actions are 'tcp-req', 'tcp-res', 'http-req' or 'http-res'. :param integer nb_args: is the expected number of argument for the action. By default the value is 0. :param function func: is the Lua function called to work as converter. The prototype of the Lua function used as argument is: .. code-block:: lua function(txn [, arg1 [, arg2]]) .. * **txn** (:ref:`txn_class`): this is a TXN object used for manipulating the current request or TCP stream. * **argX**: this is argument provided through the HAProxy configuration file. Here, an example of action registration. The action just send an 'Hello world' in the logs. .. code-block:: lua core.register_action("hello-world", { "tcp-req", "http-req" }, function(txn) txn:Info("Hello world") end) .. This example code is used in HAproxy configuration like this: :: frontend tcp_frt mode tcp tcp-request content lua.hello-world frontend http_frt mode http http-request lua.hello-world .. A second example using arguments .. code-block:: lua function hello_world(txn, arg) txn:Info("Hello world for " .. arg) end core.register_action("hello-world", { "tcp-req", "http-req" }, hello_world, 2) .. This example code is used in HAproxy configuration like this: :: frontend tcp_frt mode tcp tcp-request content lua.hello-world everybody .. .. js:function:: core.register_converters(name, func) **context**: body Register a Lua function executed as converter. All the registered converters can be used in HAProxy with the prefix "lua.". An converter get a string as input and return a string as output. The registered function can take up to 9 values as parameter. All the value are strings. :param string name: is the name of the converter. :param function func: is the Lua function called to work as converter. The prototype of the Lua function used as argument is: .. code-block:: lua function(str, [p1 [, p2 [, ... [, p5]]]]) .. * **str** (*string*): this is the input value automatically converted in string. * **p1** .. **p5** (*string*): this is a list of string arguments declared in the HAProxy configuration file. The number of arguments doesn't exceed 5. The order and the nature of these is conventionally choose by the developer. .. js:function:: core.register_fetches(name, func) **context**: body Register a Lua function executed as sample fetch. All the registered sample fetch can be used in HAProxy with the prefix "lua.". A Lua sample fetch return a string as output. The registered function can take up to 9 values as parameter. All the value are strings. :param string name: is the name of the converter. :param function func: is the Lua function called to work as sample fetch. The prototype of the Lua function used as argument is: .. code-block:: lua string function(txn, [p1 [, p2 [, ... [, p5]]]]) .. * **txn** (:ref:`txn_class`): this is the txn object associated with the current request. * **p1** .. **p5** (*string*): this is a list of string arguments declared in the HAProxy configuration file. The number of arguments doesn't exceed 5. The order and the nature of these is conventionally choose by the developer. * **Returns**: A string containing some data, or nil if the value cannot be returned now. lua example code: .. code-block:: lua core.register_fetches("hello", function(txn) return "hello" end) .. HAProxy example configuration: :: frontend example http-request redirect location /%[lua.hello] .. js:function:: core.register_service(name, mode, func) **context**: body Register a Lua function executed as a service. All the registered service can be used in HAProxy with the prefix "lua.". A service gets an object class as input according with the required mode. :param string name: is the name of the converter. :param string mode: is string describing the required mode. Only 'tcp' or 'http' are allowed. :param function func: is the Lua function called to work as converter. The prototype of the Lua function used as argument is: .. code-block:: lua function(applet) .. * **applet** *applet* will be a :ref:`applettcp_class` or a :ref:`applethttp_class`. It depends the type of registered applet. An applet registered with the 'http' value for the *mode* parameter will gets a :ref:`applethttp_class`. If the *mode* value is 'tcp', the applet will gets a :ref:`applettcp_class`. **warning**: Applets of type 'http' cannot be called from 'tcp-*' rulesets. Only the 'http-*' rulesets are authorized, this means that is not possible to call an HTTP applet from a proxy in tcp mode. Applets of type 'tcp' can be called from anywhere. Here, an example of service registration. The service just send an 'Hello world' as an http response. .. code-block:: lua core.register_service("hello-world", "http", function(applet) local response = "Hello World !" applet:set_status(200) applet:add_header("content-length", string.len(response)) applet:add_header("content-type", "text/plain") applet:start_response() applet:send(response) end) .. This example code is used in HAproxy configuration like this: :: frontend example http-request use-service lua.hello-world .. js:function:: core.register_init(func) **context**: body Register a function executed after the configuration parsing. This is useful to check any parameters. :param function func: is the Lua function called to work as initializer. The prototype of the Lua function used as argument is: .. code-block:: lua function() .. It takes no input, and no output is expected. .. js:function:: core.register_task(func) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter Register and start independent task. The task is started when the HAProxy main scheduler starts. For example this type of tasks can be executed to perform complex health checks. :param function func: is the Lua function called to work as initializer. The prototype of the Lua function used as argument is: .. code-block:: lua function() .. It takes no input, and no output is expected. .. js:function:: core.register_cli([path], usage, func) **context**: body Register and start independent task. The task is started when the HAProxy main scheduler starts. For example this type of tasks can be executed to perform complex health checks. :param array path: is the sequence of word for which the cli execute the Lua binding. :param string usage: is the usage message displayed in the help. :param function func: is the Lua function called to handle the CLI commands. The prototype of the Lua function used as argument is: .. code-block:: lua function(AppletTCP, [arg1, [arg2, [...]]]) .. I/O are managed with the :ref:`applettcp_class` object. Args are given as parameter. The args embed the registered path. If the path is declared like this: .. code-block:: lua core.register_cli({"show", "ssl", "stats"}, "Display SSL stats..", function(applet, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5) end) .. And we execute this in the prompt: .. code-block:: text > prompt > show ssl stats all .. Then, arg1, arg2 and arg3 will contains respectively "show", "ssl" and "stats". arg4 will contain "all". arg5 contains nil. .. js:function:: core.set_nice(nice) **context**: task, action, sample-fetch, converter Change the nice of the current task or current session. :param integer nice: the nice value, it must be between -1024 and 1024. .. js:function:: core.set_map(filename, key, value) **context**: init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter Set the value *value* associated to the key *key* in the map referenced by *filename*. :param string filename: the Map reference :param string key: the key to set or replace :param string value: the associated value .. js:function:: core.sleep(int seconds) **context**: body, init, task, action The `core.sleep()` functions stop the Lua execution between specified seconds. :param integer seconds: the required seconds. .. js:function:: core.tcp() **context**: init, task, action This function returns a new object of a *socket* class. :returns: A :ref:`socket_class` object. .. js:function:: core.concat() **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter This function returns a new concat object. :returns: A :ref:`concat_class` object. .. js:function:: core.done(data) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter :param any data: Return some data for the caller. It is useful with sample-fetches and sample-converters. Immediately stops the current Lua execution and returns to the caller which may be a sample fetch, a converter or an action and returns the specified value (ignored for actions). It is used when the LUA process finishes its work and wants to give back the control to HAProxy without executing the remaining code. It can be seen as a multi-level "return". .. js:function:: core.yield() **context**: task, action, sample-fetch, converter Give back the hand at the HAProxy scheduler. It is used when the LUA processing consumes a lot of processing time. .. js:function:: core.parse_addr(address) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter :param network: is a string describing an ipv4 or ipv6 address and optionally its network length, like this: "127.0.0.1/8" or "aaaa::1234/32". :returns: a userdata containing network or nil if an error occurs. Parse ipv4 or ipv6 addresses and its facultative associated network. .. js:function:: core.match_addr(addr1, addr2) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter :param addr1: is an address created with "core.parse_addr". :param addr2: is an address created with "core.parse_addr". :returns: boolean, true if the network of the addresses match, else returns false. Match two networks. For example "127.0.0.1/32" matches "127.0.0.0/8". The order of network is not important. .. js:function:: core.tokenize(str, separators [, noblank]) **context**: body, init, task, action, sample-fetch, converter This function is useful for tokenizing an entry, or splitting some messages. :param string str: The string which will be split. :param string separators: A string containing a list of separators. :param boolean noblank: Ignore empty entries. :returns: an array of string. For example: .. code-block:: lua local array = core.tokenize("This function is useful, for tokenizing an entry.", "., ", true) print_r(array) .. Returns this array: .. code-block:: text (table) table: 0x21c01e0 [ 1: (string) "This" 2: (string) "function" 3: (string) "is" 4: (string) "useful" 5: (string) "for" 6: (string) "tokenizing" 7: (string) "an" 8: (string) "entry" ] .. .. _proxy_class: Proxy class ============ .. js:class:: Proxy This class provides a way for manipulating proxy and retrieving information like statistics. .. js:attribute:: Proxy.name Contain the name of the proxy. .. js:attribute:: Proxy.uuid Contain the unique identifier of the proxy. .. js:attribute:: Proxy.servers Contain a table with the attached servers. The table is indexed by server name, and each server entry is an object of type :ref:`server_class`. .. js:attribute:: Proxy.stktable Contains a stick table object attached to the proxy. .. js:attribute:: Proxy.listeners Contain a table with the attached listeners. The table is indexed by listener name, and each each listeners entry is an object of type :ref:`listener_class`. .. js:function:: Proxy.pause(px) Pause the proxy. See the management socket documentation for more information. :param class_proxy px: A :ref:`proxy_class` which indicates the manipulated proxy. .. js:function:: Proxy.resume(px) Resume the proxy. See the management socket documentation for more information. :param class_proxy px: A :ref:`proxy_class` which indicates the manipulated proxy. .. js:function:: Proxy.stop(px) Stop the proxy. See the management socket documentation for more information. :param class_proxy px: A :ref:`proxy_class` which indicates the manipulated proxy. .. js:function:: Proxy.shut_bcksess(px) Kill the session attached to a backup server. See the management socket documentation for more information. :param class_proxy px: A :ref:`proxy_class` which indicates the manipulated proxy. .. js:function:: Proxy.get_cap(px) Returns a string describing the capabilities of the proxy. :param class_proxy px: A :ref:`proxy_class` which indicates the manipulated proxy. :returns: a string "frontend", "backend", "proxy" or "ruleset". .. js:function:: Proxy.get_mode(px) Returns a string describing the mode of the current proxy. :param class_proxy px: A :ref:`proxy_class` which indicates the manipulated proxy. :returns: a string "tcp", "http", "health" or "unknown" .. js:function:: Proxy.get_stats(px) Returns a table containing the proxy statistics. The statistics returned are not the same if the proxy is frontend or a backend. :param class_proxy px: A :ref:`proxy_class` which indicates the manipulated proxy. :returns: a key/value table containing stats .. _server_class: Server class ============ .. js:class:: Server This class provides a way for manipulating servers and retrieving information. .. js:attribute:: Server.name Contain the name of the server. .. js:attribute:: Server.puid Contain the proxy unique identifier of the server. .. js:function:: Server.is_draining(sv) Return true if the server is currently draining sticky connections. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :returns: a boolean .. js:function:: Server.set_maxconn(sv, weight) Dynamically change the maximum connections of the server. See the management socket documentation for more information about the format of the string. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :param string maxconn: A string describing the server maximum connections. .. js:function:: Server.get_maxconn(sv, weight) This function returns an integer representing the server maximum connections. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :returns: an integer. .. js:function:: Server.set_weight(sv, weight) Dynamically change the weight of the server. See the management socket documentation for more information about the format of the string. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :param string weight: A string describing the server weight. .. js:function:: Server.get_weight(sv) This function returns an integer representing the server weight. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :returns: an integer. .. js:function:: Server.set_addr(sv, addr[, port]) Dynamically change the address of the server. See the management socket documentation for more information about the format of the string. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :param string addr: A string describing the server address. .. js:function:: Server.get_addr(sv) Returns a string describing the address of the server. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :returns: A string .. js:function:: Server.get_stats(sv) Returns server statistics. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. :returns: a key/value table containing stats .. js:function:: Server.shut_sess(sv) Shutdown all the sessions attached to the server. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.set_drain(sv) Drain sticky sessions. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.set_maint(sv) Set maintenance mode. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.set_ready(sv) Set normal mode. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.check_enable(sv) Enable health checks. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.check_disable(sv) Disable health checks. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.check_force_up(sv) Force health-check up. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.check_force_nolb(sv) Force health-check nolb mode. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.check_force_down(sv) Force health-check down. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.agent_enable(sv) Enable agent check. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.agent_disable(sv) Disable agent check. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.agent_force_up(sv) Force agent check up. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. js:function:: Server.agent_force_down(sv) Force agent check down. See the management socket documentation for more information about this function. :param class_server sv: A :ref:`server_class` which indicates the manipulated server. .. _listener_class: Listener class ============== .. js:function:: Listener.get_stats(ls) Returns server statistics. :param class_listener ls: A :ref:`listener_class` which indicates the manipulated listener. :returns: a key/value table containing stats .. _concat_class: Concat class ============ .. js:class:: Concat This class provides a fast way for string concatenation. The way using native Lua concatenation like the code below is slow for some reasons. .. code-block:: lua str = "string1" str = str .. ", string2" str = str .. ", string3" .. For each concatenation, Lua: * allocate memory for the result, * catenate the two string copying the strings in the new memory block, * free the old memory block containing the string which is no longer used. This process does many memory move, allocation and free. In addition, the memory is not really freed, it is just mark mark as unused and wait for the garbage collector. The Concat class provide an alternative way to concatenate strings. It uses the internal Lua mechanism (it does not allocate memory), but it doesn't copy the data more than once. On my computer, the following loops spends 0.2s for the Concat method and 18.5s for the pure Lua implementation. So, the Concat class is about 1000x faster than the embedded solution. .. code-block:: lua for j = 1, 100 do c = core.concat() for i = 1, 20000 do c:add("#####") end end .. .. code-block:: lua for j = 1, 100 do c = "" for i = 1, 20000 do c = c .. "#####" end end .. .. js:function:: Concat.add(concat, string) This function adds a string to the current concatenated string. :param class_concat concat: A :ref:`concat_class` which contains the currently built string. :param string string: A new string to concatenate to the current built string. .. js:function:: Concat.dump(concat) This function returns the concatenated string. :param class_concat concat: A :ref:`concat_class` which contains the currently built string. :returns: the concatenated string .. _fetches_class: Fetches class ============= .. js:class:: Fetches This class contains a lot of internal HAProxy sample fetches. See the HAProxy "configuration.txt" documentation for more information about her usage. They are the chapters 7.3.2 to 7.3.6. **warning** some sample fetches are not available in some context. These limitations are specified in this documentation when they're useful. :see: :js:attr:`TXN.f` :see: :js:attr:`TXN.sf` Fetches are useful for: * get system time, * get environment variable, * get random numbers, * known backend status like the number of users in queue or the number of connections established, * client information like ip source or destination, * deal with stick tables, * Established SSL information, * HTTP information like headers or method. .. code-block:: lua function action(txn) -- Get source IP local clientip = txn.f:src() end .. .. _converters_class: Converters class ================ .. js:class:: Converters This class contains a lot of internal HAProxy sample converters. See the HAProxy documentation "configuration.txt" for more information about her usage. Its the chapter 7.3.1. :see: :js:attr:`TXN.c` :see: :js:attr:`TXN.sc` Converters provides statefull transformation. They are useful for: * converting input to base64, * applying hash on input string (djb2, crc32, sdbm, wt6), * format date, * json escape, * extracting preferred language comparing two lists, * turn to lower or upper chars, * deal with stick tables. .. _channel_class: Channel class ============= .. js:class:: Channel HAProxy uses two buffers for the processing of the requests. The first one is used with the request data (from the client to the server) and the second is used for the response data (from the server to the client). Each buffer contains two types of data. The first type is the incoming data waiting for a processing. The second part is the outgoing data already processed. Usually, the incoming data is processed, after it is tagged as outgoing data, and finally it is sent. The following functions provides tools for manipulating these data in a buffer. The following diagram shows where the channel class function are applied. **Warning**: It is not possible to read from the response in request action, and it is not possible to read for the request channel in response action. .. image:: _static/channel.png .. js:function:: Channel.dup(channel) This function returns a string that contain the entire buffer. The data is not remove from the buffer and can be reprocessed later. If the buffer can't receive more data, a 'nil' value is returned. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :returns: a string containing all the available data or nil. .. js:function:: Channel.get(channel) This function returns a string that contain the entire buffer. The data is consumed from the buffer. If the buffer can't receive more data, a 'nil' value is returned. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :returns: a string containing all the available data or nil. .. js:function:: Channel.getline(channel) This function returns a string that contain the first line of the buffer. The data is consumed. If the data returned doesn't contains a final '\n' its assumed than its the last available data in the buffer. If the buffer can't receive more data, a 'nil' value is returned. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :returns: a string containing the available line or nil. .. js:function:: Channel.set(channel, string) This function replace the content of the buffer by the string. The function returns the copied length, otherwise, it returns -1. The data set with this function are not send. They wait for the end of HAProxy processing, so the buffer can be full. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :param string string: The data which will sent. :returns: an integer containing the amount of bytes copied or -1. .. js:function:: Channel.append(channel, string) This function append the string argument to the content of the buffer. The function returns the copied length, otherwise, it returns -1. The data set with this function are not send. They wait for the end of HAProxy processing, so the buffer can be full. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :param string string: The data which will sent. :returns: an integer containing the amount of bytes copied or -1. .. js:function:: Channel.send(channel, string) This function required immediate send of the data. Unless if the connection is close, the buffer is regularly flushed and all the string can be sent. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :param string string: The data which will sent. :returns: an integer containing the amount of bytes copied or -1. .. js:function:: Channel.get_in_length(channel) This function returns the length of the input part of the buffer. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :returns: an integer containing the amount of available bytes. .. js:function:: Channel.get_out_length(channel) This function returns the length of the output part of the buffer. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :returns: an integer containing the amount of available bytes. .. js:function:: Channel.forward(channel, int) This function transfer bytes from the input part of the buffer to the output part. :param class_channel channel: The manipulated Channel. :param integer int: The amount of data which will be forwarded. .. js:function:: Channel.is_full(channel) This function returns true if the buffer channel is full. :returns: a boolean .. _http_class: HTTP class ========== .. js:class:: HTTP This class contain all the HTTP manipulation functions. .. js:function:: HTTP.req_get_headers(http) Returns a table containing all the request headers. :param class_http http: The related http object. :returns: table of headers. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.res_get_headers` This is the form of the returned table: .. code-block:: lua HTTP:req_get_headers()[''][] = "" local hdr = HTTP:req_get_headers() hdr["host"][0] = "www.test.com" hdr["accept"][0] = "audio/basic q=1" hdr["accept"][1] = "audio/*, q=0.2" hdr["accept"][2] = "*/*, q=0.1" .. .. js:function:: HTTP.res_get_headers(http) Returns a table containing all the response headers. :param class_http http: The related http object. :returns: table of headers. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.req_get_headers` This is the form of the returned table: .. code-block:: lua HTTP:res_get_headers()[''][] = "" local hdr = HTTP:req_get_headers() hdr["host"][0] = "www.test.com" hdr["accept"][0] = "audio/basic q=1" hdr["accept"][1] = "audio/*, q=0.2" hdr["accept"][2] = "*.*, q=0.1" .. .. js:function:: HTTP.req_add_header(http, name, value) Appends an HTTP header field in the request whose name is specified in "name" and whose value is defined in "value". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :param string value: The header value. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.res_add_header` .. js:function:: HTTP.res_add_header(http, name, value) Appends an HTTP header field in the response whose name is specified in "name" and whose value is defined in "value". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :param string value: The header value. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.req_add_header` .. js:function:: HTTP.req_del_header(http, name) Removes all HTTP header fields in the request whose name is specified in "name". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.res_del_header` .. js:function:: HTTP.res_del_header(http, name) Removes all HTTP header fields in the response whose name is specified in "name". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.req_del_header` .. js:function:: HTTP.req_set_header(http, name, value) This variable replace all occurrence of all header "name", by only one containing the "value". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :param string value: The header value. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.res_set_header` This function does the same work as the following code: .. code-block:: lua function fcn(txn) TXN.http:req_del_header("header") TXN.http:req_add_header("header", "value") end .. .. js:function:: HTTP.res_set_header(http, name, value) This variable replace all occurrence of all header "name", by only one containing the "value". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :param string value: The header value. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.req_rep_header()` .. js:function:: HTTP.req_rep_header(http, name, regex, replace) Matches the regular expression in all occurrences of header field "name" according to "regex", and replaces them with the "replace" argument. The replacement value can contain back references like \1, \2, ... This function works with the request. :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :param string regex: The match regular expression. :param string replace: The replacement value. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.res_rep_header()` .. js:function:: HTTP.res_rep_header(http, name, regex, string) Matches the regular expression in all occurrences of header field "name" according to "regex", and replaces them with the "replace" argument. The replacement value can contain back references like \1, \2, ... This function works with the request. :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string name: The header name. :param string regex: The match regular expression. :param string replace: The replacement value. :see: :js:func:`HTTP.req_rep_header()` .. js:function:: HTTP.req_set_method(http, method) Rewrites the request method with the parameter "method". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string method: The new method. .. js:function:: HTTP.req_set_path(http, path) Rewrites the request path with the "path" parameter. :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string path: The new path. .. js:function:: HTTP.req_set_query(http, query) Rewrites the request's query string which appears after the first question mark ("?") with the parameter "query". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string query: The new query. .. js:function:: HTTP.req_set_uri(http, uri) Rewrites the request URI with the parameter "uri". :param class_http http: The related http object. :param string uri: The new uri. .. js:function:: HTTP.res_set_status(http, status [, reason]) Rewrites the response status code with the parameter "code". If no custom reason is provided, it will be generated from the status. :param class_http http: The related http object. :param integer status: The new response status code. :param string reason: The new response reason (optional). .. _txn_class: TXN class ========= .. js:class:: TXN The txn class contain all the functions relative to the http or tcp transaction (Note than a tcp stream is the same than a tcp transaction, but an HTTP transaction is not the same than a tcp stream). The usage of this class permits to retrieve data from the requests, alter it and forward it. All the functions provided by this class are available in the context **sample-fetches** and **actions**. .. js:attribute:: TXN.c :returns: An :ref:`converters_class`. This attribute contains a Converters class object. .. js:attribute:: TXN.sc :returns: An :ref:`converters_class`. This attribute contains a Converters class object. The functions of this object returns always a string. .. js:attribute:: TXN.f :returns: An :ref:`fetches_class`. This attribute contains a Fetches class object. .. js:attribute:: TXN.sf :returns: An :ref:`fetches_class`. This attribute contains a Fetches class object. The functions of this object returns always a string. .. js:attribute:: TXN.req :returns: An :ref:`channel_class`. This attribute contains a channel class object for the request buffer. .. js:attribute:: TXN.res :returns: An :ref:`channel_class`. This attribute contains a channel class object for the response buffer. .. js:attribute:: TXN.http :returns: An :ref:`http_class`. This attribute contains an HTTP class object. It is available only if the proxy has the "mode http" enabled. .. js:function:: TXN.log(TXN, loglevel, msg) This function sends a log. The log is sent, according with the HAProxy configuration file, on the default syslog server if it is configured and on the stderr if it is allowed. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param integer loglevel: Is the log level associated with the message. It is a number between 0 and 7. :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:attr:`core.emerg`, :js:attr:`core.alert`, :js:attr:`core.crit`, :js:attr:`core.err`, :js:attr:`core.warning`, :js:attr:`core.notice`, :js:attr:`core.info`, :js:attr:`core.debug` (log level definitions) :see: :js:func:`TXN.deflog` :see: :js:func:`TXN.Debug` :see: :js:func:`TXN.Info` :see: :js:func:`TXN.Warning` :see: :js:func:`TXN.Alert` .. js:function:: TXN.deflog(TXN, msg) Sends a log line with the default loglevel for the proxy associated with the transaction. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`TXN.log .. js:function:: TXN.Debug(txn, msg) :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`TXN.log` Does the same job than: .. code-block:: lua function Debug(txn, msg) TXN.log(txn, core.debug, msg) end .. .. js:function:: TXN.Info(txn, msg) :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`TXN.log` .. code-block:: lua function Debug(txn, msg) TXN.log(txn, core.info, msg) end .. .. js:function:: TXN.Warning(txn, msg) :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`TXN.log` .. code-block:: lua function Debug(txn, msg) TXN.log(txn, core.warning, msg) end .. .. js:function:: TXN.Alert(txn, msg) :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string msg: The log content. :see: :js:func:`TXN.log` .. code-block:: lua function Debug(txn, msg) TXN.log(txn, core.alert, msg) end .. .. js:function:: TXN.get_priv(txn) Return Lua data stored in the current transaction (with the `TXN.set_priv()`) function. If no data are stored, it returns a nil value. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :returns: the opaque data previously stored, or nil if nothing is available. .. js:function:: TXN.set_priv(txn, data) Store any data in the current HAProxy transaction. This action replace the old stored data. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param opaque data: The data which is stored in the transaction. .. js:function:: TXN.set_var(TXN, var, value[, ifexist]) Converts a Lua type in a HAProxy type and store it in a variable . :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. :param type value: The value associated to the variable. The type can be string or integer. :param boolean ifexist: If this parameter is set to a truthy value the variable will only be set if it was defined elsewhere (i.e. used within the configuration). It is highly recommended to always set this to true. .. js:function:: TXN.unset_var(TXN, var) Unset the variable . :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. .. js:function:: TXN.get_var(TXN, var) Returns data stored in the variable converter in Lua type. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. .. js:function:: TXN.reply([reply]) Return a new reply object :param table reply: A table containing info to initialize the reply fields. :returns: A :ref:`reply_class` object. The table used to initialized the reply object may contain following entries : * status : The reply status code. the code 200 is used by default. * reason : The reply reason. The reason corresponding to the status code is used by default. * headers : An list of headers, indexed by header name. Empty by default. For a given name, multiple values are possible, stored in an ordered list. * body : The reply body, empty by default. .. code-block:: lua local reply = txn:reply{ status = 400, reason = "Bad request", headers = { ["content-type"] = { "text/html" }, ["cache-control"] = {"no-cache", "no-store" } }, body = "

invalid request

" } .. :see: :js:class:`Reply` .. js:function:: TXN.done(txn[, reply]) This function terminates processing of the transaction and the associated session and optionally reply to the client for HTTP sessions. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param class_reply reply: The class reply object to return to the client. This functions can be used when a critical error is detected or to terminate processing after some data have been returned to the client (eg: a redirect). To do so, a reply may be provided. This object is optional and may contain a status code, a reason, a header list and a body. All these fields are optionnals. When not provided, the default values are used. By default, with an empty reply object, an empty HTTP 200 response is returned to the client. If no reply object is provided, the transaction is terminated without any reply. The reply object may be fully created in lua or the class Reply may be used to create it. .. code-block:: lua local reply = txn:reply() reply:set_status(400, "Bad request") reply:add_header("content-type", "text/html") reply:add_header("cache-control", "no-cache") reply:add_header("cache-control", "no-store") reply:set_body("

invalid request

") txn:done(reply) .. .. code-block:: lua txn:done{ status = 400, reason = "Bad request", headers = { ["content-type"] = { "text/html" }, ["cache-control"] = { "no-cache", "no-store" }, }, body = "

invalid request

" } .. *Warning*: It not make sense to call this function from sample-fetches. In this case the behaviour of this one is the same than core.done(): it quit the Lua execution. The transaction is really aborted only from an action registered function. :see: :js:func:`TXN.reply`, :js:class:`Reply` .. js:function:: TXN.set_loglevel(txn, loglevel) Is used to change the log level of the current request. The "loglevel" must be an integer between 0 and 7. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param integer loglevel: The required log level. This variable can be one of :see: :js:attr:`core.emerg`, :js:attr:`core.alert`, :js:attr:`core.crit`, :js:attr:`core.err`, :js:attr:`core.warning`, :js:attr:`core.notice`, :js:attr:`core.info`, :js:attr:`core.debug` (log level definitions) .. js:function:: TXN.set_tos(txn, tos) Is used to set the TOS or DSCP field value of packets sent to the client to the value passed in "tos" on platforms which support this. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param integer tos: The new TOS os DSCP. .. js:function:: TXN.set_mark(txn, mark) Is used to set the Netfilter MARK on all packets sent to the client to the value passed in "mark" on platforms which support it. :param class_txn txn: The class txn object containing the data. :param integer mark: The mark value. .. js:function:: TXN.set_priority_class(txn, prio) This function adjusts the priority class of the transaction. The value should be within the range -2047..2047. Values outside this range will be truncated. See the HAProxy configuration.txt file keyword "http-request" action "set-priority-class" for details. .. js:function:: TXN.set_priority_offset(txn, prio) This function adjusts the priority offset of the transaction. The value should be within the range -524287..524287. Values outside this range will be truncated. See the HAProxy configuration.txt file keyword "http-request" action "set-priority-offset" for details. .. _reply_class: Reply class ============ .. js:class:: Reply **context**: action This class represents an HTTP response message. It provides some methods to enrich it. .. code-block:: lua local reply = txn:reply({status = 400}) -- default HTTP 400 reason-phase used reply:add_header("content-type", "text/html") reply:add_header("cache-control", "no-cache") reply:add_header("cache-control", "no-store") reply:set_body("

invalid request

") .. :see: :js:func:`TXN.reply` .. js:attribute:: Reply.status The reply status code. By default, the status code is set to 200. :returns: integer .. js:attribute:: Reply.reason The reason string describing the status code. :returns: string .. js:attribute:: Reply.headers A table indexing all reply headers by name. To each name is associated an ordered list of values. :returns: Lua table .. code-block:: lua { ["content-type"] = { "text/html" }, ["cache-control"] = {"no-cache", "no-store" }, x_header_name = { "value1", "value2", ... } ... } .. .. js:attribute:: Reply.body The reply payload. :returns: string .. js:function:: Reply.set_status(REPLY, status[, reason]) Set the reply status code and optionally the reason-phrase. If the reason is not provided, the default reason corresponding to the status code is used. :param class_reply reply: The related Reply object. :param integer status: The reply status code. :param string reason: The reply status reason (optional). .. js:function:: Reply.add_header(REPLY, name, value) Add a header to the reply object. If the header does not already exist, a new entry is created with its name as index and a one-element list containing its value as value. Otherwise, the header value is appended to the ordered list of values associated to the header name. :param class_reply reply: The related Reply object. :param string name: The header field name. :param string value: The header field value. .. js:function:: Reply.del_header(REPLY, name) Remove all occurrences of a header name from the reply object. :param class_reply reply: The related Reply object. :param string name: The header field name. .. js:function:: Reply.set_body(REPLY, body) Set the reply payload. :param class_reply reply: The related Reply object. :param string body: The reply payload. .. _socket_class: Socket class ============ .. js:class:: Socket This class must be compatible with the Lua Socket class. Only the 'client' functions are available. See the Lua Socket documentation: `http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/tcp.html `_ .. js:function:: Socket.close(socket) Closes a TCP object. The internal socket used by the object is closed and the local address to which the object was bound is made available to other applications. No further operations (except for further calls to the close method) are allowed on a closed Socket. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. Note: It is important to close all used sockets once they are not needed, since, in many systems, each socket uses a file descriptor, which are limited system resources. Garbage-collected objects are automatically closed before destruction, though. .. js:function:: Socket.connect(socket, address[, port]) Attempts to connect a socket object to a remote host. In case of error, the method returns nil followed by a string describing the error. In case of success, the method returns 1. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. :param string address: can be an IP address or a host name. See below for more information. :param integer port: must be an integer number in the range [1..64K]. :returns: 1 or nil. An address field extension permits to use the connect() function to connect to other stream than TCP. The syntax containing a simpleipv4 or ipv6 address is the basically expected format. This format requires the port. Other format accepted are a socket path like "/socket/path", it permits to connect to a socket. Abstract namespaces are supported with the prefix "abns@", and finally a file descriptor can be passed with the prefix "fd@". The prefix "ipv4@", "ipv6@" and "unix@" are also supported. The port can be passed int the string. The syntax "127.0.0.1:1234" is valid. In this case, the parameter *port* must not be set. .. js:function:: Socket.connect_ssl(socket, address, port) Same behavior than the function socket:connect, but uses SSL. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. :returns: 1 or nil. .. js:function:: Socket.getpeername(socket) Returns information about the remote side of a connected client object. Returns a string with the IP address of the peer, followed by the port number that peer is using for the connection. In case of error, the method returns nil. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. :returns: a string containing the server information. .. js:function:: Socket.getsockname(socket) Returns the local address information associated to the object. The method returns a string with local IP address and a number with the port. In case of error, the method returns nil. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. :returns: a string containing the client information. .. js:function:: Socket.receive(socket, [pattern [, prefix]]) Reads data from a client object, according to the specified read pattern. Patterns follow the Lua file I/O format, and the difference in performance between all patterns is negligible. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. :param string|integer pattern: Describe what is required (see below). :param string prefix: A string which will be prefix the returned data. :returns: a string containing the required data or nil. Pattern can be any of the following: * **`*a`**: reads from the socket until the connection is closed. No end-of-line translation is performed; * **`*l`**: reads a line of text from the Socket. The line is terminated by a LF character (ASCII 10), optionally preceded by a CR character (ASCII 13). The CR and LF characters are not included in the returned line. In fact, all CR characters are ignored by the pattern. This is the default pattern. * **number**: causes the method to read a specified number of bytes from the Socket. Prefix is an optional string to be concatenated to the beginning of any received data before return. * **empty**: If the pattern is left empty, the default option is `*l`. If successful, the method returns the received pattern. In case of error, the method returns nil followed by an error message which can be the string 'closed' in case the connection was closed before the transmission was completed or the string 'timeout' in case there was a timeout during the operation. Also, after the error message, the function returns the partial result of the transmission. Important note: This function was changed severely. It used to support multiple patterns (but I have never seen this feature used) and now it doesn't anymore. Partial results used to be returned in the same way as successful results. This last feature violated the idea that all functions should return nil on error. Thus it was changed too. .. js:function:: Socket.send(socket, data [, start [, end ]]) Sends data through client object. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. :param string data: The data that will be sent. :param integer start: The start position in the buffer of the data which will be sent. :param integer end: The end position in the buffer of the data which will be sent. :returns: see below. Data is the string to be sent. The optional arguments i and j work exactly like the standard string.sub Lua function to allow the selection of a substring to be sent. If successful, the method returns the index of the last byte within [start, end] that has been sent. Notice that, if start is 1 or absent, this is effectively the total number of bytes sent. In case of error, the method returns nil, followed by an error message, followed by the index of the last byte within [start, end] that has been sent. You might want to try again from the byte following that. The error message can be 'closed' in case the connection was closed before the transmission was completed or the string 'timeout' in case there was a timeout during the operation. Note: Output is not buffered. For small strings, it is always better to concatenate them in Lua (with the '..' operator) and send the result in one call instead of calling the method several times. .. js:function:: Socket.setoption(socket, option [, value]) Just implemented for compatibility, this cal does nothing. .. js:function:: Socket.settimeout(socket, value [, mode]) Changes the timeout values for the object. All I/O operations are blocking. That is, any call to the methods send, receive, and accept will block indefinitely, until the operation completes. The settimeout method defines a limit on the amount of time the I/O methods can block. When a timeout time has elapsed, the affected methods give up and fail with an error code. The amount of time to wait is specified as the value parameter, in seconds. The timeout modes are not implemented, the only settable timeout is the inactivity time waiting for complete the internal buffer send or waiting for receive data. :param class_socket socket: Is the manipulated Socket. :param float value: The timeout value. Use floating point to specify milliseconds. .. _regex_class: Regex class =========== .. js:class:: Regex This class allows the usage of HAProxy regexes because classic lua doesn't provides regexes. This class inherits the HAProxy compilation options, so the regexes can be libc regex, pcre regex or pcre JIT regex. The expression matching number is limited to 20 per regex. The only available option is case sensitive. Because regexes compilation is a heavy process, it is better to define all your regexes in the **body context** and use it during the runtime. .. code-block:: lua -- Create the regex st, regex = Regex.new("needle (..) (...)", true); -- Check compilation errors if st == false then print "error: " .. regex end -- Match the regexes print(regex:exec("Looking for a needle in the haystack")) -- true print(regex:exec("Lokking for a cat in the haystack")) -- false -- Extract words st, list = regex:match("Looking for a needle in the haystack") print(st) -- true print(list[1]) -- needle in the print(list[2]) -- in print(list[3]) -- the .. js:function:: Regex.new(regex, case_sensitive) Create and compile a regex. :param string regex: The regular expression according with the libc or pcre standard :param boolean case_sensitive: Match is case sensitive or not. :returns: boolean status and :ref:`regex_class` or string containing fail reason. .. js:function:: Regex.exec(regex, str) Execute the regex. :param class_regex regex: A :ref:`regex_class` object. :param string str: The input string will be compared with the compiled regex. :returns: a boolean status according with the match result. .. js:function:: Regex.match(regex, str) Execute the regex and return matched expressions. :param class_map map: A :ref:`regex_class` object. :param string str: The input string will be compared with the compiled regex. :returns: a boolean status according with the match result, and a table containing all the string matched in order of declaration. .. _map_class: Map class ========= .. js:class:: Map This class permits to do some lookup in HAProxy maps. The declared maps can be modified during the runtime through the HAProxy management socket. .. code-block:: lua default = "usa" -- Create and load map geo = Map.new("geo.map", Map._ip); -- Create new fetch that returns the user country core.register_fetches("country", function(txn) local src; local loc; src = txn.f:fhdr("x-forwarded-for"); if (src == nil) then src = txn.f:src() if (src == nil) then return default; end end -- Perform lookup loc = geo:lookup(src); if (loc == nil) then return default; end return loc; end); .. js:attribute:: Map._int See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.int` is also available for compatibility. .. js:attribute:: Map._ip See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.ip` is also available for compatibility. .. js:attribute:: Map._str See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.str` is also available for compatibility. .. js:attribute:: Map._beg See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.beg` is also available for compatibility. .. js:attribute:: Map._sub See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.sub` is also available for compatibility. .. js:attribute:: Map._dir See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.dir` is also available for compatibility. .. js:attribute:: Map._dom See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.dom` is also available for compatibility. .. js:attribute:: Map._end See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. .. js:attribute:: Map._reg See the HAProxy configuration.txt file, chapter "Using ACLs and fetching samples" and subchapter "ACL basics" to understand this pattern matching method. Note that :js:attr:`Map.reg` is also available for compatibility. .. js:function:: Map.new(file, method) Creates and load a map. :param string file: Is the file containing the map. :param integer method: Is the map pattern matching method. See the attributes of the Map class. :returns: a class Map object. :see: The Map attributes: :js:attr:`Map._int`, :js:attr:`Map._ip`, :js:attr:`Map._str`, :js:attr:`Map._beg`, :js:attr:`Map._sub`, :js:attr:`Map._dir`, :js:attr:`Map._dom`, :js:attr:`Map._end` and :js:attr:`Map._reg`. .. js:function:: Map.lookup(map, str) Perform a lookup in a map. :param class_map map: Is the class Map object. :param string str: Is the string used as key. :returns: a string containing the result or nil if no match. .. js:function:: Map.slookup(map, str) Perform a lookup in a map. :param class_map map: Is the class Map object. :param string str: Is the string used as key. :returns: a string containing the result or empty string if no match. .. _applethttp_class: AppletHTTP class ================ .. js:class:: AppletHTTP This class is used with applets that requires the 'http' mode. The http applet can be registered with the *core.register_service()* function. They are used for processing an http request like a server in back of HAProxy. This is an hello world sample code: .. code-block:: lua core.register_service("hello-world", "http", function(applet) local response = "Hello World !" applet:set_status(200) applet:add_header("content-length", string.len(response)) applet:add_header("content-type", "text/plain") applet:start_response() applet:send(response) end) .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.c :returns: A :ref:`converters_class` This attribute contains a Converters class object. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.sc :returns: A :ref:`converters_class` This attribute contains a Converters class object. The functions of this object returns always a string. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.f :returns: A :ref:`fetches_class` This attribute contains a Fetches class object. Note that the applet execution place cannot access to a valid HAProxy core HTTP transaction, so some sample fetches related to the HTTP dependent values (hdr, path, ...) are not available. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.sf :returns: A :ref:`fetches_class` This attribute contains a Fetches class object. The functions of this object returns always a string. Note that the applet execution place cannot access to a valid HAProxy core HTTP transaction, so some sample fetches related to the HTTP dependent values (hdr, path, ...) are not available. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.method :returns: string The attribute method returns a string containing the HTTP method. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.version :returns: string The attribute version, returns a string containing the HTTP request version. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.path :returns: string The attribute path returns a string containing the HTTP request path. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.qs :returns: string The attribute qs returns a string containing the HTTP request query string. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.length :returns: integer The attribute length returns an integer containing the HTTP body length. .. js:attribute:: AppletHTTP.headers :returns: table The attribute headers returns a table containing the HTTP headers. The header names are always in lower case. As the header name can be encountered more than once in each request, the value is indexed with 0 as first index value. The table have this form: .. code-block:: lua AppletHTTP.headers[''][] = "" AppletHTTP.headers["host"][0] = "www.test.com" AppletHTTP.headers["accept"][0] = "audio/basic q=1" AppletHTTP.headers["accept"][1] = "audio/*, q=0.2" AppletHTTP.headers["accept"][2] = "*/*, q=0.1" .. .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.set_status(applet, code [, reason]) This function sets the HTTP status code for the response. The allowed code are from 100 to 599. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param integer code: the status code returned to the client. :param string reason: the status reason returned to the client (optional). .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.add_header(applet, name, value) This function add an header in the response. Duplicated headers are not collapsed. The special header *content-length* is used to determinate the response length. If it not exists, a *transfer-encoding: chunked* is set, and all the write from the function *AppletHTTP:send()* become a chunk. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param string name: the header name :param string value: the header value .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.start_response(applet) This function indicates to the HTTP engine that it can process and send the response headers. After this called we cannot add headers to the response; We cannot use the *AppletHTTP:send()* function if the *AppletHTTP:start_response()* is not called. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.getline(applet) This function returns a string containing one line from the http body. If the data returned doesn't contains a final '\\n' its assumed than its the last available data before the end of stream. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :returns: a string. The string can be empty if we reach the end of the stream. .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.receive(applet, [size]) Reads data from the HTTP body, according to the specified read *size*. If the *size* is missing, the function tries to read all the content of the stream until the end. If the *size* is bigger than the http body, it returns the amount of data available. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param integer size: the required read size. :returns: always return a string,the string can be empty is the connection is closed. .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.send(applet, msg) Send the message *msg* on the http request body. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param string msg: the message to send. .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.get_priv(applet) Return Lua data stored in the current transaction. If no data are stored, it returns a nil value. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :returns: the opaque data previously stored, or nil if nothing is available. :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.set_priv` .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.set_priv(applet, data) Store any data in the current HAProxy transaction. This action replace the old stored data. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param opaque data: The data which is stored in the transaction. :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.get_priv` .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.set_var(applet, var, value[, ifexist]) Converts a Lua type in a HAProxy type and store it in a variable . :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. :param type value: The value associated to the variable. The type ca be string or integer. :param boolean ifexist: If this parameter is set to a truthy value the variable will only be set if it was defined elsewhere (i.e. used within the configuration). It is highly recommended to always set this to true. :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.unset_var` :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.get_var` .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.unset_var(applet, var) Unset the variable . :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.set_var` :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.get_var` .. js:function:: AppletHTTP.get_var(applet, var) Returns data stored in the variable converter in Lua type. :param class_AppletHTTP applet: An :ref:`applethttp_class` :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.set_var` :see: :js:func:`AppletHTTP.unset_var` .. _applettcp_class: AppletTCP class =============== .. js:class:: AppletTCP This class is used with applets that requires the 'tcp' mode. The tcp applet can be registered with the *core.register_service()* function. They are used for processing a tcp stream like a server in back of HAProxy. .. js:attribute:: AppletTCP.c :returns: A :ref:`converters_class` This attribute contains a Converters class object. .. js:attribute:: AppletTCP.sc :returns: A :ref:`converters_class` This attribute contains a Converters class object. The functions of this object returns always a string. .. js:attribute:: AppletTCP.f :returns: A :ref:`fetches_class` This attribute contains a Fetches class object. .. js:attribute:: AppletTCP.sf :returns: A :ref:`fetches_class` This attribute contains a Fetches class object. .. js:function:: AppletTCP.getline(applet) This function returns a string containing one line from the stream. If the data returned doesn't contains a final '\\n' its assumed than its the last available data before the end of stream. :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :returns: a string. The string can be empty if we reach the end of the stream. .. js:function:: AppletTCP.receive(applet, [size]) Reads data from the TCP stream, according to the specified read *size*. If the *size* is missing, the function tries to read all the content of the stream until the end. :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :param integer size: the required read size. :returns: always return a string,the string can be empty is the connection is closed. .. js:function:: AppletTCP.send(appletmsg) Send the message on the stream. :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :param string msg: the message to send. .. js:function:: AppletTCP.get_priv(applet) Return Lua data stored in the current transaction. If no data are stored, it returns a nil value. :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :returns: the opaque data previously stored, or nil if nothing is available. :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.set_priv` .. js:function:: AppletTCP.set_priv(applet, data) Store any data in the current HAProxy transaction. This action replace the old stored data. :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :param opaque data: The data which is stored in the transaction. :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.get_priv` .. js:function:: AppletTCP.set_var(applet, var, value[, ifexist]) Converts a Lua type in a HAProxy type and stores it in a variable . :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. :param type value: The value associated to the variable. The type can be string or integer. :param boolean ifexist: If this parameter is set to a truthy value the variable will only be set if it was defined elsewhere (i.e. used within the configuration). It is highly recommended to always set this to true. :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.unset_var` :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.get_var` .. js:function:: AppletTCP.unset_var(applet, var) Unsets the variable . :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.unset_var` :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.set_var` .. js:function:: AppletTCP.get_var(applet, var) Returns data stored in the variable converter in Lua type. :param class_AppletTCP applet: An :ref:`applettcp_class` :param string var: The variable name according with the HAProxy variable syntax. :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.unset_var` :see: :js:func:`AppletTCP.set_var` StickTable class ================ .. js:class:: StickTable **context**: task, action, sample-fetch This class can be used to access the HAProxy stick tables from Lua. .. js:function:: StickTable.info() Returns stick table attributes as a Lua table. See HAProxy documentation for "stick-table" for canonical info, or check out example bellow. :returns: Lua table Assume our table has IPv4 key and gpc0 and conn_rate "columns": .. code-block:: lua { expire=, # Value in ms size=, # Maximum table size used=, # Actual number of entries in table data={ # Data columns, with types as key, and periods as values (-1 if type is not rate counter) conn_rate=, gpc0=-1 }, length=, # max string length for string table keys, key length # otherwise nopurge=, # purge oldest entries when table is full type="ip" # can be "ip", "ipv6", "integer", "string", "binary" } .. js:function:: StickTable.lookup(key) Returns stick table entry for given :param string key: Stick table key (IP addresses and strings are supported) :returns: Lua table .. js:function:: StickTable.dump([filter]) Returns all entries in stick table. An optional filter can be used to extract entries with specific data values. Filter is a table with valid comparison operators as keys followed by data type name and value pairs. Check out the HAProxy docs for "show table" for more details. For the reference, the supported operators are: "eq", "ne", "le", "lt", "ge", "gt" For large tables, execution of this function can take a long time (for HAProxy standards). That's also true when filter is used, so take care and measure the impact. :param table filter: Stick table filter :returns: Stick table entries (table) See below for example filter, which contains 4 entries (or comparisons). (Maximum number of filter entries is 4, defined in the source code) .. code-block:: lua local filter = { {"gpc0", "gt", 30}, {"gpc1", "gt", 20}}, {"conn_rate", "le", 10} } .. _action_class: Action class ============= .. js:class:: Act **context**: action This class contains all return codes an action may return. It is the lua equivalent to HAProxy "ACT_RET_*" code. .. code-block:: lua core.register_action("deny", { "http-req" }, function (txn) return act.DENY end) .. .. js:attribute:: act.CONTINUE This attribute is an integer (0). It instructs HAProxy to continue the current ruleset processing on the message. It is the default return code for a lua action. :returns: integer .. js:attribute:: act.STOP This attribute is an integer (1). It instructs HAProxy to stop the current ruleset processing on the message. .. js:attribute:: act.YIELD This attribute is an integer (2). It instructs HAProxy to temporarily pause the message processing. It will be resumed later on the same rule. The corresponding lua script is re-executed for the start. .. js:attribute:: act.ERROR This attribute is an integer (3). It triggers an internal errors The message processing is stopped and the transaction is terminated. For HTTP streams, an HTTP 500 error is returned to the client. :returns: integer .. js:attribute:: act.DONE This attribute is an integer (4). It instructs HAProxy to stop the message processing. :returns: integer .. js:attribute:: act.DENY This attribute is an integer (5). It denies the current message. The message processing is stopped and the transaction is terminated. For HTTP streams, an HTTP 403 error is returned to the client if the deny is returned during the request analysis. During the response analysis, an HTTP 502 error is returned and the server response is discarded. :returns: integer .. js:attribute:: act.ABORT This attribute is an integer (6). It aborts the current message. The message processing is stopped and the transaction is terminated. For HTTP streams, HAproxy assumes a response was already sent to the client. From the Lua actions point of view, when this code is used, the transaction is terminated with no reply. :returns: integer .. js:attribute:: act.INVALID This attribute is an integer (7). It triggers an internal errors. The message processing is stopped and the transaction is terminated. For HTTP streams, an HTTP 400 error is returned to the client if the error is returned during the request analysis. During the response analysis, an HTTP 502 error is returned and the server response is discarded. :returns: integer .. js:function:: act:wake_time(milliseconds) **context**: action Set the script pause timeout to the specified time, defined in milliseconds. :param integer milliseconds: the required milliseconds. This function may be used when a lua action returns `act.YIELD`, to force its wake-up at most after the specified number of milliseconds. External Lua libraries ====================== A lot of useful lua libraries can be found here: * `https://lua-toolbox.com/ `_ Redis client library: * `https://github.com/nrk/redis-lua `_ This is an example about the usage of the Redis library with HAProxy. Note that each call of any function of this library can throw an error if the socket connection fails. .. code-block:: lua -- load the redis library local redis = require("redis"); function do_something(txn) -- create and connect new tcp socket local tcp = core.tcp(); tcp:settimeout(1); tcp:connect("127.0.0.1", 6379); -- use the redis library with this new socket local client = redis.connect({socket=tcp}); client:ping(); end OpenSSL: * `http://mkottman.github.io/luacrypto/index.html `_ * `https://github.com/brunoos/luasec/wiki `_