Common signs: one server doing everything, downtime during deploys and traffic spikes. Usual causes: single instance and no health checks. What we do: set up a load balancer with health checks, SSL and session handling. What you get: more capacity and fewer outages.
Our load balancer setup spreads your app's traffic across two or more servers, so one busy or failed server doesn't take the whole app down. A Codersarts engineer sets up the load balancer, health checks, SSL and session handling, and makes deploys happen without downtime. Fixed price from $199 with 1-day delivery.
Load Balancer Setup at a Glance
Item | Details |
|---|---|
Starting price | $199 for two servers |
Delivery | 1 day |
Options | Nginx, HAProxy, AWS ALB, Hetzner Load Balancer, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud |
Includes | Health checks, SSL, session handling and logging |
Deploys | Rolling or blue-green, without downtime |
What you get | More capacity and resilience to single-server failures |
Revisions | One revision round included |
What Is a Load Balancer?
A load balancer sits in front of your app servers and spreads incoming requests between them. It checks each server's health and stops sending traffic to any that fail. That gives you more capacity, keeps the app online when one server has a problem, and lets you update servers one at a time without downtime.
Signs You Need a Load Balancer
Your whole app runs on one server
The app goes down during every deploy
CPU hits 100% during busy periods
You want to add a second server but don't know how to split traffic
One server failure would take the business offline
Why Single Servers Become a Problem
No redundancy
If the only server fails, everything fails.
Limited capacity
One server can only handle so many requests.
Risky deploys
Restarting the only server means downtime.
Sessions on one machine
Logged-in sessions stored locally block adding servers.
Quick Checks You Can Try First
Make sure the app doesn't store uploads or sessions on the local disk.
Check that your app reads configuration from environment variables.
Add a simple health check endpoint that returns OK.
Confirm the database can accept connections from more than one server.
If the problem remains, our engineers take it from there.
How We Set Up Your Load Balancer
Review. We check the app is ready to run on more than one server.
Prepare servers. We set up identical app servers.
Configure. We set up the load balancer, SSL and routing.
Health checks. We add checks that remove failed servers automatically.
Sessions. We move sessions and uploads to shared storage if needed.
Deploys. We set up rolling deploys with no downtime.
What You Get
A working load balancer with SSL
Health checks and automatic failover between servers
Session and file handling that works across servers
Zero-downtime deploy steps
A diagram and notes of the setup
Example result (illustrative)
A booking app ran on one server and went down during every deploy. We added a Hetzner Load Balancer with two app servers, moved sessions to Redis and uploads to object storage, and set up rolling deploys. Deploys no longer cause downtime, and one server can fail without customers noticing.
What Is Included and Not Included
Included | Not included |
|---|---|
Load balancer for up to two app servers | Large multi-region setups |
SSL, health checks and logging | Server and cloud costs |
Session and upload changes for multi-server use | Rewriting the application |
Zero-downtime deploy setup | Database clustering (available separately) |
Pricing for Load Balancer Setup
Package | Best for | Starting at | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
Readiness check | Is your app ready for several servers? | $29 | 24 hours |
Standard setup | Load balancer with two servers | $199 | 1 day |
High availability | Several servers, autoscaling and zero-downtime pipeline | $599 | 3 days |
You get a fixed quote after we review your setup. You approve the scope before any payment.
Who This Is For
Apps outgrowing a single server
Teams that want deploys without downtime
Startups preparing for a launch or larger customers
Platforms serving several colleges or clients
What We Need From You
Server or cloud account access
How the app is deployed today
Where sessions and uploads are stored
Your domain and DNS access
Code and data privacy
We sign an NDA on request, work with the least access needed, and never keep copies of your data after delivery. You own all code, configuration and notes.
Key Terms Explained
Load balancer: a service that spreads traffic across servers
Health check: a regular test that confirms a server is working
Sticky sessions: sending a user to the same server each time
Rolling deploy: updating servers one at a time without downtime
Common Mistakes We Avoid
Adding servers while sessions are still stored locally
Skipping health checks, so traffic goes to broken servers
Terminating SSL in the wrong place and breaking redirects
Forgetting to make the database reachable from every server
Need More Than One Task?
Need a full high-availability design? See Scalability Engineering and WAF & DDoS Protection. Or use Prepaid Developer Hours to cover several tasks from one prepaid balance.
Related Tasks
Hetzner Server Setup to set up the servers
Redis Caching Setup for shared sessions
Load Test Your App to confirm the new capacity
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a load balancer?
If downtime is costly, your app runs on one server, or you need more capacity, yes.
Which load balancer should I use?
Your cloud's managed load balancer is usually simplest. Nginx or HAProxy suit self-managed servers.
Will my users get logged out?
Not if sessions are shared. We move them to Redis or a database when needed.
Does a load balancer protect against attacks?
Partly. For bots and attacks, add a WAF such as Cloudflare in front.
Stay Online When One Server Isn't Enough
Share how your app is hosted, and a Codersarts engineer will spread the load and remove your single point of failure.