transponder(8)

💅 transponder — backend node for load balancing services

okay so bestie, welcome to the transponder(8) page ✨ this is a System Manager's Manual entry, and it's short but it's mighty, so let's get into it 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

transponder [-c config] address [address ...]

like, that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual 💖

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the vibe. for each address you hand over, transponder goes and registers with the carrousel(8) program that's running at that address, and announces that it is willing to serve connections. yes ma'am, it's putting itself out there 💅

and it doesn't just show up empty-handed — it also transmits information about the current capacity, so that connections get distributed fairly amongst backend nodes. the whole point is balance, bestie. everyone eats, nobody starves 🍓

you can also pass multiple addresses for a single host — that's for multipath routing, iykyk 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -c config — read configuration from config instead of the default configuration file. that's it, that's the only one, and honestly? iconic minimalism 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• carrousel(8)
• fair.conf(5)
• fair(7)

no cap, this one is a whole vibe — short page, huge main character energy 💜

and that's the tea, bestie 💖 this was transponder(8) from Debian GNU/Linux, dated 2005-05-25 — go forth and balance those loads, you absolute legend 👑✨