How Docker Handles Service Discovery and Load Balancing: Strategies and Trade‑offs
This article explains Docker’s origins, core concepts, and the challenges of container IP volatility, then compares client‑side and server‑side service discovery methods, evaluates DNS, LVS/IPVS, Nginx and HAProxy solutions, and presents practical load‑balancing architectures—including dynamic SLB integration and rolling‑update strategies—for reliable container deployments.
