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Dns is not always a great solution if there are multiple A records. We wrote about a method for doing this with iptables and consul here. https://tech.iheart

• spydum 10y ago
  I'm confused on why in your article, you say the setup doesn't use a load balancer. How is a dynamic reconfiguration of IPTables not the same as a load balancer? What happens when your iptables box dies?
  • dberg 10y ago
    Bc iptables would run locally on each server. So you would access localhost:8000 which iptables would auto load balance to the nodes consul had. There is no central iptables server
    • spydum 10y ago
      ah, some how that wasn't so clear. Clever idea, but how do you distribute load across your front-end servers (or whatever is your actual public facing service)? Do you still rely there on a load balancer or round-robin DNS? I guess I'd be concerned about how to scale those instances in response to demand..