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5 Reasons to Switch to Software for Load Balancing
- 1. MORE INFORMATION AT NGINX.COM
- 2. Ebook from NGINX: 5 Reasons to Switch to Software for Load Balancing by Floyd Smith
- 3. MORE INFORMATION AT NGINX.COM Who Are We? Floyd Smith Technical Marketing Writer Formerly: • Sr. Technical Writer, Apple • Group Channel Manager, Altavista • Author of best-selling technology books Faisal Memon Product Marketer Formerly: • Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer, Riverbed • Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco • Software Engineer, Cisco
- 4. MORE INFORMATION AT NGINX.COM Who Are You? Job Titles Solutions Architect Linux Admin Head of Engineering CEO Sr. Agile Delivery Manager DevOps Sr. Full Stack SW Dev System and Network Engineer Computer Scientist Android Developer Marketing Ops Manager Organization Types Foods Technology consultancy CRM provider Networking tech supplier Large auto maker US federal agency Insurance company Movie studio Online hotel rooms Accountancy/consultancy Hosting provider NGINX Reasons for Attending “Interesting perspective” “…if NGINX would benefit…” “Infrastructure” “Saving cost” “Key for application scaling” “Microservices, scale” “Moving from HW ADC” “Friend uses NGINX for ms.” “Migrate from F5 in 1-2 yrs.” “NGINX+ makes sense?” “We are aggregators” “I love NGINX”
- 5. MORE INFORMATION AT NGINX.COM • Solves the C10K problem • First OSS release in 2004 • NGINX Plus released in 2013 • VC-backed by industry leaders • 800-plus customers • 90-plus employees The Rapid Growth of NGINX
- 6. 160 milliontotal sites running on NGINX 6Source: Netcraft June 2016 Web Server Survey
- 7. 51%of the top 10,000 busiest websites 7Source: W3Techs Web Technology Survey
- 8. 36%of all sites on Amazon Web Services 8Source: W3Techs December 2013 Web Server Survey
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- 10. Where NGINX Fits Internet Web Server Serve content from disk Application Gateway FastCGI, uWSGI, Passenger… Reverse Proxy Caching, load balancing… HTTP traffic
- 11. MORE INFORMATION AT NGINX.COM Modern Web, Modern Architecture From Monolithic... Three-tier, J2EE-style architectures Complex protocols (HTML, SOAP) Persistent deployments Fixed, static infrastructure Big-bang releases Silo’ed teams (Dev, Test, Ops) ...to Dynamic Microservices Lightweight (REST, messaging) Mutable (containers, VMs) SDN, NFV, cloud Continuous delivery DevOps culture
- 12. Why DevOps + NGINX = • Software load balancing goes hand in hand with cloud deployments • Variety of load-balancing methods gives flexibility and performance • On-the-fly reconfiguration supports service discovery and uptime • Application health checks give early warning of problems • Robust, customizable monitoring increases uptime 12
- 13. MORE INFORMATION AT NGINX.COM 13
- 14. Results More than 70,000 rps and 15 Gbps from 36 NGINX servers Peaks at 20,000 rps per server Reconfigure and update on-the-fly Challenge Expense of 10 pairs of F5 BIG-IP servers for 10 data centers Needed on-the-fly reconfiguration Limited to 1,000 rps per server Solution Test NGINX on Gravatar Move from F5 to NGINX Gain small and predictable memory and CPU footprints In Action: WordPress.com drops F5 BIG-IP for NGINX; load balancing >10,000 rps per server
- 15. Results Massive improvements in speed, flexibility, and ease of use On-the-fly reconfiguration = no manual restarts, dropped sessions Improved security w/SSL offloading, role-based management Challenge Dropped sessions for citizens, e.g. in middle of filling out a large form Ops changes required a restart Big quarterly spikes in transaction traffic due to large payment app Solution Upgrade from servers running Pound to NGINX Plus NGINX Plus on different hypervisors and data centers Operates as dynamic reverse proxy, routing requests in real time In Action: Montana Interactive chooses NGINX Plus for high-availability load balancing
- 16. Results Fantastic performance with connections pooled on frontend Use configuration language to customize for backend app Enhanced security with TLS SNI and customizable logs Challenge Recover from and prevent DDoS attacks Needed fast, fault-tolerant, easy to configure frontend Needed better performance, security, and scalability Solution NGINX Plus in frontend application layer Host NGINX Plus in Amazon Web Services as traffic frontline No changes to backend servers running Microsoft .NET app In Action: BuyDig.com gets scalability and security with no code changes to .NET app
- 17. Summary 1. Cut costs 2. DevOps fit 3. Deploy everywhere 4. Adapt quickly 5. No weird contractual constraints Ebook from NGINX: 5 Reasons to Switch to Software for Load Balancing https://www.nginx.com/resources/library/five- reasons-software-load-balancer/ by Floyd Smith
- 18. Key points 1. You need the money for current and new IT priorities 2. We get calls at contract deadlines (!) 3. We get calls on traffic spikes 4. Comparison to F5: 75%+ savings 5. Comparison to Citrix: 70%+ savings Dramatically reduce costs without sacrificing features or performance 1.
- 19. From NGINX Plus vs. F5
- 20. From NGINX Plus vs. Citrix
- 21. Key points 1. DevOps and NGINX are a perfect fit 2. Developers want flexibility to change architecture 3. Operations people want flexibility to change architecture 4. Can’t do CI/CD with hardware 5. “Can’t move your hardware ADC to Amazon’s data center” Moving to DevOps requires software app delivery 2.
- 22. Key points 1. Great price/performance on in-house servers 2. No comparison for public, private, hybrid cloud 3. Application architecture is independent of delivery platform 4. Load balance from in-house servers to cloud 5. Move to the cloud with NGINX Plus Deploy everywhere with one ADC solution 3.
- 23. Key points 1. Need to quickly add servers 2. Need to quickly add server pairs for HA 3. Can’t wait for hardware to be ordered, delivered, received, tested, and iRuled 4. Can’t wait for network operations et al to approve changes 5. Far less overhead for new project approval Adapt quickly to changing demands on your applications 4.
- 24. Key points 1. Throughput limits for hardware ADCs are contractual caps 2. Force page revisions and new feature delays 3. More business = bad news 4. Caps as low as 0.5 Gbps (Citrix entry-level), 5 Gbps (F5 entry-level) 5. Comparable NGINX Plus throughput is 20 Gbps, 35 Gbps, etc. – recommendations, not hard caps No artificial or contract- driven constraints on performance 5.
- 25. Resources 25 1. Automattic/WordPress.com case study 2. Montana Interactive case study 3. Buydig.com case study 4. Load balancing ebook 5. NGINX vs. F5 comparison 6. NGINX vs. Citrix comparison 7. nginx.conf 2016 8. NGINX Plus free trial, contact Sales, or call (800) 915-9122
- 26. MORE INFORMATION AT NGINX.COM
- 27. Questions?
- 28. Thank You nginx.com | @nginx
Editor's Notes
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Everything here is paraphrased, anonymized, and mixed. Super-impressive! Thank you!
- Half of the top 10,000 We’re now the number one web server for the top 100,000 as well, and climbing fast in every category.
- NGINX Plus gives you all the tools you need to deliver your application reliably. Web Server NGINX is a fully featured web server that can directly serve static content. NGINX Plus can scale to handle hundreds of thousands of clients simultaneously, and serve hundreds of thousands of content resources per second. Application Gateway NGINX handles all HTTP traffic, and forwards requests in a smooth, controlled manner to PHP, Ruby, Java, and other application types, using FastCGI, uWSGI, and Linux sockets. Reverse Proxy NGINX is a reverse proxy that you can put in front of your applications. NGINX can cache both static and dynamic content to improve overall performance, as well as load balance traffic enabling you to scale-out.
- “The secret heart of the modern web” Manage instances and services, not server hardware Technologies/workstyle include: Microservices CI/CD Cloud deployment Tools: Docker, Puppet, Chef, GitHub… … and NGINX and NGINX Plus Circuit Breaker pattern
- NGINX Plus extends NGINX with advanced features such as health monitoring, session persistence, and an advanced monitoring interface. NGINX Plus is a complete application delivery platform.
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
- Problem MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform™ is a leading integration platform that enables enterprises to easily and securely connect apps, data, and devices. Mulesoft was already using NGINX F/OSS as a reverse proxy and load balancer in their Anypoint Platform. What they needed was more monitoring capabilities and more configuration flexibility to better handle increasing customer demands. Solution NGINX Plus offered exactly what they needed. Mulesoft now uses NGINX Plus as their application gateway. When customers connect to customer.cloudhub.io, NGINX Plus queries Amazon Route 53 with a modified version of the original request to get the appropriate destination for the request. Benefits Fits right in - NGINX Plus easily integrated with their existing infrastructure. There was no need to add or replace hardware. Simplified Security - In the past they had to re-establish SSL at various points across the traffic path. NGINX Plus ensures end-to-end SSL encryption of customer traffic without human intervention. Agility - Using reconfigurable DNS on the backend, the Anypoint Platform can identify relevant characteristics of customer traffic on the fly and proxy it to the appropriate server. Superior support - With the help of NGINX support, MuleSoft was able to quickly implement NGINX Plus with its current infrastructure. AnyPoint Platform NGINX, NGINX Plus, MuleSoft all on AWS Started with NGINX open source Moved to NGINX Plus for monitoring and configuration Support for MuleSoft and customers SSL encryption Saving time and money Improved security Flexibility and performance
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