Load Balancing with NGINX

Load balancing is one of the most widely deployed use case for NGINX Instance Manager - it is easy to configure and provides multiple load balancing algorithms to choose from to ensure smooth flow of network traffic between clients and upstream servers.
In this basic how-to video, we cover:
◆ High level understanding of load balancing works
◆ Upstream directive
◆ Available load balancing methods
NGINX Load Balancing GitHub
⬡ github.com/jay-nginx/load-bal...
How to Get Started With NGINX
⬡ bit.ly/3MeGufw
Introducing NGINX Instance Manager
⬡ bit.ly/2QCLMch
Chapters:
0:00 - Load Balancing with NGINX Session Agenda
0:43 - Multitude of Use Cases
6:18 - Load Balancing Methods
12:01 - Enabling Session Persistence with NGINX
13:53 - Things to Note When Load Balancing with NGINX
14:50 - Live Demo

[@shivkarj1456]

This was a great explanation!

[@Oxygen.O2]

Amazing explanation!

[@HiteshRiziya]

Great to see nice demo explanation. 👍

[@nginx_official]

Glad you liked it!

[@jishnuanchery]

Thank you. great demo.

[@ahosanhabib9399]

Thanks for the helpful session.

[@evgenykuznetsov7490]

this very good catch, thank you Sir!

[@farhadzada3162]

My gosh it was a great explanation !

[@guillemurto3936]

thanks for this training, it was very good

[@rijosimon8822]

Im using Nginx for loadbalancing my 4 server setup for a custom application. The application has a media share option that if disabled the forward option does not allow people from other networks to see it. It uses the IP of the user for this. The problem is if i use load balancing all the hits to my web server are coming from the load balancers IP. So even if a user from external network tries to access the media after disabling that option, he is able to access the media because server is getting the IP of Nginx setup. Is there any feature to overcome this issue?

[@calanside15]

thank you , amazing content

[@aseemkumarthawait2257]

It's a very nice presentation..

[@dangaines405]

Good work Jay!

[@NamLe-fl4sz]

From VietNam. Thanks

[@NewHOD]

Workload I need load-balanced is VOIP streamed via UDP. Can NGINX Open Source forward UDP or it needs to be Plus?

[@danielkrajnik3817]

very useful, thanks

[@cambodialifestyle7641]

thank for teaching

[@jay15183]

Links: NGINX Configuration Context: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWbOfpqpnbOWbMk NGINX Reverse Proxy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oou5cnxphdaafsU

[@ealvinoq]

Great video

[@redosem9868]

please note that sticky session is not free, it come with nginx plus

[@blissweb]

Is there any way to make the load balancer not be the single point of failure ?? If it goes down, all the healthy machines and services become useless right ??

[@jsaenzMusic]

Thank you for the video. In studying the Nginx Cook-Book and trying to further understand the "hash directive" from this video, it's not 100% clear how it works. Do I create a hash of the specific data I want to match and if it's "anywhere" in the request, then it goes to a specific server? Or do I have to create a hash of the entire "request" I'm looking to match? Any help in this area is greatly appreciated. 🙏

[@jsaenzMusic]

I think, I understand it a little bit better (after digesting content from different sources on this subject). I don't create the hash, I simply provide the data that "may" be in a specific request I'm trying to match and want forwarded to a specific server. Nginx does the hashing of every request using the data I provided and if a request matches that hash, then the request goes to the server that request session originated from? I presume, it requires the administrator to be familiar with the structure of the requests he/she is trying to match against, in addition to what kind of data might be in those requests, to use the "generic hash" directive effectively. Anyway, thanks youtube comment section for being my rubber ducky! :P

[@AliCondor]

Think you

[@kobebyrant9483]

These three web servers still share one physical server right?

[@mohamedyoussef8835]

Awesome video ++++++++++++ 🙂

[@Hellmiauz]

This LB isn't DSR (Direct server return) or is it? 🤨 And can nginx do such LB?

[@jamestrowbridge]

Love the explanation, hate the indentations.

[@kamaludinnoviyanto7090]

Izin belajar pak

[@Eleazar.Chavira]

is there a way to install a web GUI to administer the load balancer?

[@JayWall]

15:48 You need to pay for that.

[@prezlamen]

I cant see,increase font size on no.20

[@nhuongtrieuhoang6611]

HA for nginx ? How to do that .

[@flexairz]

Epic explanation.. made it very easy. Thanks! Could you add the links you mentioned in the video?

[@jay15183]

Thanks Felix. The links are included in the "GitHub Repo" like included with the comments. github.com/jay-nginx/load-balancing

[@mahiramaharsy1038]

9oo

[@mahiramaharsy1038]

9op

[@jaymonserrat5982]

Why wouldn’t you demo this with SSL?

[@zerocoll20]

Oww so the correct way to call it is engine X. I was mistaken my whole life.

[@star.x]

please i need to contact you