diff --git a/contrib/opentracing/test/run-fe-be.sh b/contrib/opentracing/test/run-fe-be.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/contrib/opentracing/test/run-fe-be.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+_ARG_HAPROXY="${1:-$(realpath -L ${PWD}/../../../haproxy)}"
+    _ARGS_FE="-f fe/haproxy.cfg"
+    _ARGS_BE="-f be/haproxy.cfg"
+       _TIME="$(date +%s)"
+    _LOG_DIR="_logs"
+     _LOG_FE="${_LOG_DIR}/_log-$(basename ${0} fe-be.sh)fe-${_TIME}"
+     _LOG_BE="${_LOG_DIR}/_log-$(basename ${0} fe-be.sh)be-${_TIME}"
+
+
+__exit ()
+{
+	test -z "${2}" && {
+		echo
+		echo "Script killed!"
+
+		echo "Waiting for jobs to complete..."
+		pkill --signal SIGUSR1 haproxy
+		wait
+	}
+
+	test -n "${1}" && {
+		echo
+		echo "${1}"
+		echo
+	}
+
+	exit ${2:-100}
+}
+
+
+trap __exit INT TERM
+
+test -x "${_ARG_HAPROXY}" || __exit "${_ARG_HAPROXY}: executable does not exist" 1
+mkdir -p "${_LOG_DIR}"    || __exit "${_ARG_HAPROXY}: cannot create log directory" 2
+
+echo "\n------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "--- executing: ${_ARG_HAPROXY} ${_ARGS_BE} > ${_LOG_BE}"
+"${_ARG_HAPROXY}" ${_ARGS_BE} >"${_LOG_BE}" 2>&1 &
+
+echo "--- executing: ${_ARG_HAPROXY} ${_ARGS_FE} > ${_LOG_FE}"
+"${_ARG_HAPROXY}" ${_ARGS_FE} >"${_LOG_FE}" 2>&1 &
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
+
+echo "Press CTRL-C to quit..."
+wait