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Take a look at SRV records instead - they are very intentionally designed for this, and behave vaguely similarly to MX. Creating a DNS server (or a CoreDNS/what
by zamalek 2y ago
Take a look at SRV records instead - they are very intentionally designed for this, and behave vaguely similarly to MX. Creating a DNS server (or a CoreDNS/whatever module) that dynamically updates weights based on backend metrics has been a pending pet project of mine for some time now.
- jeroenhd 2y agoUntil the HTTP spec gets updated to include SRV records, using SRV records for HTTP(S) is technically spec-incompliant and practically useless. However, as is common with web tech, the old SRV record has been reinvented as the SVCB record with a smidge of DANE for good measure.