# HAProxy connections to second and third node, should be only to the first node

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/haproxy-connections-to-second-and-third-node-should-be-only-to-the-first-node/159>\
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**Created:** [March 9, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/haproxy-connections-to-second-and-third-node-should-be-only-to-the-first-node/159 "2016-03-09T10:41:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![ia8Wet5U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7bcc69/32.png) [@ia8Wet5U](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/ia8Wet5U)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/haproxy-connections-to-second-and-third-node-should-be-only-to-the-first-node/159/1 "2016-03-09T10:41:20Z")

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See SO [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35868679/haproxy-connections-to-second-and-third-node-should-be-only-to-the-first-node](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35868679/haproxy-connections-to-second-and-third-node-should-be-only-to-the-first-node)

We use the Puppet Module [https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-haproxy](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-haproxy)

please request additional info, if needed.

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**Author:** ![ahayworth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.haproxy.org/ahayworth/32/11_2.png) [@ahayworth](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/ahayworth)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/haproxy-connections-to-second-and-third-node-should-be-only-to-the-first-node/159/2 "2016-03-21T21:04:23Z")

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HAProxy is a load balancer, and by default any servers you add to a backend will be considered for load balancing.

What do you hope to accomplish with three servers in the same backend? Some kind of active-backup scenario? Without knowing what you want from those servers, it’s hard to advise on the right configuration.

For starters though, look at the `backup` keyword in the documentation: [http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.6/doc/configuration.txt](http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.6/doc/configuration.txt)