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Pros of Envoyer
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    Easy to use
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    Load balancer
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    High performance
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    Very fast
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    Proxying for tcp and http
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    SSL termination
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    Open source
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    Reliable
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    Free
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    Well-Documented
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    Very popular
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    Runs health checks on backends
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    Suited for very high traffic web sites
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    Scalable
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    Ready to Docker
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    Powers many world's most visited sites
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    Simple
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    Ssl offloading
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    Work with NTLM
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    Available as a plugin for OPNsense
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    Redis

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      Becomes your single point of failure

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    What is Envoyer?

    Envoyer deploys your PHP applications with zero downtime. Just push your code, and let Envoyer deliver your application to one or many servers without interrupting a single customer. In this series, we'll discuss each feature of Envoyer, demonstrating how to use them with a sample project.

    What is HAProxy?

    HAProxy (High Availability Proxy) is a free, very fast and reliable solution offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.

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