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Readme.md

+# Simple Web Server for HAProxy Lab
+
+This project provides a basic web server implementation written in Java. It is designed to be used as a practical example for lab exercises involving HAPROXY, a popular open-source load balancer and proxy server.
+
+## Table of Contents
+1. [Introduction](#introduction)
+2. [Features](#features)
+3. [Getting Started](#getting-started)
+   * [Running the Web Server](#running-the-web-server)
+4. [HAProxy Configuration](#haproxy-configuration)
+5. [Usage Examples with HAProxy](#usage-examples-with-haproxy)
+
+
+## Introduction
+
+The Simple Web Server is intended to be deployed as part of a HAProxy proxy lab setup. This server can serve a simple HTML page and respond to status check requests, making it an excellent candidate for load balancing experiments using HAProxy.
+
+## Features
+
+- Serves a static HTML page.
+- Allows configuration of the server name via command-line arguments.
+- Responsive to health checks for load balancing applications (using `/status` endpoint).
+
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Running the Web Server
+
+To run a server instance, you need to specify `PORT_NUMBER` and `SERVER_NAME`:
+
+```sh
+java -jar SimpleWebServer.jar [PORT_NUMBER] [SERVER_NAME]
+```
+
+Or build and run using Maven:
+
+```sh
+mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass=org.ds.Main -Dexec.args="[PORT_NUMBER] [SERVER_NAME]"
+```
+
+Replace `[PORT_NUMBER]` with an actual port number (e.g., `8080`) and `[SERVER_NAME]` with your desired server name (e.g., `Server1`).
+
+## HAProxy Configuration
+
+Here is a sample HAPROXY configuration for load balancing across instances of the Simple Web Server:
+
+```conf
+frontend http_front
+    bind *:80
+    default_backend servers
+
+backend servers
+    balance roundrobin
+    server srv1 127.0.0.1:8081 check
+    server srv2 127.0.0.1:8082 check
+```
+
+In this example:
+- Instances of the Simple Web Server are run on `127.0.0.1` with ports `8081` and `8082`.
+- The HAPROXY frontend listens on port 80 for incoming HTTP requests.
+- Requests are distributed to the instances using a round-robin algorithm.
+
+## Usage Examples with HAProxy
+
+For your lab setup:
+1. Start two Simple Web Server instances:
+
+```sh
+java -jar SimpleWebServer.jar 8081 Server1 &
+java -jar SimpleWebServer.jar 8082 Server2 &
+```
+
+2. Configure and start HAPROXY using the sample configuration provided above.
+
+3. Access any of the server instances through your browser at `http://localhost`. You should see requests distributed between `Server1` and `Server2`.

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