Nginx Load Balancing

Distribute traffic for high availability and performance.

Configuration

upstream backend {
    least_conn;
    server 192.168.1.10:8000;
    server 192.168.1.11:8000;
    server 192.168.1.12:8000;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    location / {
        proxy_pass http://backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    }
}

Algorithms

• round-robin - Default
• least_conn - Least connections
• ip_hash - Client IP based