omarsoufiane / simple-load-balancer

Simple Golang load balancer

Go Load Balancer

This is a simple round-robin load balancer implemented in Go.

Description

The load balancer distributes incoming HTTP requests across a list of backend servers in a round-robin fashion.

Prerequisites

• Go installed
• .env file with server addresses

SERVERS=Server1,Server2,Server3

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/omarsoufiane/go-load-balancer.git
   cd go-load-balancer
   

Usage

Running Locally

go run main.go The load balancer will start running on port 8080.

Running with Docker Build the Docker image:

docker build -t go-load-balancer . Run the Docker container:

docker run -p 8080:8080 go-load-balancer The load balancer will be accessible on port 8080 within the Docker container.

Configuration

To change the server addresses, modify the .env file and update the SERVERS variable. SERVERS=Server1,Server2,Server3

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.