REg: Connection field in HTTP header is set to close while sending to backend server (4 replies)

Hi Support,

I configured haproxy to forward request to backend server.
I did packet capture between browser and haproxy and noticed that
connection field in HTTP header is set to keep-alive.

Then I did packet capture between haproxy and backend server,
I noticed that connection field in HTTP header is set to close.

Could you please tell why haproxy is changing connection field
to close when sending request to backend server.

I am new to web programming. Please apologize if i did not provide
enough information. Thanks for you help in advance.

Here is my haproxy configuration,

global
log /dev/log local0
log /dev/log local1 notice
chroot /var/lib/haproxy
user haproxy
group haproxy
daemon

defaults
log global
mode http
option httplog
option dontlognull
contimeout 5000
clitimeout 50000
srvtimeout 50000
errorfile 400 /etc/haproxy/errors/400.http
errorfile 403 /etc/haproxy/errors/403.http
errorfile 408 /etc/haproxy/errors/408.http
errorfile 500 /etc/haproxy/errors/500.http
errorfile 502 /etc/haproxy/errors/502.http
errorfile 503 /etc/haproxy/errors/503.http
errorfile 504 /etc/haproxy/errors/504.http


listen appname 0.0.0.0:8002
mode http
stats enable
stats uri /haproxy?stats
stats realm Strictly\ Private
stats auth root:admin123
stats auth root:admin123
balance roundrobin
option httpclose
option forwardfor
server lamp1 127.0.0.1:8001

Regards,
Ilan