TCP reverse proxy to copies of Twisted business logic processes

Question

I'm looking for a way implement a reverseProxy to copies of (Twisted) server processes. I'm think of a setup where the business logic is run in copies to allow for easy maintenance and upgrade, and stores shared data in a database and perhaps memcached.

I saw the reverseProxy class in twisted.web, but I don't think this is what I'm looking for for non-HTTP.

First off, is this a good design in general and/or is there a more "twisted" way to do it?

Sort of a duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10077745/twistedweb-on-multicore-multiprocessor — Jean-Paul Calderone, Apr 22 '12 at 12:48

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '12 at 10:54

You might want to consider running an established load-balancing reverse proxy such as HAProxy or nginx, since it will be the weak point of your system. If you have a bug in your reverse proxy/load balancer, everything goes down. You could also handle SSL at the proxy so your twisted application servers don't need handle it.

TCP reverse proxy to copies of Twisted business logic processes

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