Getting Started
Get started with ServersCTL in minutes. Install the free Linux agent using the one-shot command from the control panel and begin monitoring, managing, and protecting your servers from a single unified platform.
Introduction
A message from the developers. ServersCTL started life as a solution to a problem many of us face...
Requirements
Server Stack Operating system Supported: Debian/Ubuntu and RHEL family (AlmaLinux, Rocky, CentOS)...
Register & Install the Agent
Installation When adding a pool, you will be asked whether the pool will be for HAProxy nodes. O...
HAProxy Server Pools
Overview & concepts
What is an HAProxy pool? An HAProxy pool is a ServerCTL deployment preset for the edge tier: publ...
Create your first pool & Enroll your first member
Create your first pool Step 1 — Add pool Go to Pools → Add pool Choose the HAProxy template Name ...
Pool workspace (Overview, Settings, DNS, DR, Monitoring)
Pool workspace The pool page has a tab bar with three groups: Overview (pool home) Member tabs (o...
Pool members & enrollment
Member tab layout Click a member in the tab bar to open its workspace. Sub-tabs: Tab Purpose Co...
DNS failover & traffic cutover
Manual cutover Make active on a standby member → ServerCTL sets it as primary and updates the man...
HAProxy operations
Install & lifecycle Action Command ID Notes Install HAProxy haproxy.provision Fresh VM Re-install...
Backups & disaster recovery
What gets backed up HAProxy backup job captures: /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg and conf.d/*.cfg /etc/...
Recipes & scheduled jobs
Recipes (member → Recipes tab) Recipe When Enable HAProxy admin stats socket HAProxy detected Ena...
Agent reference
Heartbeat payload (HAProxy-relevant) The agent sends JSON including: ip — declared/probed IPv4 ho...
Troubleshooting & FAQ
Symptom Likely cause Fix 403 on heartbeat Wrong allowed IP or hostname Update allowed IPs; set B...
Linux Server Pools
Generic Linux Server Pools provide monitoring and management for a wide range of Linux infrastruc...