Load Balancing Containers in a Docker Swarm Cluster with NGINX and NGINX Plus

Since release 1.12, Docker, with the integration of Docker Engine and Docker Swarm, Swarm Mode supports multi-host container orchestration, which simplifies deployment and management of containers across a cluster of Docker hosts. Load balancing is an essential part of any reliable high-performance web application. In this talk, NGINX’s Rick Nelson gives an overview of the basic built-in load balancing options available in Docker Swarm Mode and discuss how to integrate NGINX and NGINX Plus with Docker Swarm Mode to provide an advanced load balancing solution for a Swarm cluster. He shows how to utilize the dynamic reconfiguration options available with NGINX Plus to make integration simpler.