How to make haproxy send http 404 when no acl get matched

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I have 2 backend one for api and one for admin each has its own ACL that get matched and sends the request to the proper backend, the problem is I want any other url that doesnt fall under those ACLs to get http 404, the apps do not cover this so is there a way to do it in HAproxy ?

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You can create a new backend without any server (which will cause a 503 error), and use a custom 503 errorfile for this, generating the 404 error (custom error files include HTTP response and header, not just payload).

For example:

frontend www-in
 default_backend generate_404

backend generate_404
 errorfile 503 /etc/haproxy/generate_404.http

Than create that file as per errorfile docs.

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