Master Microservices with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud - Step 23 – Running Client-Side Load Balancing with Ribbon

The video tutorial covers the use of Ribbon for load balancing in a microservices architecture. It begins with configuring Ribbon and setting up multiple instances of a currency exchange service on different ports. The tutorial demonstrates how to verify the running instances and configure additional ports. It then shows how Ribbon distributes requests between these instances, ensuring load balancing. The session concludes with a summary of the setup and hints at future improvements.

What steps are involved in launching multiple instances of the currency exchange application?

What configuration is needed to run the currency exchange application on a different port?

What are the URLs configured for the currency exchange service in the application properties?

What was the outcome when requests were sent from the currency converter to the currency exchange service?

How does Ribbon distribute the load between the two instances of the currency exchange service?