Scale
A load balancer
Features
- Supports http and https protocols
- Port forwarding
Installation
$ npm i scale -g
Usage
$ scale -h Usage: scale [options] [command] Commands: config show config start start scale stop stop scale restart restart scale * unknown command Options: -h, --help output usage information -V, --version output the version number -e, --edit edit config $ scale start info: starting scale on port 4141 $ scale config # show config $ scale -e config # edit config
Configuration
# Root directory to store scale data root: $HOME/.scale # Port on which scale runs port: 1431 # List of servers to balance load servers: - name: protocol: # http/https hostname: port: # Routing technique technique: # random/roundrobin # Port forwarding forward: - port: target: hostname: port:
Example npm/lib/node_modules/scale/config.yml
servers: - name: s1 protocol: http hostname: httpbin.org - name: s2 protocol: http hostname: stackoverflow.com - name: s3 protocol: http hostname: www.yahoo.com technique: random forward: - port: 4545 target: hostname: localhost port: 22
Caveats
- Scale is in very very early stage, please use it just for testing and development, seriously!