The HAProxy documentation has been split into a number of different files for

ease of use.

Please refer to the following files depending on what you're looking for :

- INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install HAProxy

- BRANCHES to understand the project's life cycle and what version to use

- LICENSE for the project's license

- CONTRIBUTING for the process to follow to submit contributions

The more detailed documentation is located into the doc/ directory :

- doc/intro.txt for a quick introduction on HAProxy

- doc/configuration.txt for the configuration's reference manual

- doc/lua.txt for the Lua's reference manual

- doc/SPOE.txt for how to use the SPOE engine

- doc/network-namespaces.txt for how to use network namespaces under Linux

- doc/management.txt for the management guide

- doc/regression-testing.txt for how to use the regression testing suite

- doc/peers.txt for the peers protocol reference

- doc/coding-style.txt for how to adopt HAProxy's coding style

- doc/internals for developer-specific documentation (not all up to date)