Load Balancers¶
Route traffic only to capable targets and prove that failure detection and recovery behave as designed.
Topics¶
| # | Topic | Practice outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Load Balancer vs Reverse Proxy | Place each responsibility on the traffic path. |
| 02 | Load-Balancing Algorithms | Select an algorithm from workload evidence. |
| 03 | Layer 4 Load Balancing | Route connections without application inspection. |
| 04 | Layer 7 Load Balancing | Route requests by application data. |
| 05 | Health Checks and Failover | Detect failure without creating flapping or overload. |
| 06 | Horizontal Scaling | Remove local state that prevents safe scale-out. |
| 07 | Global Server Load Balancing | Route regions and define failover authority. |
Practice loop¶
Predict which target receives a controlled request, make one target unhealthy, and verify removal, client behavior, and recovery timing.