DNS for web load balancing?
Gawie Marais
gawie at inx.co.za
Sat Jan 11 19:24:38 UTC 2003
Ramesh N wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It is possible to use web traffic load balancing?
>
> is there some document which clearly explains how to go about doing the
> same?
>
> Any ideas will be deeply appreciated.
>
> Warm regards
>
> Ramesh N
>
>
# How do I make DNS rotate through the available addresses for a
service, say www.busy.site to obtain a load balancing effect, or similar?
Make several A records for www.busy.site and use BIND 4.9.3 or later.
Then BIND will round-robin the answers. It will not work with earlier
versions of BIND.
read the FAQ at http://langfeldt.net/DNS-HOWTO/BIND-8/DNS-HOWTO-10.html
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