77 points martianE | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 14:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

I've been a long-time Cloudflare user, but sometimes I just want a global load balancer without the lock-in and with full configuration control (e.g., some Cloudflare rules require an enterprise plan).

I love Caddy for its easy configuration, and that's why I created Novnaode. It makes it easy to launch hosted Caddy instances (with Nginx coming soon) and puts you fully in control of how to manage the configurations.

No more being restricted by enterprise tiers or limited configuration options - just simple, powerful, and flexible global load balancing.

Check it out here: https://novanode.sh

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quicksilver03 ◴[03 Apr 25 15:30 UTC] No.43571184[source]▶

>>43570749 (OP) #

What technique are you using for redirecting traffic to region B when region A is offline? And what happens if I have 2 nodes in a region and one goes offline?

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martianE ◴[03 Apr 25 16:02 UTC] No.43571678[source]▶

>>43571184 #

For high-availability deployments, we leverage Fly.io's global Anycast network and DNS-based health checks. When a machine in region A goes offline, Fly's Anycast routing automatically directs traffic to healthy machines in other regions without manual intervention.

For intra-region redundancy, we deploy 2 nodes per region in HA mode. If one node fails, traffic is seamlessly routed to the other node in the same region through Fly.io's internal load balancing. This provides N+1 redundancy within each region, ensuring service continuity even during single-node failures.

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chrisweekly ◴[03 Apr 25 16:12 UTC] No.43571849[source]▶

>>43571678 #

I recommend adding more details like this to the website. Knowing it's Fly.io under the hood gives me significantly more confidence in your service.

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