Node-Red node to load balance either with static routes or dynamic routes.
Basically spreads input messages to flows based on:
- Round Robin - next in list then start at being again
- Random - randomly across out paths
- Fold on capacity - place load on first node in order with capacity. Good for improving cache hit ratios. At full capacity random selection.
- Next smoothing to average capacity - next that is >= average capacity to get smoothing of load. At full capacity random selection.
This allows incoming messages to be passed to servers that may be other node red instances.
For HTTP sticky can be selected. This stores the path in a cookie and the same path is reused so long as it is available and the cookie information is maintained on message.
Out port zero is used for administration and used to send message if there is no availability in all routes. This allows responses messages or queuing to be managed.
Message per second capacity is visible when capacity based mode is selected. Indicates capacity is many messages per second are allowed.
Default capacity is visible when capacity based mode is selected.
At no capacity is visible when capacity based mode is selected. Allows choice of what is to be done with message when full capacity is reached.
At no availablity allows choice of what is to be done with message when there is no availabilty. Messages either discarded or sent to admin port.
When paths equal 1 a template in workflow can be selected.
Only "http request" types work at this stage and it requires the template to have url set to blank. See test for details.
Messages can be sent to node with the following topics and not forwarded
Takes in metrics and availablity for a path in msg.payload in form:
{path: <path number>, capacity: <numeric value>, status: <0=unavailable>}
or and array of above.
Capacity of zero is considered saturation. Positive values are expected.
Basically a remote node could be constructed to send a message to update
Will send metadata about queues to admin output port.
Will send metadata about queues to error log so visible in debug console.
If paths set to 1 and template selected enables dynamic routing.
Current only "http request" template allowed.
Form of payload {url:"/a/url/path"}
- Persist path states and capacity on recycle
- Alive polling, keep alive can be used to trigger remote to send capacity metrics (note, this could be done by flow)
- Other dynamic template node types e.g. mq, http out etc.
- Dynamic addition of paths by discovery (note, this could be done by flow)
- Some base capacity calls to remote engines (note, this could be done by flow)
- mps - default base capacity set per path at setup
Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install
npm install node-red-contrib-loadbalance
Test/example flow in test/testflow.json
Test flow for sticky feature in test/testSticky.json
Test flow for sticky feature in test/testDynamic.json
