Is it possible to set up a load balancer and implement auto scaling using nginx?
I would like to set up a load balancer and achieve auto scaling with nginx. Can someone please give me a head start or point to any resource online? Thanks folks.
On Rackspace, you'd take an image of your web server and store it. Setup the load balancer and configure it. Then setup AutoScale configured to use the server image and load balancer you setup.
Your stack (nginx) has nothing to do with this problem other then configuring your app (if needed) for scaling. ie: if you were using PHP as your language; you'd need to store your php session variables somewhere centrally so all the servers could access them.
It'll be different on all hosts, but any host with both load balancers and scaling, it should be perfectly doable on.
Mario Giambanco
Director of User Experience Development
Which host are you using?
On Rackspace, you'd take an image of your web server and store it. Setup the load balancer and configure it. Then setup AutoScale configured to use the server image and load balancer you setup.
Your stack (nginx) has nothing to do with this problem other then configuring your app (if needed) for scaling. ie: if you were using PHP as your language; you'd need to store your php session variables somewhere centrally so all the servers could access them.
It'll be different on all hosts, but any host with both load balancers and scaling, it should be perfectly doable on.