# 1.8.x Resolvers not working when multiple backend servers share the same hostname \\ IP?

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543>\
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**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543 "2018-05-29T13:22:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Ryuzaki](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Ryuzaki)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/1 "2018-05-29T13:22:56Z")

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Hey

I commented on a slightly different issue regarding this but haven’t got a response for a while now so thought it worth creating a new issue with my specific problem to help anyone else.

Basically it seems that the Resolvers functionality doesn’t accommodate for multiple servers in the same backend having the same hostname \ fqdn \ IP but using a different port. E.G.

```
resolvers serverdns
    nameserver dnsmasq 127.0.0.1:53

backend servers
    mode http
    balance roundrobin
    cookie EXTERNALSERVERID insert indirect nocache
    option forwardfor
    option httpchk /health

    server server1 server1.lab.local:10280 cookie server1 check resolvers serverdns ssl ca-file /etc/haproxy/chain.crt
    server server2 server1.lab.local:10281 cookie server2 check resolvers serverdns ssl ca-file /etc/haproxy/chain.crt
    server server3 server1.lab.local:10282 cookie server3 check resolvers serverdns ssl ca-file /etc/haproxy/chain.crt

```

With this config I always only get one server UP and the other two are in MAINT. The logs just say there’s no IP:

```
haproxy[32393]: Server servers/server1 is going DOWN for maintenance (No IP for server ). 1 active and 0 backup servers left. 0 sessions active, 0 requeued, 0 remaining in queue.

```

This config works fine on 1.7.x so I was wondering if there was a change required in the config from 1.7 to 1.8? If not is there a way I can get this working? This is blocking us from upgrading to 1.8.

Cheers,  
R.

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**Author:** ![lukastribus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@lukastribus](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/lukastribus)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/2 "2018-05-29T18:02:23Z")

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I’m pretty sure @Baptiste did read the other replies in the thread:

> [@Using SRV Record - multiple entries per IP gets "No IP for server"](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/using-srv-record-multiple-entries-per-ip-gets-no-ip-for-server/2052/4):
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> I second that use case.

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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Ryuzaki](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Ryuzaki)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/3 "2018-05-30T08:09:21Z")

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Hi @lukastribus. @Baptiste did indeed reply but that thread hasn’t been active for around 3 months so I dunno if it was a separate issue and resolved elsewhere.

To be honest I just wasn’t sure if I was doing anything wrong as having multiple backends on the same hostname but different ports must be pretty common I thought?

Here’s some sanitized config of what I’m doing. Would be good to know if it’s incorrect in anyway.

```
global
    log 127.0.0.1 local2 info
    maxconn 2000
    tune.ssl.default-dh-param 2048
    tune.maxrewrite 16384
    tune.bufsize 32768
    user admin
    group admin
    stats socket /etc/haproxy/haproxysock level admin

defaults
    log global
    mode http
    compression algo gzip
    compression type text/html text/plain text/javascript application/javascript application/xml text/css image/png font/woff font/woff2
    default-server inter 10s init-addr last,libc,none resolve-prefer ipv4
    option httplog
    option dontlognull
    option redispatch
    option forceclose
    option forwardfor
    retries 3
    timeout connect 5000
    timeout client 160000
    timeout server 160000

resolvers serverdns
    nameserver dnsmasq 127.0.0.1:53

frontend em
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/haproxy/server.lab.local.pem

    acl https ssl_fc
    reqadd X-Forwarded-Proto:\ https if https
    redirect scheme https if !https

    default_backend server_backend

backend server_backend
    mode http
    cookie EXTERNALSERVERID insert indirect nocache
    option httpchk /health
    http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Port %[dst_port]
    http-request set-header X-Forwarded-Proto https if { ssl_fc }

    server server1 server.lab.local:8280 cookie server1 check resolvers serverdns ssl ca-file /etc/haproxy/chain.crt
    server server2 server.lab.local:8280 cookie server2 check resolvers serverdns ssl ca-file /etc/haproxy/chain.crt

listen stats
    bind *:1936
    mode http
    balance
    timeout client 160000
    timeout connect 5000
    timeout server 160000
    stats uri /
    stats realm HAProxy\ Statistics
    stats admin if TRUE
```

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/4 "2018-06-04T20:16:41Z")

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Hi guys,

This is expected behavior. HAProxy avoids reusing the same IP address.

What is your use case?

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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Ryuzaki](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Ryuzaki)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/5 "2018-06-05T08:13:50Z")

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Hey @Baptiste

My use case is having several backends on the same IP but a different port. Is that atypical?

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/6 "2018-06-05T09:39:49Z")

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Do you mean several server in the same backend but on different port?  
Are you delivering the same application on each port?

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**Author:** ![lukastribus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@lukastribus](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/lukastribus)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/7 "2018-06-05T09:48:47Z")

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That’s my understanding of this use-case, yes.

Please see the previous thread:

> [@Using SRV Record - multiple entries per IP gets "No IP for server"](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/using-srv-record-multiple-entries-per-ip-gets-no-ip-for-server/2052/):
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> I am running a node.js cluster on a host. Multiple processes start, each listening on a different port. I would like to take advantage of dynamic configuration using SRV records but I seem to have HAProxy discovering only one backend per IP address. Is having multiple backends on an IP address a supported configuration? Sample DNS Query ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;\_http.\_tcp.mydomain.example.com. IN SRV ;; ANSWER SECTION: \_http.\_tcp.mydomain.example.com. 5 IN SRV 1 10 8443 ip-10-0-32-101.ec2.in…

I believe we should consider “IP:port” unique, not only “IP”.

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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Ryuzaki](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Ryuzaki)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 9:51am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/8 "2018-06-05T09:51:45Z")

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Yes to both 🙂 Several servers of the same application running on one box on different ports for a HA setup.

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**Author:** ![mustafa.yildirim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mustafa.yildirim](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/mustafa.yildirim)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/9 "2018-06-06T08:16:43Z")

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We are using same method

Example Application-Port configuration  
10.0.0.1:8080  
10.0.0.1:8081  
10.0.0.2:8080  
10.0.0.3:8080

HAProxy 1.8 SRV record gives 3 servers but it should 4 servers

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/10 "2018-06-06T22:46:07Z")

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Hi guys,

I think I understand the problem.

We introduced a duplicate IP detection in HAProxy 1.8. The main purpose was to prevent people provisioning 20 servers in HAProxy that would have the same hostname and all of them would be enabled by default.

The main issue I see currently is that each server runs its own resolution, atomically.

I see a few ways to workaround this problem, but I need to study the different options and their impact.

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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Ryuzaki](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Ryuzaki)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/11 "2018-06-07T08:08:59Z")

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Awesome. Many Thanks @Baptiste. What’s the best way to follow this and get updates?

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/12 "2018-06-22T13:13:50Z")

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Hi,

Please find 4 patches attached to this email.

Could you please apply them and tell me if the new behavior is as expected?

(you must enable the new flag resolve-accept-dup-ip on the server line).

Baptiste

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/13 "2018-06-22T13:46:48Z")

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Well, download latest code from git, put the patches in the same directory and do a “git am \*.patch”, then compile as usual.

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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Ryuzaki](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Ryuzaki)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/14 "2018-06-22T14:14:35Z")

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I just typically install from the IUS repo. What would be the best way to get the patches in?

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**Author:** ![mustafa.yildirim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mustafa.yildirim](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/mustafa.yildirim)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/15 "2018-06-25T07:06:00Z")

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> [@Ryuzaki](#):
>
> patch

Could you send me these patches?

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/16 "2018-06-25T08:03:37Z")

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Hi Mustafa,

If you are on the ML, you can find them there: [https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy@formilux.org/msg30461.html](https://www.mail-archive.com/haproxy@formilux.org/msg30461.html)

If not, please send me your mail address.

(just in case, I tried to attach them here, hopefully this will work…)

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**Author:** ![Ryuzaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Ryuzaki](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Ryuzaki)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/17 "2018-06-25T09:12:15Z")

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Hey @Baptiste

Managed to get this working today with the latest checkout from github and can confirm that it works like a charm!

Cheers,  
Ryuzaki

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/18 "2018-06-25T09:41:59Z")

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Great thanks for the feedback!

I’ll check with maintainers to integrate the patches in mainline.

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**Author:** ![mustafa.yildirim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@mustafa.yildirim](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/mustafa.yildirim)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/19 "2018-06-26T07:17:47Z")

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> [@Baptiste](#):
>
> git am \*.patch

Hi @Baptiste,  
I’m using server-template, this is my configuration

```
    default-server init-addr none resolvers consul resolve-prefer ipv4
    server-template server 4 _test._tcp.service.consul check resolve-accept-dup-ip

```

This could not worked. I think, you patched only server. Right?

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**Author:** ![Baptiste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Baptiste](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/Baptiste)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543/20 "2018-06-29T08:29:30Z")

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Hi Mustafa,

Nope, I supposely patch everything, but I might have messed up.

Please note this is not the definitive patch and the option name will change.

I keep you updated asap with a new set of patches.

Baptiste

[Next page](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/1-8-x-resolvers-not-working-when-multiple-backend-servers-share-the-same-hostname-ip/2543.md?page=2)