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The idea behind is to demostrate how easy is to implement a load balancer using nginx. Also I use a tool to load the test and verify the things are working as expected.
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The idea behind is to demostrate how easy is to implement a load balancer using nginx. Also I use a tool to load the test and verify the things are working as expected.

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# Nginx Load Balancer Example

## What is the goal in this lab?

The idea behind is to demostrate how easy is to implement a load balancer using nginx. Also I use a tool to load the test and verify the things are working as expected.

## Tools
* [Load Test](https://www.npmjs.com/package/loadtest)
* [Docker Node Image](https://hub.docker.com/_/node)
* [Nginx](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/http-load-balancer/)

## How to run the load test

The options to run the load test are:

* **-t** = seconds
* **-c** = number of clients I create
* **--rps** = request per second

### Pointing to load balancer in nginx
```
loadtest -t 5 -c 100 --rps 100 http://localhost:80

INFO Requests: 0, requests per second: 0, mean latency: 0 ms
INFO
INFO Target URL: http://localhost:80
INFO Max time (s): 5
INFO Concurrency level: 100
INFO Agent: none
INFO Requests per second: 100
INFO
INFO Completed requests: 498
INFO Total errors: 0
INFO Total time: 5.005191427 s
INFO Requests per second: 99
INFO Mean latency: 8.8 ms
INFO
INFO Percentage of the requests served within a certain time
INFO 50% 7 ms
INFO 90% 15 ms
INFO 95% 18 ms
INFO 99% 27 ms
INFO 100% 46 ms (longest request)
```

### Pointing to local server without load balancer
```
loadtest -t 5 -c 100 --rps 100 http://localhost:3000

INFO Requests: 0, requests per second: 0, mean latency: 0 ms
INFO
INFO Target URL: http://localhost:3000
INFO Max time (s): 5
INFO Concurrency level: 100
INFO Agent: none
INFO Requests per second: 100
INFO
INFO Completed requests: 499
INFO Total errors: 0
INFO Total time: 5.004102952 s
INFO Requests per second: 100
INFO Mean latency: 2.6 ms
INFO
INFO Percentage of the requests served within a certain time
INFO 50% 2 ms
INFO 90% 4 ms
INFO 95% 4 ms
INFO 99% 10 ms
INFO 100% 40 ms (longest request)
```