Below i document how to make a simple Load Balancer. This load balancer uses HAProxy and monitors the health of a server using a script. If the health of the server goes down, HAProxy Removes the Node from the “Cluster”. Below is the HAProxy Config. Below is the PHP Script running on the servers to…
Tag: HTTP
Load balancing an apache web server/website with “POUND”….
The Pound program is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end for Web server(s). Pound was developed to enable distributing the load among several Web-servers and to allow for a convenient SSL wrapper for those Web servers that do not offer it natively. Pound is distributed under the GPL – no warranty, it’s free to use, copy and give away….