diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19224ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+# HA Proxy cluster API server loadbalancer install mode;
+# Default is 'manifest' options are 'manifest' or 'package'
+haproxy_install_mode: 'manifest'
+
+haproxy_config_dir: '/etc/haproxy'
+
+haproxy_image_repo: 'haproxy'
+haproxy_image_tag: '2.3.5-alpine'
+
+# apiserver loadbalancer
+haproxy_memory_requests: 32M
+haproxy_cpu_requests: 25m
+
+haproxy_keepalive_timeout: 5m
+haproxy_healthcheck_port: 8401
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
index cb1d01b5..778dcad4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,23 @@
 ---
-- name: preflight checks
-  include_tasks: pre_checks.yml
+# This role implements the Software Load Balancing approach described at this location
+# https://github.com/kubernetes/kubeadm/blob/master/docs/ha-considerations.md#options-for-software-load-balancing
+- name: 'preflight checks'
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 'pre_checks.yml'
 
-- name: include install tasks
-  include_tasks: install.yml
+- name: 'configure necessary haproxy sysctl configuration'
+  ansible.builtin.sysctl:
+    name: 'net.ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind'
+    value: '1'
+    state: 'present'
+    sysctl_file: '/etc/sysctl.d/55-haproxy.conf'
+    sysctl_set: true
 
-- name: include configure tasks
-  include_tasks: configure.yml
+- name: 'packages | configure haproxy on control plane nodes'
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 'packages.yml'
+  when:
+  - haproxy_install_mode == 'package'
+
+- name: 'manifests | configure haproxy as a static pod within the cluster'
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: 'manifests.yml'
+  when:
+  - haproxy_install_mode == 'manifest'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/manifests.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/manifests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17638321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/manifests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+- name: 'manifests | ensure kubernetes manifests directory "{{ cluster_kubernetes_manifests_path }}" exists'
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ cluster_kubernetes_manifests_path }}'
+    state: 'directory'
+    owner: 'root'
+    group: 'root'
+    mode: 0700
+
+- name: 'manifests | ensure haproxy config directory "{{ haproxy_config_dir }}" exists'
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: '{{ haproxy_config_dir }}'
+    state: 'directory'
+    owner: 'root'
+    group: 'root'
+    mode: 0700
+
+- name: 'manifests | ensure haproxy configuration file is up to date'
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: 'haproxy.cfg.j2'
+    dest: '{{ haproxy_config_dir }}/haproxy.cfg'
+    owner: 'root'
+    group: 'root'
+    mode: 0644
+    backup: true
+
+- name: 'manifests | get current checksum of haproxy config file'
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: '{{ haproxy_config_dir }}/haproxy.cfg'
+    get_attributes: false
+    get_checksum: true
+    get_mime: false
+  register: haproxy_config_stat
+
+- name: 'manifests | write haproxy static pod manifest'
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: 'haproxy.yaml.j2'
+    dest: '{{ cluster_kubernetes_manifests_path }}/haproxy.yaml'
+    owner: 'root'
+    group: 'root'
+    mode: 0644
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/packages.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/packages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..966c9ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: 'haproxy | Update apt-cache if it has not been updated in the last 6 hours (21600 seconds)'
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    update_cache: yes
+    cache_valid_time: 21600
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/pre_checks.yml b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/pre_checks.yml
index c7bf5bea..9fea6a41 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/pre_checks.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/tasks/pre_checks.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - name: 'validate variable : keepalived_vip'
-  assert:
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
       - keepalived_vip | ipaddr
     fail_msg:
-      - "Variable 'keepalived_vip' should be a valid ip address"
+      - 'Variable "keepalived_vip" should be a valid ip address'
       - 'Type is: {{ keepalived_vip | type_debug }}'
-      - "Value is: {{ keepalived_vip | default('undefined') }}"
+      - 'Value is: {{ keepalived_vip | default("undefined") }}'
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2 b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
index 71b907cc..5fa292e8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.cfg.j2
@@ -1,23 +1,59 @@
-####################
-# api-proxy config #
-####################
+{{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 
-frontend front-api-proxy
-    bind {{ keepalived_vip }}:8443
-    bind 127.0.0.1:8443
+# This configuration provides some sensible defaults - modeled on the default configuration found here
+# https://github.com/haproxytech/haproxy-docker-alpine/blob/master/2.3/haproxy.cfg
+global
+    log stdout format raw local0
+    stats   socket    /var/run/haproxy.stat
+    user    haproxy
+    group   haproxy
+    chroot  /var/empty
+    daemon
+
+defaults
+    mode                    http
+    log                     global
+    option                  httplog
+    option                  dontlognull
+    option                  http-server-close
+    option                  redispatch
+    retries                 5
+    timeout http-request    5m
+    timeout queue           5m
+    timeout connect         30s
+    timeout client          {{ haproxy_keepalive_timeout }}
+    timeout server          15m
+    timeout http-keep-alive 30s
+    timeout check           30s
+    maxconn                 4000
+
+frontend stats
+    bind *:8404
+    mode  http
+    stats enable
+    stats uri /stats
+    stats refresh 10s
+    stats admin if TRUE
+
+{% if haproxy_healthcheck_port is defined -%}
+frontend healthz
+    bind *:{{ haproxy_healthcheck_port }}
+    mode http
+    monitor-uri /healthz
+{% endif -%}
+
+frontend apiserver
+    bind {{ cluster_apiserver_frontend_ip }}:{{ cluster_apiserver_frontend_port }}
     mode tcp
     option tcplog
-    timeout client 4h
-    default_backend kube-api
+    default_backend apiserver
 
-backend kube-api
+backend apiserver
     mode tcp
-    option tcplog
-    option tcp-check
-    timeout connect 10s
-    timeout server 4h
-    balance roundrobin
-    default-server inter 10s downinter 5s rise 2 fall 2 slowstart 60s maxconn 250 maxqueue 256 weight 100
-{% for host in groups['masters'] %}
-    server {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_hostname'] }} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_host'] }}:6443 check
-{% endfor %}
+    balance leastconn
+    default-server inter 15s downinter 15s rise 2 fall 2 slowstart 60s maxconn 1000 maxqueue 256 weight 100
+    option httpchk GET /healthz
+    http-check expect status 200
+    {% for host in groups['controlplane'] -%}
+    server {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_hostname'] }} {{ hostvars[host]['ansible_default_ipv4'].address }}:{{ cluster_apiserver_port }} check check-ssl verify none
+    {% endfor -%}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.yaml.j2 b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b15c03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/haproxy/templates/haproxy.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: haproxy
+  namespace: kube-system
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  labels:
+    component: haproxy
+    tier: control-plane
+  annotations:
+    haproxy-config-checksum: "{{ haproxy_config_stat.stat.checksum }}"
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - image: {{ haproxy_image_repo }}:{{ haproxy_image_tag }}
+    imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+    name: haproxy
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: {{ haproxy_cpu_requests }}
+        memory: {{ haproxy_memory_requests }}
+    {% if haproxy_healthcheck_port is defined -%}
+    livenessProbe:
+      httpGet:
+        path: /healthz
+        port: {{ haproxy_healthcheck_port }}
+    readinessProbe:
+      httpGet:
+        path: /healthz
+        port: {{ haproxy_healthcheck_port }}
+    {% endif -%}
+    volumeMounts:
+    - mountPath: /usr/local/etc/haproxy/
+      name: haproxyconf
+      readOnly: true
+  hostNetwork: true
+  dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+  priorityClassName: system-node-critical
+  volumes:
+  - hostPath:
+      path: {{ haproxy_config_dir }}
+    name: haproxyconf
+status: {}