Scaling Web App using NGINX, Load Balancer, and Docker-Compose

The main purpose of load balancing is preventing a server overload and maintaining a healthy amount of activity in each server. By balancing incoming requests and the power provided by the resources, a load balancer creates a highly available, scalable, and reliable web application for your users.

Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash

Today we will cover bellow things

1. Importance of load balancing and scalable application
2. Details about NGINX server for load balancing
3. Details about docker-compose
4. Implement scalable architecture with spring boot, docker-compose, and NGINX server
5. Source code share and file description

Our proposed architecture

Prerequisite
Before starting this tutorial, you have to know details about Spring boot and docker. You learn this from my bellow tutorials