Haproxy 503 Service Unavailable . No server is available to handle this request - haproxy

Question

How does haproxy deal with static file , like .css, .js, .jpeg ? When I use my configure file , my brower says :
503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request.
This my config :
global
daemon
group root
maxconn 4000
pidfile /var/run/haproxy.pid
user root
defaults
log global
option redispatch
maxconn 65535
contimeout 5000
clitimeout 50000
srvtimeout 50000
retries 3
log 127.0.0.1 local3
timeout http-request 10s
timeout queue 1m
timeout connect 10s
timeout client 1m
timeout server 1m
timeout check 10s
listen dashboard_cluster :8888
mode http
stats refresh 5s
balance roundrobin
option httpclose
option tcplog
#stats realm Haproxy \ statistic
acl url_static path_beg -i /static
acl url_static path_end -i .css .jpg .jpeg .gif .png .js
use_backend static_server if url_static
backend static_server
mode http
balance roundrobin
option httpclose
option tcplog
stats realm Haproxy \ statistic
server controller1 10.0.3.139:80 cookie controller1 check inter 2000 rise 2 fall 5
server controller2 10.0.3.113:80 cookie controller2 check inter 2000 rise 2 fall 5
Does my file wrong ? What should I do to solve this problem ? ths !

Answer 1

What I think is the cause:
There was no default_backend defined. 503 will be sent by HAProxy---this will appear as NOSRV in the logs.
Another Possible Cause
Based on one of my experiences, the HTTP 503 error I receive was due to my 2 bindings I have for the same IP and port x.x.x.x:80.
frontend test_fe
bind x.x.x.x:80
bind x.x.x.x:443 ssl blah
# more config here
frontend conflicting_fe
bind x.x.x.x:80
# more config here
Haproxy configuration check does not warn you about it and netstat doesn't show you 2 LISTEN entries, that's why it took a while to realize what's going on.
This can also happen if you have 2 haproxy services running. Please check the running processes and terminate the older one.

Answer 2

Try making the timers bigger and check that the server is reachable.
From the HAproxy docs:
It can happen from many reasons:
The status code is always 3-digit. The first digit indicates a general status :
- 1xx = informational message to be skipped (eg: 100, 101)
- 2xx = OK, content is following (eg: 200, 206)
- 3xx = OK, no content following (eg: 302, 304)
- 4xx = error caused by the client (eg: 401, 403, 404)
- 5xx = error caused by the server (eg: 500, 502, 503)
503 when no server was available to handle the request, or in response to
monitoring requests which match the "monitor fail" condition
When a server's maxconn is reached, connections are left pending in a queue
which may be server-specific or global to the backend. In order not to wait
indefinitely, a timeout is applied to requests pending in the queue. If the
timeout is reached, it is considered that the request will almost never be
served, so it is dropped and a 503 error is returned to the client.
if you see SC in the logs:
SC The server or an equipment between it and haproxy explicitly refused
the TCP connection (the proxy received a TCP RST or an ICMP message
in return). Under some circumstances, it can also be the network
stack telling the proxy that the server is unreachable (eg: no route,
or no ARP response on local network). When this happens in HTTP mode,
the status code is likely a 502 or 503 here.
Check ACLs, check timeouts... and check the logs, that's the most important...