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Alexander Stephan e4bc2d6a83 MEDIUM: server: add 'set server name' CLI command for runtime server renaming
Add the ability to rename a HAProxy server at runtime via the CLI:

  set server <backend>/<server> name <newname>

This is useful in slot-based dynamic scaling setups where servers are
pre-allocated with generic names (e.g. srv001, srv002) but the operator
wants the names to reflect the current workload (e.g. pod name or
IP:port) for observability and server-state-file consistency.

The implementation:
  - validates the new name: non-empty, passes invalid_char() check
    (allows [A-Za-z0-9_:.-]), and fits in the event data name field
  - requires the server to be administratively in maintenance mode
    (same precondition as 'del server')
  - rejects the rename if the server has SRV_F_NAME_REFD set (use-server
    target, track target, sample-fetch ARGT_SRV referent) - keeps the
    running state consistent with the configuration text
  - re-indexes the server in the name tree under thread_isolate(),
    mirroring the locking pattern used by 'add server' / 'del server'
  - publishes a new EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_NAME event with the old and
    new names so downstream consumers (logs, observability backends)
    can track the rename
  - frees the old name immediately under thread isolation: srv_name
    sample consumers (ACLs, log formats, ...) act on the fetched pointer
    within the current task and do not retain it across wake-ups, so
    no extra deferred-free machinery is needed

There is no opt-in directive: like 'add server' and 'del server', the
operation is gated by the server's properties rather than by a
per-backend toggle. This avoids the runtime-surprise failure mode
where an operator discovers at the CLI that renaming is forbidden by
a missing 'option server-rename' rather than by an actual structural
reference.

This feature was discussed in:
  https://github.com/haproxy/haproxy/issues/952
2026-07-01 09:31:07 +02:00
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haproxy MEDIUM: server: add 'set server name' CLI command for runtime server renaming 2026-07-01 09:31:07 +02:00
import MINOR: mjson: reintroduce mjson_next() 2026-04-14 10:57:21 +02:00
make BUILD: makefile: add a qinfo macro to pass info in quiet mode 2025-01-08 11:26:05 +01:00