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Releases: 1cbyc/rust-http-load-balancer

ready to use rust http load balancer

11 Jul 09:22

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on this rust http load balancer project, and i'm impressed with what i've built! like bruhhh, this a production-ready, enterprise-grade load balancer with comprehensive features. so walk with me

walk with me, if you are here, you can use it for:

1. web application load balancing for

  • e-commerce platforms to distribute traffic across multiple web servers
  • saas applications to handle high user loads with automatic failover
  • api gateways to route api requests to backend microservices
  • content delivery to balance load across cdn edge servers

2. microservices architecture for

  • service mesh to route requests between microservices
  • kubernetes ingress to replace nginx-ingress with custom logic
  • multi-tenant applications to route tenants to specific server pools

3. high availability deployments for

  • disaster recovery to automatic failover to healthy servers
  • blue-green deployments to traffic switching between deployment versions
  • geographic distribution to load balancing across data centers

4. performance optimization for

  • database load balancing to distribute read queries across replicas
  • cache distribution to balance cache servers for optimal performance
  • media streaming to distribute video/audio streams across servers

okay, the current features on this release:

core load balancing

  • 6 load balancing algorithms (round robin, weighted, least connections, etc.)
  • health monitoring with configurable intervals
  • automatic failover for unhealthy servers
  • connection pooling and limits

security & tls

  • full https/tls 1.3 support with rustls
  • certificate management
  • rate limiting per client
  • request validation

monitoring & observability

  • prometheus metrics export
  • structured json logging
  • health check endpoints
  • real-time server status

high availability

  • session persistence (sticky sessions)
  • configurable timeouts
  • graceful error handling
  • docker/kubernetes deployment ready

development strenghts so far:

  • performance: built with actix-web (high-performance async framework)
  • memory safety: rust's ownership system prevents common bugs
  • concurrency: async/await for efficient i/o handling
  • observability: comprehensive metrics and logging
  • production ready: docker, monitoring, and deployment scripts included
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