diff --git a/.github/workflows/nginx_test.yml b/.github/workflows/side-service-test.yml
similarity index 75%
rename from .github/workflows/nginx_test.yml
rename to .github/workflows/side-service-test.yml
index a11e03666d3..d4dbb9dcd97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nginx_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/side-service-test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Nginx test
+name: Test nginx and haproxy
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           cd nginx
           make test
         )
+        (
+          cd haproxy/tests
+          make test
+        )
diff --git a/haproxy/Dockerfile b/haproxy/Dockerfile
index 3f7e71f9571..4584a7ec5a2 100644
--- a/haproxy/Dockerfile
+++ b/haproxy/Dockerfile
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ RUN chmod +x /entrypoint.sh
 ADD default_frontend.cfg /usr/local/etc/haproxy
 ADD backend.cfg.template /usr/local/etc/haproxy
 COPY scripts /usr/local/etc/haproxy/
+COPY errors/*.http /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/haproxy/README.md b/haproxy/README.md
index 75a1625552c..8206ba715cd 100644
--- a/haproxy/README.md
+++ b/haproxy/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ In your docker-compose.yml template, the HAproxy container declaration will requ
 - HAPROXY_IP: This should be the docker service name, `fqdn`, or set to `0.0.0.0`. If not set, our templates will default this to be a service name of `haproxy`. 
 *Note*: For Docker Desktop on Mac users, if you wish to expose HAproxy to your host, you will have to set this as `0.0.0.0`, to expose it as `localhost` outside of the docker network.
 - HAPROXY_PORT: The port you wish HAProxy to run on. Defaults to 5984.
-- COUCHDB1_SERVER: The docker service name or fqdn of the first CouchDB server. Defaults to couchdb-1.local in our templates.
-- COUCHDB2_SERVER: The docker service name or fqdn of the second CouchDB server. Defaults to couchdb-2.local in our templates.
-- COUCHDB3_SERVER: The docker service name or fqdn of the third CouchDB server. Defaults to couchdb-3.local in our templates.
+- COUCHDB_SERVERS: Comma separated list of the docker service name or fqdn of the CouchDB servers. Example: `couchdb-1.local,couchdb-2.local,couchdb-3.local`.
 - COUCHDB_USER: The admininstrator that created the couchdb cluster
 - COUCHDB_PASSWORD: The above admin's password
+- HEALTHCHECK_ADDR: Address to the haproxy healthcheck service
diff --git a/haproxy/default_frontend.cfg b/haproxy/default_frontend.cfg
index 34354dbc4da..b433c7ca306 100644
--- a/haproxy/default_frontend.cfg
+++ b/haproxy/default_frontend.cfg
@@ -8,6 +8,27 @@ global
   tune.bufsize 32768
   tune.buffers.limit 60000
 
+http-errors json
+  errorfile 200 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/200-json.http
+  errorfile 400 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/400-json.http
+  errorfile 401 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/401-json.http
+  errorfile 403 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/403-json.http
+  errorfile 404 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/404-json.http
+  errorfile 405 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/405-json.http
+  errorfile 407 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/407-json.http
+  errorfile 408 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/408-json.http
+  errorfile 410 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/410-json.http
+  errorfile 413 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/413-json.http
+  errorfile 421 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/421-json.http
+  errorfile 422 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/422-json.http
+  errorfile 425 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/425-json.http
+  errorfile 429 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/429-json.http
+  errorfile 500 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/500-json.http
+  errorfile 501 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/501-json.http
+  errorfile 502 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/502-json.http
+  errorfile 503 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/503-json.http
+  errorfile 504 /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/504-json.http
+
 defaults
   mode http
   option http-ignore-probes
@@ -19,6 +40,9 @@ defaults
   timeout server 360000000
   timeout connect 1500000
   timeout http-keep-alive 5m
+
+  errorfiles json
+
   stats enable
   stats refresh 30s
   stats auth $COUCHDB_USER:$COUCHDB_PASSWORD
diff --git a/haproxy/entrypoint.sh b/haproxy/entrypoint.sh
index 46c32d6115b..d5e80618894 100644
--- a/haproxy/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/haproxy/entrypoint.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ BACKEND="/usr/local/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg"
 cp /usr/local/etc/haproxy/backend.cfg.template $BACKEND
 for COUCHDB_SERVER in ${COUCHDB_SERVERS//,/ }
 do
-  printf "  server $COUCHDB_SERVER $COUCHDB_SERVER:5984 check agent-check agent-inter 5s agent-addr $HEALTHCHECK_ADDR agent-port 5555\n" >> $BACKEND
+  echo "  server $COUCHDB_SERVER $COUCHDB_SERVER:5984 check agent-check agent-inter 5s agent-addr $HEALTHCHECK_ADDR agent-port 5555" >> $BACKEND
 done
 
 # Place environment variables into config
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ envsubst < $BACKEND
 
 #Write pw for healthcheck subshell to work
 mkdir -p /srv/storage/haproxy/passwd
-echo $COUCHDB_USER > /srv/storage/haproxy/passwd/username
-echo $COUCHDB_PASSWORD > /srv/storage/haproxy/passwd/admin
+echo "$COUCHDB_USER" > /srv/storage/haproxy/passwd/username
+echo "$COUCHDB_PASSWORD" > /srv/storage/haproxy/passwd/admin
 
 # Start haproxy
 exec /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh -f $DEFAULT -f $BACKEND
+
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/200-json.http b/haproxy/errors/200-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e27da708fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/200-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Content-length: 75
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "200 OK",
+  "reason": "Service ready",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/400-json.http b/haproxy/errors/400-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af8b24d33c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/400-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+HTTP/1.1 400 Bad request
+Content-length: 107
+Connection: Close
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "400 Bad request",
+  "reason": "Your browser sent an invalid request",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/401-json.http b/haproxy/errors/401-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d17cdd3f1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/401-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
+Content-length: 129
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "401 Unauthorized",
+  "reason": "You need a valid user and password to access this content",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/403-json.http b/haproxy/errors/403-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..19b7f38d87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/403-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
+Content-length: 110
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "403 Forbidden",
+  "reason": "Request forbidden by administrative rules",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/404-json.http b/haproxy/errors/404-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd26cfb285f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/404-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
+Content-length: 100
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "404 Not Found",
+  "reason": "The resource could not be found",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/405-json.http b/haproxy/errors/405-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62a7a86494e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/405-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed
+Content-length: 164
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "405 Method Not Allowed",
+  "reason": "A request was made of a resource using a request method not supported by that resource",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/407-json.http b/haproxy/errors/407-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd8c98d9cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/407-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 407 Unauthorized
+Content-length: 129
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "407 Unauthorized",
+  "reason": "You need a valid user and password to access this content",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/408-json.http b/haproxy/errors/408-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82069a5346f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/408-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+HTTP/1.1 408 Request Time-out
+Content-length: 127
+Connection: Close
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "408 Request Time-out",
+  "reason": "Your browser didn't send a complete request in time",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/410-json.http b/haproxy/errors/410-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fc1a76242d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/410-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 410 Gone
+Content-length: 131
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "410 Gone",
+  "reason": "The resource is no longer available and will not be available again",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/413-json.http b/haproxy/errors/413-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13f4e65a127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/413-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 413 Payload Too Large
+Content-length: 123
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "413 Payload Too Large",
+  "reason": "The request entity exceeds the maximum allowed",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/421-json.http b/haproxy/errors/421-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8b620e31e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/421-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 421 Misdirected Request
+Content-length: 121
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "421 Misdirected Request",
+  "reason": "Request sent to a non-authoritative server",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/422-json.http b/haproxy/errors/422-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f3d4510f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/422-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Content
+Content-length: 133
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "422 Unprocessable Content",
+  "reason": "The server cannot process the contained instructions",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/425-json.http b/haproxy/errors/425-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5a8a69f676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/425-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 425 Too Early
+Content-length: 97
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "425 Too Early",
+  "reason": "Your browser sent early data",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/429-json.http b/haproxy/errors/429-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a709ce7d06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/429-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
+Content-length: 134
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "429 Too Many Requests",
+  "reason": "You have sent too many requests in a given amount of time",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/500-json.http b/haproxy/errors/500-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55a38063ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/500-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
+Content-length: 114
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "500 Internal Server Error",
+  "reason": "An internal server error occurred",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/501-json.http b/haproxy/errors/501-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad0ec7f138d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/501-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented
+Content-length: 152
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "501 Not Implemented",
+  "reason": "The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/502-json.http b/haproxy/errors/502-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0dba29235a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/502-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway
+Content-length: 124
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "502 Bad Gateway",
+  "reason": "The server returned an invalid or incomplete response",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/503-json.http b/haproxy/errors/503-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0c9cd01abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/503-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable
+Content-length: 124
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "503 Service Unavailable",
+  "reason": "No server is available to handle this request",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/504-json.http b/haproxy/errors/504-json.http
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b281b00e975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/504-json.http
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+HTTP/1.1 504 Gateway Time-out
+Content-length: 109
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+{
+  "error": "504 Gateway Time-out",
+  "reason": "The server didn't respond in time",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/README.md b/haproxy/errors/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16c4ef19fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# nginx_error_messages
+
+This directory contains error pages for haproxy. Do not update the error pages
+manually, instead look in `generate.sh` and the `template.json` file
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/generate.sh b/haproxy/errors/generate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..bf9be76e991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/generate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+###########################################################
+#
+# Script to generate static error pages for haproxy
+#
+#   To update: change messages below or the respective template file
+#   and rerun this script
+#
+###########################################################
+set -eu -o pipefail
+unset IFS
+
+DIR="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
+
+TEMPDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TEMPDIR"' EXIT
+
+declare -ar MESSAGES=(
+	"200|200 OK|Service ready|"
+	"400|400 Bad request|Your browser sent an invalid request|Connection: Close"
+	"401|401 Unauthorized|You need a valid user and password to access this content|"
+	"403|403 Forbidden|Request forbidden by administrative rules|"
+	"404|404 Not Found|The resource could not be found|"
+	"405|405 Method Not Allowed|A request was made of a resource using a request method not supported by that resource|"
+	"407|407 Unauthorized|You need a valid user and password to access this content|"
+	"408|408 Request Time-out|Your browser didn't send a complete request in time|Connection: Close"
+	"410|410 Gone|The resource is no longer available and will not be available again|"
+	"413|413 Payload Too Large|The request entity exceeds the maximum allowed|"
+	"421|421 Misdirected Request|Request sent to a non-authoritative server|"
+	"422|422 Unprocessable Content|The server cannot process the contained instructions|"
+	"425|425 Too Early|Your browser sent early data|"
+	"429|429 Too Many Requests|You have sent too many requests in a given amount of time|"
+	"500|500 Internal Server Error|An internal server error occurred|"
+	"501|501 Not Implemented|The server does not support the functionality required to fulfill the request|"
+	"502|502 Bad Gateway|The server returned an invalid or incomplete response|"
+	"503|503 Service Unavailable|No server is available to handle this request|"
+	"504|504 Gateway Time-out|The server didn't respond in time|"
+)
+
+echo 'http-errors json'
+for message in "${MESSAGES[@]}"; do
+	IFS='|' read -r -a message_parts <<<"$message"
+	status_code="${message_parts[0]}"
+	status_message="${message_parts[1]}"
+	status_reason="${message_parts[2]}"
+	extra_header="${message_parts[3]:-}"
+
+	error_file="$DIR/${status_code}-json.http"
+
+	LC_ALL="C" # So content-length/$http_body is >1 for multibyte characters
+
+	http_body="$(sed -e "s/__MESSAGE__/$status_message/" -e "s/__REASON__/$status_reason/" <"$DIR/template.json")"
+
+	cat <<EOF >"$error_file"
+HTTP/1.1 $status_message
+Content-length: ${#http_body}
+EOF
+
+	[[ -n "$extra_header" ]] && echo "$extra_header" >>"$error_file"
+
+	cat <<EOF >>"$error_file"
+Cache-Control: no-cache
+Content-Type: application/json
+
+EOF
+
+	echo -n "$http_body" >>"$error_file"
+
+	echo "	errorfile $status_code /usr/local/etc/haproxy/errors/${status_code}-json.http"
+
+done
diff --git a/haproxy/errors/template.json b/haproxy/errors/template.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..947ccd1ba18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/errors/template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "error": "__MESSAGE__",
+  "reason": "__REASON__",
+  "server": "haproxy"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/tests/Makefile b/haproxy/tests/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa2bed8c238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/tests/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.PHONY: test
+test: test_scripts test_with_docker_compose
+
+.PHONY: test_scripts
+test_scripts:
+	bats errors_generate.bats
+
+.PHONY: test_with_docker_compose
+test_with_docker_compose:
+	docker compose up --build --wait
+	bats with_mock.bats
+	docker compose down
+
diff --git a/haproxy/tests/compose.yml b/haproxy/tests/compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ff1853acc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/tests/compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+version: "3.7"
+services:
+    haproxy:
+        build:
+            context: ../
+        ports:
+            - 127.0.0.1:5984:5984
+        environment:
+            COUCHDB_SERVERS: mock-couchdb
+            COUCHDB_USER: someuser
+            COUCHDB_PASSWORD: insecure_pw
+            HAPROXY_IP: 0.0.0.0
+            HAPROXY_PORT: 5984
+            HEALTHCHECK_ADDR: haproxy-healthcheck
+        depends_on:
+            - mock-couchdb
+            - haproxy-healthcheck
+
+    mock-couchdb:
+        image: mockserver/mockserver:5.15.0
+        environment:
+            MOCKSERVER_SERVER_PORT: 5984
+            # MOCKSERVER_LOG_LEVEL: WARN
+            MOCKSERVER_INITIALIZATION_JSON_PATH: /config/initializerJson.json
+        volumes:
+            - ./mock-config/initializerJson.json:/config/initializerJson.json
+
+    haproxy-healthcheck:
+        build: ../../haproxy-healthcheck
+        environment:
+            COUCHDB_SERVERS: mock-couchdb
+            COUCHDB_USER: someuser
+            COUCHDB_PASSWORD: insecure_pw
+
diff --git a/haproxy/tests/errors_generate.bats b/haproxy/tests/errors_generate.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d50e70adf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/tests/errors_generate.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Tests to validate output of generate.sh
+#
+# If you recently made updates with error pages see readme in that folder
+#
+###############################################################################
+setup() {
+	load 'test_helper/bats-support/load' # this is required by bats-assert
+	load 'test_helper/bats-assert/load'
+
+	set -eu -o pipefail
+
+	DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
+	TMP_WORK_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+	ACTUAL_ERRORS_DIR="$DIR/../errors"
+	TMP_ERRORS_DIR="$TMP_WORK_DIR/errors"
+
+	mkdir "$TMP_ERRORS_DIR"
+	cp "$ACTUAL_ERRORS_DIR"/{generate.sh,template.json} "$TMP_ERRORS_DIR"
+}
+
+teardown() {
+	[[ -d "$TMP_WORK_DIR" ]] && rm -rf "$TMP_WORK_DIR"
+}
+
+[[ -n "${DEBUG_BATS:-}" ]] && set -x
+
+@test "errors/generate.sh should be possible to run" {
+	run "$TMP_ERRORS_DIR/generate.sh"
+	assert_success
+}
+
+@test "correct number of http files" {
+	"$TMP_ERRORS_DIR/generate.sh" >/dev/null
+	assert_equal \
+		"$(find "$ACTUAL_ERRORS_DIR"/*.http | wc -l)" \
+		"$(find "$TMP_ERRORS_DIR"/*.http | wc -l)"
+}
+
+@test "file content should match for all error files	" {
+	"$TMP_ERRORS_DIR/generate.sh" >/dev/null
+
+	file_count=0
+	for file in "$ACTUAL_ERRORS_DIR"/*.http; do
+		filename="$(basename "$file")"
+		assert_equal \
+			"$(cat "$ACTUAL_ERRORS_DIR/$filename")" \
+			"$(cat "$TMP_ERRORS_DIR/$filename")"
+		file_count=$((file_count + 1))
+	done
+	[[ file_count -gt 0 ]]
+}
diff --git a/haproxy/tests/mock-config/initializerJson.json b/haproxy/tests/mock-config/initializerJson.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c7e9acbb9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/tests/mock-config/initializerJson.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+[
+  {
+    "httpRequest": {
+      "path": "/"
+    },
+    "httpResponse": {
+      "body": {
+        "couchdb": "Welcome to mock-couchdb",
+        "status": "this field is not used"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "httpRequest": {
+      "path": "/_membership"
+    },
+    "httpResponse": {
+      "body": {
+        "all_nodes": [
+          "mock-couchdb"
+        ],
+        "cluster_nodes": [
+          "mock-couchdb"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "httpRequest": {
+      "path": "/error/drop"
+    },
+    "httpError": {
+      "dropConnection": true
+    }
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/tests/test_helper b/haproxy/tests/test_helper
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..cd72da7c705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/tests/test_helper
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../scripts/test/bats/test_helper
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haproxy/tests/with_mock.bats b/haproxy/tests/with_mock.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..295f6138430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/tests/with_mock.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+setup() {
+	load 'test_helper/bats-support/load' # this is required by bats-assert
+	load 'test_helper/bats-assert/load'
+
+	set -eu -o pipefail
+}
+
+[[ -n "${DEBUG_BATS:-}" ]] && set -x
+
+@test "should respond before timeout" {
+	run timeout 15 bash -c "until curl -fksm5 http://127.0.0.1:5984; do sleep 0.1; done"
+	assert_success
+}
+
+@test "should receive response from couchdb" {
+	run bash -c "curl -fksm5 http://127.0.0.1:5984/ | jq .couchdb"
+	assert_success
+	assert_output '"Welcome to mock-couchdb"'
+}
+
+@test "should receive 404 response if path doesn't exist" {
+	run curl -Ifksm5 http://127.0.0.1:5984/doesnotexist
+	assert_failure
+	assert_line --partial --index 0 'HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found'
+}
+
+@test "should return json with on connection drop" {
+	run bash -c "curl -ksm5 http://127.0.0.1:5984/error/drop | jq .error"
+	assert_success
+	assert_output '"502 Bad Gateway"'
+}
diff --git a/nginx/tests/test_helper b/nginx/tests/test_helper
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..cd72da7c705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx/tests/test_helper
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../scripts/test/bats/test_helper
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-assert/load.bash b/scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-assert/load.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-assert/load.bash
rename to scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-assert/load.bash
diff --git a/nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-assert/src/assert.bash b/scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-assert/src/assert.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-assert/src/assert.bash
rename to scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-assert/src/assert.bash
diff --git a/nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/load.bash b/scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/load.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/load.bash
rename to scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/load.bash
diff --git a/nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/src/error.bash b/scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/src/error.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/src/error.bash
rename to scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/src/error.bash
diff --git a/nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/src/lang.bash b/scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/src/lang.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/src/lang.bash
rename to scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/src/lang.bash
diff --git a/nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/src/output.bash b/scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/src/output.bash
similarity index 100%
rename from nginx/tests/test_helper/bats-support/src/output.bash
rename to scripts/test/bats/test_helper/bats-support/src/output.bash