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Collect logs and metrics from your HAProxy using Vector.

Select your platform:

Install and configure Vector on Ubuntu or Debian:

Set up Vector

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curl -sSL https://telemetry.betterstack.com/setup-vector/haproxy/$SOURCE_TOKEN \
  -o /tmp/setup-vector.sh && \
  bash /tmp/setup-vector.sh

Curious about what the script does?

Installs Vector using official package.
Configures Vector for your Better Stack source.
Enables and restarts Vector.

The script will ask for confirmation before making any changes.

Install

Install Vector on Windows using official installer:

Install Vector

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powershell Invoke-WebRequest https://packages.timber.io/vector/latest/vector-x64.msi -OutFile vector-latest-x64.msi
msiexec /i vector-latest-x64.msi

Setup

Run in Powershell as administrator to download Vector config:

Download Vector config using Powershell

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$config_yaml_path = "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector.yaml"
$backup_path = "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector-backup.yaml"
Move-Item -Path "$config_yaml_path" -Destination "$backup_path"
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://telemetry.betterstack.com/vector-yaml/haproxy/$SOURCE_TOKEN |
  Add-Content $config_yaml_path

Run Vector

Run Vector with new configuration:

Start Vector

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& "C:\Program Files\Vector\bin\vector" --config "C:\Program Files\Vector\config\vector.yaml"

Install

Install Vector using official installer:

Install Vector

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curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.vector.dev | sh -s -- -y

Create a Vector service:

Create a Vector service

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mkdir -p /etc/vector
mkdir -p /var/lib/vector/
cat <<-'SERVICE' >> /etc/systemd/system/vector.service
[Unit]
Description=Vector
Documentation=https://vector.dev
After=network-online.target
Requires=network-online.target

[Service]
User=vector
Group=vector
ExecStart=/root/.vector/bin/vector
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=no
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/vector

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
SERVICE

Setup

Download Vector configuration for your source:

Download Vector config

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CONFIG_YAML_PATH="/etc/vector/vector.yaml"
BACKUP_SUFFIX=".bak-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
mv "${CONFIG_YAML_PATH}" "${CONFIG_YAML_PATH}${BACKUP_SUFFIX}"
curl -o "$CONFIG_YAML_PATH" \
  https://telemetry.betterstack.com/vector-yaml/haproxy/$SOURCE_TOKEN

Restart Vector

Restart Vector to reload the configuration:

Restart Vector

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systemctl restart vector

You should see your logs in Better Stack → Live tail.

Check out your metrics in the HAProxy dashboard.

Collect metrics

To collect HAProxy metrics, enable the stats frontend by adding the following to /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg:

/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg

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frontend stats
    bind 127.0.0.1:8404
    mode http
    stats enable
    stats uri /haproxy_stats
    stats refresh 10s
    stats show-node

Then restart HAProxy to apply the changes:

Restart HAProxy

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sudo systemctl restart haproxy

The stats frontend is bound to 127.0.0.1 so it is only accessible locally. Vector scrapes metrics from this endpoint automatically.

Need help?

Please let us know at hello@betterstack.com.
We're happy to help! 🙏

Additional information

Looking for manual instructions to set up Vector?

Find step-by-step instructions in our dedicated Vector guide.

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