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 # ElasticPyProxy : A controller for dynamic scaling of Haproxy backend servers
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 ElasticPyProxy (EP2) is a controller written completely in python for dynamically scaling HAProxy backend servers. Using this
 controller, it is possible to integrate HAProxy with a server orchestrator which spwans servers dynamically and scales