diff --git a/add-blobs.sh b/add-blobs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9dc78b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/add-blobs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+
+source ./src/meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+BLOBS_TMP_DIR=".blobs"
+
+mkdir -p "$BLOBS_TMP_DIR"
+
+function down_add_blob {
+  BLOBS_GROUP=$1
+  FILE=$2
+  URL=$3
+  if [ ! -f "blobs/${BLOBS_GROUP}/${FILE}" ];then
+    echo "Downloads resource from the Internet ($URL -> $BLOBS_TMP_DIR/$FILE)"
+    curl -L "$URL" --output "$BLOBS_TMP_DIR/$FILE"
+    echo "Adds blob ($BLOBS_TMP_DIR/$FILE -> $BLOBS_GROUP/$FILE), starts tracking blob in config/blobs.yml for inclusion in packages"
+    bosh add-blob "$BLOBS_TMP_DIR/$FILE" "$BLOBS_GROUP/$FILE"
+  fi
+}
+
+# down_add_blob "haproxy" "haproxy-${HAPROXY_1_8_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$HAPROXY_1_8_URL"
+# down_add_blob "haproxy" "haproxy-${HAPROXY_1_9_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$HAPROXY_1_9_URL"
+
+down_add_blob "haproxy" "haproxy-${HAPROXY_2_8_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$HAPROXY_2_8_URL"
+down_add_blob "haproxy" "haproxy-${HAPROXY_2_9_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$HAPROXY_2_9_URL"
+
+down_add_blob "haproxy" "haproxy-${HAPROXY_3_0_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$HAPROXY_3_0_URL"
+
+down_add_blob "haproxy" "hatop-${HATOP_VERSION}" "$HATOP_URL"
+down_add_blob "haproxy" "lua-${LUA_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$LUA_URL"
+down_add_blob "haproxy" "pcre2-${PCRE2_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$PCRE2_URL"
+down_add_blob "haproxy" "socat-${SOCAT_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$SOCAT_URL"
+down_add_blob "keepalived" "keepalived-${KEEPALIVED_VERSION}.tar.gz" "$KEEPALIVED_URL"
+
+echo "Download blobs into blobs/ based on config/blobs.yml"
+bosh sync-blobs
+
+echo "Upload previously added blobs that were not yet uploaded to the blobstore. Updates config/blobs.yml with returned blobstore IDs."
+bosh upload-blobs
diff --git a/jobs/haproxy/spec b/jobs/haproxy/spec
index aa42f004..9cda63e8 100644
--- a/jobs/haproxy/spec
+++ b/jobs/haproxy/spec
@@ -3,8 +3,14 @@ name: haproxy
 
 description: "The HAProxy server can be used to terminate SSL in front of the Routers. Each HAProxy instance should point to multiple Routers."
 
+# LTS - Long Term Support
+# STS - Short Term Support
 packages:
-- haproxy
+# - haproxy-1.8 # LTS
+# - haproxy-1.9 # STS
+- haproxy-2.8 # LTS
+- haproxy-2.9 # STS
+- haproxy-3.0 # LTS
 - ttar
 
 templates:
@@ -39,6 +45,12 @@ consumes:
     optional: true
 
 properties:
+  ha_proxy.haproxy_feature_version:
+    description: |
+        You can select an HAProxy feature version by specifying the 'major.minor' version number, one of several HAProxy packages included in this release.
+        This release has been tested only with the default HAProxy feature version.
+        Use other version lines with raw configurations at your own risk.
+    default: '2.8' # LTS
   ha_proxy.pre_start_script:
     description: |
       This script will be appended to the pre-start script and run before the job starts.
diff --git a/jobs/haproxy/templates/haproxy_wrapper.erb b/jobs/haproxy/templates/haproxy_wrapper.erb
index bb928f1d..12ab8d8f 100755
--- a/jobs/haproxy/templates/haproxy_wrapper.erb
+++ b/jobs/haproxy/templates/haproxy_wrapper.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
+#!/bin/bash -e
 
-set -e
-
-export PATH=$PATH:/var/vcap/packages/haproxy/bin:/var/vcap/packages/ttar/bin
+export HAPROXY_FEATURE_VERSION='<%= p("ha_proxy.haproxy_feature_version") -%>'
+export PATH="$PATH:/var/vcap/packages/haproxy-$HAPROXY_FEATURE_VERSION/bin:/var/vcap/packages/ttar/bin"
 CONFIG=/var/vcap/jobs/haproxy/config/haproxy.config
 PID_FILE=/var/vcap/sys/run/haproxy/haproxy.pid
 DRAIN_LOCK=/var/vcap/sys/run/haproxy/drain.lock
diff --git a/jobs/haproxy/templates/pre-start.erb b/jobs/haproxy/templates/pre-start.erb
index b511c8c8..c167909a 100644
--- a/jobs/haproxy/templates/pre-start.erb
+++ b/jobs/haproxy/templates/pre-start.erb
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+export HAPROXY_FEATURE_VERSION='<%= p("ha_proxy.haproxy_feature_version") -%>'
 mkdir -p /var/vcap/jobs/haproxy/errorfiles
 
+create_or_update_link() {
+  local target="$1"
+  local link="$2"
+
+  if [ -L "$link" ]; then
+    if [ "$(readlink "$link")" != "$target" ]; then
+      echo "Updating symbolic link..."
+      sudo ln -sf "$target" "$link"
+    fi
+  else
+    if [ -e "$link" ]; then
+      echo "Removing existing file and creating a new symbolic link..."
+      sudo rm "$link"
+    else
+      echo "Creating new symbolic link..."
+      sudo ln -s "$target" "$link"
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+
 <% p('ha_proxy.custom_http_error_files', {}).each do |status_code, http_content| -%>
 
 cat > <%= "/var/vcap/jobs/haproxy/errorfiles/custom#{status_code}.http" %> << EOF
@@ -9,17 +31,9 @@ cat > <%= "/var/vcap/jobs/haproxy/errorfiles/custom#{status_code}.http" %> << EO
 EOF
 <% end -%>
 
-if [ ! -e /usr/bin/python ] && [ -e /usr/bin/python3 ]; then
-  sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
-fi
-
-if [ ! -e /usr/local/bin/hatop ]; then
-  sudo ln -s /var/vcap/packages/haproxy/hatop-wrapper /usr/local/bin/hatop
-fi
-
-if [ ! -e /usr/local/bin/socat ]; then
-  sudo ln -s /var/vcap/packages/haproxy/bin/socat /usr/local/bin/socat
-fi
+create_or_update_link /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
+create_or_update_link "/var/vcap/packages/haproxy-$HAPROXY_FEATURE_VERSION/hatop-wrapper" /usr/local/bin/hatop
+create_or_update_link "/var/vcap/packages/haproxy-$HAPROXY_FEATURE_VERSION/bin/socat" /usr/local/bin/socat
 
 <%- if_p("ha_proxy.pre_start_script") do |script| -%>
 # ha_proxy.pre_start_script {{{
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-1.8/packaging b/packages/haproxy-1.8/packaging
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51a7e68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-1.8/packaging
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# abort script on failures
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+source meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+mkdir "${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin"
+
+source packaging-tools/installation.sh
+
+install_hatop "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HATOP_VERSION"
+install_lua "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$LUA_VERSION"
+install_pcre2 "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$PCRE2_VERSION"
+install_socat "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$SOCAT_VERSION"
+
+install_haproxy "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HAPROXY_1_8_VERSION"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/haproxy/spec b/packages/haproxy-1.8/spec
similarity index 63%
rename from packages/haproxy/spec
rename to packages/haproxy-1.8/spec
index 65c27799..c6121cc4 100644
--- a/packages/haproxy/spec
+++ b/packages/haproxy-1.8/spec
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
-name: haproxy
+name: haproxy-1.8
 files:
+- meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+- packaging-tools/installation.sh
 - haproxy/haproxy-*.tar.gz
 - haproxy/pcre2-*.tar.gz
 - haproxy/socat-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-1.9/packaging b/packages/haproxy-1.9/packaging
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..788728f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-1.9/packaging
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# abort script on failures
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+source meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+mkdir "${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin"
+
+source packaging-tools/installation.sh
+
+install_hatop "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HATOP_VERSION"
+install_lua "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$LUA_VERSION"
+install_pcre2 "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$PCRE2_VERSION"
+install_socat "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$SOCAT_VERSION"
+
+install_haproxy "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HAPROXY_1_9_VERSION"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-1.9/spec b/packages/haproxy-1.9/spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffa0e099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-1.9/spec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+name: haproxy-1.9
+files:
+- meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+- packaging-tools/installation.sh
+- haproxy/haproxy-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/pcre2-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/socat-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/lua-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/hatop-*
+- hatop-wrapper
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-2.8/packaging b/packages/haproxy-2.8/packaging
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8641ae52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-2.8/packaging
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# abort script on failures
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+source meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+mkdir "${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin"
+
+source packaging-tools/installation.sh
+
+install_hatop "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HATOP_VERSION"
+install_lua "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$LUA_VERSION"
+install_pcre2 "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$PCRE2_VERSION"
+install_socat "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$SOCAT_VERSION"
+
+install_haproxy "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HAPROXY_2_8_VERSION"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-2.8/spec b/packages/haproxy-2.8/spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbbd87b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-2.8/spec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+name: haproxy-2.8
+files:
+- meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+- packaging-tools/installation.sh
+- haproxy/haproxy-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/pcre2-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/socat-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/lua-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/hatop-*
+- hatop-wrapper
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-2.9/packaging b/packages/haproxy-2.9/packaging
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4922639f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-2.9/packaging
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# abort script on failures
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+source meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+mkdir "${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin"
+
+source packaging-tools/installation.sh
+
+install_hatop "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HATOP_VERSION"
+install_lua "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$LUA_VERSION"
+install_pcre2 "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$PCRE2_VERSION"
+install_socat "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$SOCAT_VERSION"
+
+install_haproxy "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HAPROXY_2_9_VERSION"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-2.9/spec b/packages/haproxy-2.9/spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a319d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-2.9/spec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+name: haproxy-2.9
+files:
+- meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+- packaging-tools/installation.sh
+- haproxy/haproxy-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/pcre2-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/socat-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/lua-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/hatop-*
+- hatop-wrapper
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-3.0/packaging b/packages/haproxy-3.0/packaging
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dcdc106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-3.0/packaging
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# abort script on failures
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+source meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+mkdir "${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin"
+
+source packaging-tools/installation.sh
+
+install_hatop "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HATOP_VERSION"
+install_lua "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$LUA_VERSION"
+install_pcre2 "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$PCRE2_VERSION"
+install_socat "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$SOCAT_VERSION"
+
+install_haproxy "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET" "$HAPROXY_3_0_VERSION"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/haproxy-3.0/spec b/packages/haproxy-3.0/spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3124c951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/haproxy-3.0/spec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+name: haproxy-3.0
+files:
+- meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+- packaging-tools/installation.sh
+- haproxy/haproxy-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/pcre2-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/socat-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/lua-*.tar.gz
+- haproxy/hatop-*
+- hatop-wrapper
diff --git a/packages/haproxy/packaging b/packages/haproxy/packaging
deleted file mode 100644
index d12037cd..00000000
--- a/packages/haproxy/packaging
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-# abort script on failures
-set -euxo pipefail
-
-
-LUA_VERSION=5.4.6  # https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.6.tar.gz
-
-PCRE_VERSION=10.43  # https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-10.43/pcre2-10.43.tar.gz
-
-SOCAT_VERSION=1.7.4.4  # http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-1.7.4.4.tar.gz
-
-HAPROXY_VERSION=2.8.9  # https://www.haproxy.org/download/2.8/src/haproxy-2.8.9.tar.gz
-
-HATOP_VERSION=0.8.2  # https://github.com/jhunt/hatop/releases/download/v0.8.2/hatop
-
-mkdir ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin
-
-echo "Extracting lua..."
-tar xzf haproxy/lua-${LUA_VERSION}.tar.gz
-pushd lua-${LUA_VERSION}
-  make linux install INSTALL_TOP=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}
-popd
-
-echo "Extracting pcre..."
-tar xzf haproxy/pcre2-${PCRE_VERSION}.tar.gz
-pushd pcre2-${PCRE_VERSION}
-  ./configure \
-    --enable-jit \
-    --prefix ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}
-  make
-  make install
-popd
-
-echo "Installing socat..."
-tar xzf haproxy/socat-${SOCAT_VERSION}.tar.gz
-pushd socat-${SOCAT_VERSION}
-  ./configure
-  make
-  cp socat ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin
-  chmod 755 ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/socat
-popd
-
-echo "Unpacking HAproxy..."
-tar xf haproxy/haproxy-${HAPROXY_VERSION}.tar.gz
-pushd haproxy-${HAPROXY_VERSION}
-  if [ -f ../haproxy/patches.tar.gz ]; then
-    mkdir -p ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/applied-patches
-    tar xf ../haproxy/patches.tar.gz
-
-    for patchfile in haproxy-patches/*.patch; do
-      echo "Applying patch file ${patchfile}"
-
-      # Conservatively limit patch fuzz factor to 0 to reduce chance of faulty patch
-      patch -F 0 -p0 < ${patchfile}
-
-      # Save patches in install target for inspection later
-      cp ${patchfile} ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/applied-patches
-    done
-
-    rm -r haproxy-patches
-  fi
-
-  echo "Installing HAproxy..."
-  make TARGET=linux-glibc USE_PROMEX=1 USE_OPENSSL=1 USE_PCRE2=1 USE_PCRE2_JIT=yes USE_STATIC_PCRE2=1 USE_ZLIB=1 PCRE2DIR=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET} USE_LUA=1 LUA_LIB=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/lib LUA_INC=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/include
-  cp haproxy ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/
-  chmod 755 ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/haproxy
-popd
-
-echo "Installing hatop..."
-cp haproxy/hatop-${HATOP_VERSION} ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/hatop
-chmod 755 ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/hatop
-cp hatop-wrapper ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/
-chmod 755 ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/hatop-wrapper
diff --git a/packages/keepalived/packaging b/packages/keepalived/packaging
index 53d71b64..9cedd577 100644
--- a/packages/keepalived/packaging
+++ b/packages/keepalived/packaging
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # abort script on any command that exits with a non zero value
 set -e -x
 
+source meta-info/blobs-versions.env
+
 # Copy common utils
 mkdir -p ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/common
 cp -a ${BOSH_COMPILE_TARGET}/common/* ${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}/common
 
-KEEPALIVED_VERSION=2.2.8  # https://keepalived.org/software/keepalived-2.2.8.tar.gz
-tar xzvf keepalived/keepalived-${KEEPALIVED_VERSION}.tar.gz
-cd keepalived-${KEEPALIVED_VERSION}/
+tar xzvf keepalived/keepalived-${KEEPALIVED_VER}.tar.gz
+cd keepalived-${KEEPALIVED_VER}/
 
 #compile keepalive
 ./configure --prefix=${BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET}
diff --git a/packages/keepalived/spec b/packages/keepalived/spec
index 7552ca44..87b3c4ab 100644
--- a/packages/keepalived/spec
+++ b/packages/keepalived/spec
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ name: keepalived
 dependencies: []
 
 files:
+- meta-info/blobs-versions.env
 - common/utils.sh
 - keepalived/keepalived-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/src/meta-info/blobs-versions.env b/src/meta-info/blobs-versions.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b4f851a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meta-info/blobs-versions.env
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# http://www.haproxy.org/download/
+
+# haproxy-1.8.31.tar.gz 09-Dec-2022 15:44
+HAPROXY_1_8_VERSION="1.8.31"
+HAPROXY_1_8_URL="http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/src/haproxy-${HAPROXY_1_8_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# haproxy-1.9.16.tar.gz 31-Jul-2020 12:07
+HAPROXY_1_9_VERSION="1.9.16"
+HAPROXY_1_9_URL="http://www.haproxy.org/download/1.9/src/haproxy-${HAPROXY_1_9_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# haproxy-2.8.9.tar.gz 05-Apr-2024 18:54
+HAPROXY_2_8_VERSION="2.8.9"
+HAPROXY_2_8_URL="http://www.haproxy.org/download/2.8/src/haproxy-${HAPROXY_2_8_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# haproxy-2.9.7.tar.gz 05-Apr-2024 18:23
+HAPROXY_2_9_VERSION="2.9.7"
+HAPROXY_2_9_URL="http://www.haproxy.org/download/2.9/src/haproxy-${HAPROXY_2_9_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# haproxy-3.0.0.tar.gz 29-May-2024 13:11
+HAPROXY_3_0_VERSION="3.0.0"
+HAPROXY_3_0_URL="http://www.haproxy.org/download/3.0/src/haproxy-${HAPROXY_3_0_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+
+# https://github.com/jhunt/hatop/releases
+HATOP_VERSION="0.8.2"
+HATOP_URL="https://github.com/jhunt/hatop/releases/download/v${HATOP_VERSION}/hatop"
+
+# https://www.lua.org/ftp/
+LUA_VERSION="5.4.6"
+LUA_URL="https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-${LUA_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases
+PCRE2_VERSION="10.43"
+PCRE2_URL="https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/download/pcre2-${PCRE2_VERSION}/pcre2-${PCRE2_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/
+SOCAT_VERSION="1.8.0.0"
+SOCAT_URL="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-${SOCAT_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+# https://keepalived.org/download.html
+KEEPALIVED_VERSION="2.3.1"
+KEEPALIVED_URL="https://keepalived.org/software/keepalived-${KEEPALIVED_VERSION}.tar.gz"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/packaging-tools/installation.sh b/src/packaging-tools/installation.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dc934ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packaging-tools/installation.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Usage of the functions
+# install_<component> "${VERSION}" "$BOSH_INSTALL_TARGET"
+
+function install_hatop {
+  local INSTALL_TARGET=$1
+  local PACKAGE_VERSION=$2
+
+  echo "Installing hatop ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+  cp "haproxy/hatop-${PACKAGE_VERSION}" "${INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/hatop"
+  chmod 755 "${INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/hatop"
+  cp hatop-wrapper "${INSTALL_TARGET}/"
+  chmod 755 "${INSTALL_TARGET}/hatop-wrapper"
+}
+
+function install_lua {
+  local INSTALL_TARGET=$1
+  local PACKAGE_VERSION=$2
+
+  echo "Extracting lua ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+  tar xzf "haproxy/lua-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+  local PACKAGE_DIR="lua-${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+  echo "Building ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+  pushd "${PACKAGE_DIR}" || { echo "Error: can't pushd to '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+    make linux install INSTALL_TOP="${INSTALL_TARGET}"
+  popd || { echo "Error: can't popd from '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+}
+
+function install_pcre2 {
+  local INSTALL_TARGET=$1
+  local PACKAGE_VERSION=$2
+
+  echo "Extracting pcre2 ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+  tar xzf "haproxy/pcre2-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+  local PACKAGE_DIR="pcre2-${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+  echo "Building ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+  pushd "${PACKAGE_DIR}" || { echo "Error: can't pushd to '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+    ./configure \
+      --enable-jit \
+      --prefix "${INSTALL_TARGET}"
+    make
+    make install
+  popd || { echo "Error: can't popd from '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+}
+
+function install_socat {
+  local INSTALL_TARGET=$1
+  local PACKAGE_VERSION=$2
+
+  echo "Extracting socat ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+  tar xzf "haproxy/socat-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+  local PACKAGE_DIR="socat-${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+  echo "Building ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+  pushd "${PACKAGE_DIR}" || { echo "Error: can't pushd to '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+    ./configure
+    make
+    cp socat "${INSTALL_TARGET}/bin"
+    chmod 755 "${INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/socat"
+  popd || { echo "Error: can't popd from '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+}
+
+function install_haproxy {
+  local INSTALL_TARGET=$1
+  local PACKAGE_VERSION=$2
+
+  echo "Extracting HAproxy (version ${PACKAGE_VERSION})..."
+  tar xf "haproxy/haproxy-${PACKAGE_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+  local PACKAGE_DIR="haproxy-${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+  pushd "${PACKAGE_DIR}" || { echo "Error: can't pushd to '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+    if [ -f ../haproxy/patches.tar.gz ]; then
+      echo "Patching ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+      mkdir -p "${INSTALL_TARGET}/applied-patches"
+      tar xf "../haproxy/patches.tar.gz"
+      for patchfile in haproxy-patches/*.patch; do
+        echo "Applying patch file ${patchfile}"
+        # Conservatively limit patch fuzz factor to 0 to reduce chance of faulty patch
+        patch -F 0 -p0 < "${patchfile}"
+        # Save patches in install target for inspection later
+        cp "${patchfile}" "${INSTALL_TARGET}/applied-patches"
+      done
+      rm -r haproxy-patches
+    fi
+    echo "Building ${PACKAGE_VERSION}..."
+    local makeArgs=(
+      TARGET=linux-glibc
+      USE_OPENSSL=1
+      USE_PCRE2=1
+      USE_PCRE2_JIT=yes
+      USE_STATIC_PCRE2=1
+      USE_ZLIB=1
+      PCRE2DIR="${INSTALL_TARGET}"
+      USE_LUA=1
+      LUA_LIB="${INSTALL_TARGET}/lib"
+      LUA_INC="${INSTALL_TARGET}/include"
+    )
+    local COMPILATION_FLAGS=""
+    if [[ "$PACKAGE_VERSION" == 1.* ]]; then
+      COMPILATION_FLAGS="-Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+    else
+      makeArgs+=( USE_PROMEX=1 )
+    fi
+    CFLAGS="$COMPILATION_FLAGS" make "${makeArgs[@]}"
+    cp haproxy "${INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/"
+    chmod 755 "${INSTALL_TARGET}/bin/haproxy"
+  popd || { echo "Error: can't popd from '${PACKAGE_DIR}'."; return 1; }
+}