I'm quite new with Haproxy and I have a weird behavior with external check..
here is my config file :
global
log /dev/log local0
log /dev/log local1 notice
chroot /var/lib/haproxy
stats socket /run/haproxy/admin.sock mode 660 level admin
stats timeout 30s
user haproxy
group haproxy
daemon
# Default SSL material locations
ca-base /etc/ssl/certs
crt-base /etc/ssl/private
# Default ciphers to use on SSL-enabled listening sockets.
# For more information, see ciphers(1SSL). This list is from:
# https://hynek.me/articles/hardening-your-web-servers-ssl-ciphers/
ssl-default-bind-ciphers ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES256:DH+AES256:ECDH+AES128:DH+AES:ECDH+3DES:DH+3DES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:RSA+3DES:!aNULL:!MD5:!DSS
ssl-default-bind-options no-sslv3
external-check
defaults
log global
mode http
option httplog
option dontlognull
timeout connect 5000
timeout client 50000
timeout server 50000
errorfile 400 /etc/haproxy/errors/400.http
errorfile 403 /etc/haproxy/errors/403.http
errorfile 408 /etc/haproxy/errors/408.http
errorfile 500 /etc/haproxy/errors/500.http
errorfile 502 /etc/haproxy/errors/502.http
errorfile 503 /etc/haproxy/errors/503.http
errorfile 504 /etc/haproxy/errors/504.http
backend web-backend
balance roundrobin
option external-check
external-check path "/usr/bin:/bin:/tmp"
external-check command /bin/true
server web1 127.0.0.1:80 check
server web2 127.0.0.1:81 check
frontend http
bind *:82
mode http
default_backend web-backend
And yet I get a 503 and in my logs I got this :
...: Server web-backend/web1 is DOWN, reason: External check error, code: 255, check duration: 5ms. 1 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
...: Server web-backend/web1 is DOWN, reason: External check error, code: 255, check duration: 5ms. 1 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
...: Server web-backend/web2 is DOWN, reason: External check error, code: 255, check duration: 1ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
...: Server web-backend/web2 is DOWN, reason: External check error, code: 255, check duration: 1ms. 0 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.
...: backend web-backend has no server available!
...: backend web-backend has no server available!
How could the check /bin/true fail and return 255 ?
I'm running the latest stable version (1.6.5)
Thanks !
EDIT I'm on Debian8 and I used this : https://haproxy.debian.net/ to install the latest version (1.6.5)