/* simple-balancer.js: Example of a simple round robin balancer Copyright (c) 2013 - 2016 Charlie Robbins, Jarrett Cruger & the Contributors. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ var http = require('http'), httpProxy = require('../../lib/http-proxy'); // // A simple round-robin load balancing strategy. // // First, list the servers you want to use in your rotation. // var addresses = [ { host: 'ws1.0.0.0', port: 80 }, { host: 'ws2.0.0.0', port: 80 } ]; var proxy = httpProxy.createServer(); http.createServer(function (req, res) { // // On each request, get the first location from the list... // var target = { target: addresses.shift() }; // // ...then proxy to the server whose 'turn' it is... // console.log('balancing request to: ', target); proxy.web(req, res, target); // // ...and then the server you just used becomes the last item in the list. // addresses.push(target.target); }).listen(8021); // Rinse; repeat; enjoy.