UDP Load Balancer 🌐

This project implements a simple UDP Load Balancer that distributes incoming UDP messages to a pool of backend servers using a round-robin scheduling algorithm.

Table of Contents

• Description
• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
• Contributing
• License

Description

The UDP Load Balancer receives messages from a client and forwards them to one of the available servers in a round-robin manner. It then waits for the server's response and forwards the response back to the client.

Features

• Round-robin load balancing
• Timeout handling for server responses
• Error handling for communication issues

Example Output

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Installation

1. Clone the repository

2. Ensure you have Python installed (preferably Python 3.6+).

Usage

1. Start the load balancer:

   python UDPLoadBalancer.py

2. Run your servers (Server1, Server2, Server3) on the specified ports.

3. Use the client to send messages to the load balancer:

   python Client.py 127.0.0.1 12345

Configuration

• Load Balancer Address and Port:

  • The load balancer listens on 127.0.0.1:12345 by default.
  • Modify LB_IP and LB_PORT in UDPLoadBalancer.py to change the address and port.

• Server Addresses:

  • The server addresses are specified in SERVER_ADDRESSES in UDPLoadBalancer.py.
  • Add or remove server addresses as needed.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and use a feature branch. Pull requests are warmly welcome.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.