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How Load Balancer works in DigitalOcean?

Last updated on September 25, 2022 @ 1:34 pm

Load balancer is a technology that helps to spread the load of a web application across multiple servers. This can be useful if the application is large or if the servers are not evenly spread across the web infrastructure.

In a typical deployment, a web server handles all of the requests that come in. The load balancer distributes the requests across the other web servers in the DigitalOcean infrastructure.

This way, the web server that is handling the most requests can stay up and running while the other servers take on a smaller load.

PRO TIP: If you are using a Load Balancer in DigitalOcean, be aware that it may stop working if you make changes to your Droplet’s networking configuration.

The load balancer also manages the traffic between the web servers and the application servers. This means that the load balancer can keep track of the requests and responses, and route the requests to the right server.

This is an important role, because it allows the web server to stay focused on the task at hand. The load balancer can take care of the traffic, so the web server can focus on the application.

In a typical deployment, the load balancer is configured to handle the traffic for a single application. If the application requires more traffic than the load balancer can handle, the load balancer can be configured to route the traffic to other applications in the DigitalOcean infrastructure.

The load balancer is an important part of a web infrastructure. It can help to spread the load of a large application across multiple servers, and it can also manage the traffic between the web servers and the application servers.

Dale Leydon

Dale Leydon

Sysadmin turned Javascript developer. Owner of 20+ apps graveyard, and a couple of successful ones.