Load Balancer. Built using GoLang.

This Go program implements a simple load balancer that distributes incoming HTTP requests among a set of backend servers.

Prerequisites

• Go installed on your system.

Usage

1. Clone this repository.
2. Navigate to the directory containing the main.go file.
3. Run the program using the go run main.go command.
4. Access the load balancer at localhost:8000 in your web browser.

Overview

• main.go: Contains the main program logic.
• Server: Interface defining methods for server properties and behavior.
• SimpleServer: Struct representing a backend server with its address and a reverse proxy.
• LoadBalancer: Struct managing a set of backend servers and distributing requests.
• newSimpleServer: Creates a new instance of SimpleServer.
• newLoadBalancer: Creates a new instance of LoadBalancer.
• getNextAvailableServer: Selects the next available server using round-robin scheduling.
• serveProxy: Forwards incoming requests to the selected server.
• main: Initializes the load balancer with a set of backend servers and starts serving HTTP requests.

Example

$ go run main.go
serving requests at 'localhost:8000'

Contributing

Feel free to contribute by reporting issues, suggesting enhancements, or submitting pull requests.