load-balancing-example.md

Simple load balancing example

upstream backend {
  server 1.2.3.4;
  server 2.3.4.5;
}
server {
  location / {
    proxy_pass http://backend;
  }
}

• upstream backend { - specify list of server to balance requests to
• server { - virtual server configuration block
• location / { - default location block
• proxy_pass - send this request to the following upstream (other server)
• http://backend - Nginx will automatically pick server from list of server to balance request between

group: balancing

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