ajsmith/haproxy-session-scaler

Horizontal scaling in OpenShift using HAProxy session metrics.

haxproxy-session-scaler

This provides horizontal pod scaling in OpenShift by using session counts from HAProxy.

Tests

To run the tests:

python -m doctest -v haproxy_session_scaler.rst

Building with S2I

To build with S2I:

s2i build https://github.com/ajsmith/haproxy-session-scaler.git \
  openshift3/python-33-rhel7 \
  haproxy-session-scaler

Running

To run the scaler:

python haproxy_session_scaler.py myproject http://haproxy.localdomain:1936/haproxy-stats;csv

Running as a container

When run as a container, the project and HAProxy URL must be set as the following environment variables on the container:

• PROJECT_PROXY_NAME: The name of the project to monitor.
• HAPROXY_STATS_URL: The URL used to gather session data from HAProxy.

To run with plain ol' Docker:

docker run -e PROJECT_PROXY_NAME=myproject \
  -e HAPROXY_STATS_URL=http://haproxy.localdomain:1936/haproxy-stats;csv \
  haproxy-session-scaler