Dynamic Backend Selection for HAProxy Based on Subdomain

A very crude yet functional HAProxy configuration to select a backend based on the first subdomain component.
global
    daemon

defaults
    mode http

frontend http
    bind    *:80
    bind    *:443 ssl crt /path/to/your/combined/certificate.pem
    use_backend %[req.hdr(host),lower,word(1,.)]

# Used when it's 'subdomain.mydomain.tld'
backend subdomain
    server            default-server localhost:9001

# Used when it's 'anotherone.mydomain.tld'
backend anotherone
    server            default-server localhost:9002

# Used when it's 'onemore.sub.mydomain.tld'
backend onemore
    server            default-server localhost:9003