vijay1379 / dynamic-load-balancer-integration

DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCER INTEGRATION

Load Balancer and Cafe Website Setup

• Load Balancer and Cafe Website Setup
  • Load Balancer Server
    • 1. Create Load Balancer Server
    • 2. Configure NGINX as Load Balancer
  • Backend Servers
    • 3. Set Up Backend Servers
    • Accessing the Cafe Website
      • 4. Access the Load Balanced Cafe Website
      • 5. Testing Load Balancing
  • Contribution

Load Balancer Server:

1. Create Load Balancer Server:

• Set up a new server instance (virtual machine or physical server) to act as the load balancer.

• Install NGINX on the load balancer server:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install nginx

2. Configure NGINX as Load Balancer:

• Open NGINX configuration file:

  sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

• Update the http block to include the upstream servers:

  http {
      upstream my_servers {
          server backend_server1_ip;
          server backend_server2_ip;
          server backend_server3_ip;
      }
  
      # ... (other configurations)
  
      server {
          listen 80;
  
          location / {
              proxy_pass http://my_servers;
          }
      }
  }

• Replace backend_server1_ip, backend_server2_ip, and backend_server3_ip with the actual IP addresses of your backend servers.

• Save the configuration and restart NGINX:

  sudo service nginx restart

Backend Servers:

3. Set Up Backend Servers:

• Create multiple backend servers (e.g., using virtual machines or separate physical servers).

• Install NGINX on each backend server:

  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install nginx

• Copy the cafe website HTML files to each backend server:

  scp -r /path/to/local/cafe-website/html user@backend_server_ip:/path/to/remote/cafe-website/

• Ensure NGINX is configured to serve the cafe website. Update the server block in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default or create a new configuration file:

  server {
      listen 80;
      server_name backend_server_ip;
  
      location / {
          root /path/to/remote/cafe-website/html;
          index index.html;
      }
  }

• Save the configuration and restart NGINX:

  sudo service nginx restart

Accessing the Cafe Website:

4. Access the Load Balanced Cafe Website:

• Open a web browser and navigate to the IP address of the load balancer server (or the domain if you have one):

  http://load_balancer_ip
  

• NGINX on the load balancer will distribute requests among the backend servers.

5. Testing Load Balancing:

• To test load balancing, use tools like Apache Benchmark (ab) from the load balancer server:

  ab -n 1000 -c 10 http://load_balancer_ip/

• Adjust the number of requests (-n) and concurrency (-c) based on your testing needs.

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions, please open an issue or submit a pull request.