Using nginx as HTTP load balancer
It is possible to use nginx as a very efficient HTTP load balancer to distribute traffic to several application servers and to improve performance, scalability and reliability of web applications with nginx.
Module ngx_http_upstream_module - nginx
Specifies that a group should use a load balancing method where a request is passed to a randomly selected server, taking into account weights of servers. The optional two parameter instructs nginx to …
TCP/UDP Load Balancing with NGINX: Overview, Tips, and Tricks
Apr 14, 2017 · I’ll give an overview of the supported load‑balancing methods, SSL and TLS support, and go over additional features provided by NGINX Plus, such as active health checks.
nginx
nginx (" engine x ") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. Originally written by Igor Sysoev and distributed under the 2 …
NGINX Plus as load balancer tcp - proxy bind
Apr 18, 2025 · The Azure Load Balancer balances traffic over two NGINX instances (10.70.0.5 and 10.70.0.6) using a floating IP rule. I’ve configured the lo interface on the NGINX instances with IP …
nginx
nginx (" engine x ") is an HTTP web server, reverse proxy, content cache, load balancer, TCP/UDP proxy server, and mail proxy server. Originally written by Igor Sysoev and distributed under the 2 …
NGINX and IoT: Adding Protocol Awareness for MQTT
Nov 6, 2017 · This has been about adding protocol awareness for MQTT, load balancing, active health checks, session persistence using the NGINX JavaScript module, selective TLS, and client certificate …
NGINX UDP Load Balancing with Proxy Responses
Feb 5, 2025 · My issue: I’m having some issues with getting proxy_responses to work with my UDP load balancing setup. I am attempting to load balance RADIUS traffic to multiple ISE servers and I want …
NGINX load balancer with wildfly server does not work correctly
Mar 17, 2025 · Is the CSS being served locally by NGINX or the backend application? If it is local, you will need to configure a location block with the correct root directory defined. If it is coming from the …
NGINX Plus load balancer configuration documentation
Jan 9, 2026 · Looks like you are looking for just NGINX Plus information which could be found here or are you looking to use NGINX Plus with NGINX Gateway Fabric?