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+PuppetLabs Module for haproxy
+=============================
+
+HAProxy is an HA proxying daemon for load-balancing to clustered services. It
+can proxy TCP directly, or other kinds of traffic such as HTTP.
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+Tested and built on Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS
+
+Currently requires the ripienaar/concat module on the Puppet Forge and uses storeconfigs on the Puppet Master to export/collect resources
+from all balancer members.
+
+Basic Usage
+-----------
+
+This haproxy uses storeconfigs to collect and realize balancer member servers
+on a load balancer server. 
+
+*To install and configure HAProxy server listening on port 8140*
+
+```puppet
+node 'haproxy-server' {
+  class { 'haproxy': }
+  haproxy::listen { 'puppet00':
+    ipaddress => $::ipaddress,
+    ports     => '8140',
+  }
+}
+```
+
+*To add backend loadbalance members*
+
+```puppet
+node 'webserver01' {
+  @@haproxy::balancermember { $fqdn:
+    listening_service => 'puppet00',
+    server_names      => $::hostname,
+    ipaddresses       => $::ipaddress,
+    ports             => '8140',
+    options           => 'check'
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Configuring haproxy options
+---------------------------
+
+The base `haproxy` class can accept two parameters which will configure basic
+behaviour of the haproxy server daemon:
+
+- `global_options` to configure the `global` section in `haproxy.cfg`
+- `defaults_options` to configure the `defaults` section in `haproxy.cfg`
+
+Configuring haproxy daemon listener
+-----------------------------------
+
+One `haproxy::listen` defined resource should be defined for each HAProxy loadbalanced set of backend servers. The title of the `haproxy::listen` resource is the key to which balancer members will be proxied to. The `ipaddress` field should be the public ip address which the loadbalancer will be contacted on. The `ports` attribute can accept an array or comma-separated list of ports which should be proxied to the `haproxy::balancermemeber` nodes.
+
+Configuring haproxy loadbalanced member nodes
+---------------------------------------------
+
+The `haproxy::balacemember` defined resource should be exported from each node
+which is serving loadbalanced traffic. the `listening_service` attribute will
+associate it with `haproxy::listen` directives on the haproxy node.
+`ipaddresses` and `ports` will be assigned to the member to be contacted on. If an array of `ipaddresses` and `server_names` are provided then they will be added to the config in lock-step.
+
+
+Copyright and License
+---------------------
+
+Copyright (C) 2012 [Puppet Labs](https://www.puppetlabs.com/) Inc
+
+Puppet Labs can be contacted at: info@puppetlabs.com
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.