README.md

Docker-Scaling demo

This demonstration implements an scalable web-server architecture using Docker containers.

• Tools: docker, docker-compose
• Load balancer: HAProxy and Nginx
• Backend: an simple api
• Service Catalog: Consul
• Template handling: Consul-Template

Based on DR CoN

Getting started

Install Docker Compose

Clone this repository with submodules

$ git clone https://github.com/raittes/docker-scaling.git --recursive

RUN DEMO!

$ make demo

URLs

• Nginx LB: http://localhost:8088
• HAProxy LB: http://localhost:8080
• HAProxy Stats: http://localhost:8081
• Consul: http://localhost:8500

Or do it yourself!

Build images

$ docker-compose build

Update Consul IP (generates docker-compose.yml)

$ make update-consul-ip

Start

$ docker-compose up

Scale

$ docker-compose scale app=10