# Discovery

This plugin can be integrated with Pandora FMS *Discovery*.

To do so, the ".disco" package must be loaded. It can be downloaded from the Pandora FMS library:

[https://pandorafms.com/library/](https://pandorafms.com/library/)

Once loaded, HAProxy instances can be monitored by creating *Discovery* tasks from the *Management > Discovery > Application > HAProxy* section.

Each task will require the following minimum data in the **HAProxy Basic** step:

- **HAProxy Stats URLs:** HAProxy stats endpoint URLs, comma-separated or one per line. Each URL will create one agent.
- **Username:** HAProxy endpoint user if basic authentication is required, optional
- **Password:** HAProxy endpoint password if basic authentication is required, optional
- **Verify SSL:** enabled if the URL has an SSL certificate to be verified, disabled by default
- **Transfer mode:** transfer mode (native or tentacle), optional
- **Tentacle IP:** tentacle IP, optional
- **Tentacle port:** Tentacle port, optional

[![](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/image-1780415354936.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/image-1780415354936.png)

In the **HAProxy Advanced** step the following additional options can be configured:

- **Module prefix:** prefix to be added to every created module name, optional
- **Monitor frontends:** enables monitoring of frontend rows (type=0), optional
- **Monitor backends:** enables monitoring of backend rows (type=1), optional
- **Monitor servers:** enables monitoring of server rows (type=2), optional
- **Allow list:** regular expression to include only modules whose name matches, optional
- **Deny list:** regular expression to exclude modules whose name matches, optional

[![](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/scaled-1680-/image-1780415365555.png)](https://pandorafms.com/guides/public/uploads/images/gallery/2026-06/image-1780415365555.png)

Successfully completed tasks will have an execution summary with the following information:

- **Total agents**: Total number of agents generated by the task.
- **Total modules:** Total number of modules generated by the task.