Buoy is simple containerized web app designed for testing load-balancing and demonstrating container concepts. It continuously calls an API endpoint to display basic system information without needing to refresh the page.
To download and run the latest tag from Docker Hub, simply run:
docker run --rm -p 5000:5000 bcbrookman/buoy
Docker Compose examples with multiple replicas can be found in examples/
.
Alternatively, you can build the container locally.
- Clone the repo
cd
into the repo- Run
docker build -t buoy .