Prerequisites:
- Docker 1.12.3+
- Docker Compose
Start containers:
docker-compose up -dAdd one more backend server:
docker-compose up -d --scale backend=2 --no-recreateCheck output of balancer:
curl -s http://localhostOutput of balancer should look like:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Backend</title>
</head>
<body>
hostname
</body>
</html>where hostname is the name of backend host which actually served request.
Ensure that if output is requested multiple times then different hostname is returned.
Stop containers:
docker-compose stopCleanup:
docker-compose down -v -t 0 && \
docker rmi -f abrarov/haproxy-test-backend && \
docker rmi -f abrarov/haproxy-test-balancer