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How to run a single website on multiple servers(Load balancing)

Posted September 17, 2014 10.8k views

Hello,

I got a 3 server at different locations.And i have a website with huge traffic.I want to balance its load to all 3 servers. And currently i am using NFS to share files between the servers.

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asb September 18, 2014

There are a few ways that you can approach this. One of the most popular solutions for load balancing is HAProxy. Check out this article for an introduction:

A simpler solution might be to use Nginx. This article should help you get started:

Let us know how it goes. If you have questions about any specific approach, ask away!

How To Set Up Nginx Load Balancing
by Etel Sverdlov
This article covers how to set up a simple load balancer on a DigitalOcean droplet with nginx. The tutorial covers setting up a round robin loadbalancer that can then direct site visitors to one of a set of IPs
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