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)