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title: "HAProxy integration | Grafana Labs"
description: "Monitoring HAProxy load balancers"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## HAProxy integration

The HAProxy integration provides **load balancer monitoring** at every layer: frontend, backend, and individual servers.

|                    |                                                                     |
|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **What it’s for**  | Monitoring traffic distribution, backend health, and capacity       |
| **Who uses it**    | Platform engineers, SREs, network teams managing high-traffic sites |
| **Under the hood** | Scrapes HAProxy’s stats interface for real-time visibility          |

## Metrics collected

- **Frontend** — Connections, requests, bytes
- **Backend** — Server count, queue depth, response time
- **Server** — Up/down, connections, health checks
- **Sessions** — Current, limit, rate

## Trade-offs

**Best for:** HAProxy load balancers in any environment

| Pros                                            | Cons                              |
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Pre-built dashboards: frontend, backend, server | Requires stats socket or endpoint |
| Pre-built alerts: backend health, queue depth   | Configuration needed for exposure |
| Health check visibility                         | Limited compared to APM tools     |

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## Documentation

View the full documentation. *Learning path coming soon!*

[HAProxy integration](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/monitor-infrastructure/integrations/integration-reference/integration-haproxy/)