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-rw-r--r--man/coredns-proxy.74
-rw-r--r--plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy.go17
-rw-r--r--plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy_test.go25
-rw-r--r--plugin/proxy/README.md4
4 files changed, 44 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/coredns-proxy.7 b/man/coredns-proxy.7
index 888f784d7..9f1a785ed 100644
--- a/man/coredns-proxy.7
+++ b/man/coredns-proxy.7
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ However, advanced features including load balancing can be utilized with an expa
.nf
proxy FROM TO\.\.\. {
- policy random|least_conn|round_robin
+ policy random|least_conn|round_robin|first
fail_timeout DURATION
max_fails INTEGER
health_check PATH:PORT [DURATION]
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ proxy FROM TO\.\.\. {
\fBTO\fR is the destination endpoint to proxy to\. At least one is required, but multiple may be specified\. \fBTO\fR may be an IP:Port pair, or may reference a file in resolv\.conf format
.
.IP "\(bu" 4
-\fBpolicy\fR is the load balancing policy to use; applies only with multiple backends\. May be one of random, least_conn, or round_robin\. Default is random\.
+\fBpolicy\fR is the load balancing policy to use; applies only with multiple backends\. May be one of random, least_conn, round_robin or first\. Default is random\.
.
.IP "\(bu" 4
\fBfail_timeout\fR specifies how long to consider a backend as down after it has failed\. While it is down, requests will not be routed to that backend\. A backend is "down" if CoreDNS fails to communicate with it\. The default value is 2 seconds ("2s")\.
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy.go b/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy.go
index 6a828fc4d..070213900 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func init() {
RegisterPolicy("random", func() Policy { return &Random{} })
RegisterPolicy("least_conn", func() Policy { return &LeastConn{} })
RegisterPolicy("round_robin", func() Policy { return &RoundRobin{} })
+ RegisterPolicy("first", func() Policy { return &First{} })
}
// Random is a policy that selects up hosts from a pool at random.
@@ -118,3 +119,19 @@ func (r *RoundRobin) Select(pool HostPool) *UpstreamHost {
}
return host
}
+
+// First is a policy that selects always the first healthy host in the list order.
+type First struct{}
+
+// Select always the first that is not Down.
+func (r *First) Select(pool HostPool) *UpstreamHost {
+ for i := 0; i < len(pool); i++ {
+ host := pool[i]
+ if host.Down() {
+ continue
+ }
+ return host
+ }
+ // return the first one, anyway none is correct
+ return nil
+}
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy_test.go b/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy_test.go
index d3f03b7e3..ddf5a1415 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/healthcheck/policy_test.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ func (r *customPolicy) Select(pool HostPool) *UpstreamHost {
func testPool() HostPool {
pool := []*UpstreamHost{
- {Name: workableServer.URL}, // this should resolve (healthcheck test)
- {Name: "http://shouldnot.resolve"}, // this shouldn't
+ {Name: workableServer.URL}, // this should resolve (healthcheck test)
+ {Name: "http://shouldnot.resolve:85"}, // this shouldn't, especially on port other than 80
{Name: "http://C"},
}
return HostPool(pool)
@@ -136,3 +136,24 @@ func TestCustomPolicy(t *testing.T) {
t.Error("Expected custom policy host to be the first host.")
}
}
+
+func TestFirstPolicy(t *testing.T) {
+ pool := testPool()
+ rrPolicy := &First{}
+ h := rrPolicy.Select(pool)
+ // First selected host is 1, because counter starts at 0
+ // and increments before host is selected
+ if h != pool[0] {
+ t.Error("Expected always first to be first host in the pool.")
+ }
+ h = rrPolicy.Select(pool)
+ if h != pool[0] {
+ t.Error("Expected always first to be first host in the pool, even in second call")
+ }
+ // set this first in pool as failed
+ pool[0].Fails = 1
+ h = rrPolicy.Select(pool)
+ if h != pool[1] {
+ t.Error("Expected first to be he second in pool if the first one is down.")
+ }
+}
diff --git a/plugin/proxy/README.md b/plugin/proxy/README.md
index ce67c1d79..90357b135 100644
--- a/plugin/proxy/README.md
+++ b/plugin/proxy/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ However, advanced features including load balancing can be utilized with an expa
~~~
proxy FROM TO... {
- policy random|least_conn|round_robin
+ policy random|least_conn|round_robin|first
fail_timeout DURATION
max_fails INTEGER
health_check PATH:PORT [DURATION]
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ proxy FROM TO... {
* **TO** is the destination endpoint to proxy to. At least one is required, but multiple may be
specified. **TO** may be an IP:Port pair, or may reference a file in resolv.conf format
* `policy` is the load balancing policy to use; applies only with multiple backends. May be one of
- random, least_conn, or round_robin. Default is random.
+ random, least_conn, round_robin or first. Default is random.
* `fail_timeout` specifies how long to consider a backend as down after it has failed. While it is
down, requests will not be routed to that backend. A backend is "down" if CoreDNS fails to
communicate with it. The default value is 2 seconds ("2s").