Operate HAPTIC

Use these guides after installing HAPTIC. Start with fleet diagnostics when configuration isn't reaching HAProxy, or routing troubleshooting when a request doesn't reach its application.

See what's happening

Task	Guide
Check controllers, validation, and every HAProxy pod	Fleet diagnostics
Find the route, backend, and policy outcome for a request	Access logging
Set up metrics, alerts, and dashboards	Monitoring
Inspect rendered files, events, and deployment decisions	Debugging
Investigate a failed install, unavailable pod, or routing error	Troubleshooting

Run and update the installation

Task	Guide
Survive a controller or node failure	High availability
Budget CPU and memory, or handle increasing traffic	Resource sizing
Restrict network access while preserving required connections	Networking
Manage configuration through Argo CD or Flux	GitOps
Check Helm values before applying them	Preflight validation
Update the chart and check version-specific changes	Upgrading HAPTIC, upgrade notes

Protect traffic and credentials

Task	Guide
Review permissions, pod security, and management access	Security
Monitor renewal or use your own controller-to-agent identities	Agent certificates
Apply defaults and constraints to resources owned by application teams	Routing policies
Maintain reusable request-inspection policies	WAF policies
Authenticate Gateway routes, share rate limits, and select WAF policies	Gateway route policies
Use SPIRE-issued identities for application TLS	SPIFFE/SPIRE mTLS

Add traffic services

Task	Guide
Cache repeated responses in a shared Varnish tier	Response caching
Configure request inspection, external authentication, mirroring, or shared rate limits	SPOA plugins
Validate additional file formats generated by your templates	Output validators

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