xBalancer

Load balancer for http(s) and websocket services

Current supported balance policy:

• Round robin: requests are evenly distributed to each worker

TODO:

• Least connected: requests are always distributed to the worker that has least connected clients
• Weighted: requests are distributed according the weight assgined
• IP Hashing: The target worker is determined by the hash of IP address of the client that initiated the request

Usage

Make a round-robin load balancer:

var balancer = require("xbalancer")({
  port: 8888,
  targets: ["http://localhost:8001", "http://localhost:8002"]
});
balancer.start(function() {
  console.log("xBalancer is up and running at port 8888");
});

That's dead simple!

Remember:

• proxying websocket is enabled by default
• this is basically a reverse proxy

TODO

• Benchmarks
• Really hopes to find a way to do Direct Route or IP Tunneling.

License

MIT