Why We Chose NGINX + HashiStack Over Kubernetes for Our Service Discovery Needs

1. consul

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   Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

   

   No need for NGINX reloads: Since NGINX queries the Consul Go API client for healthy services on each request, there’s no need to reload NGINX whenever a service moves between nodes or when new instances are added.

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.

   

3. Nginx

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   The official NGINX Open Source repository.

   

   For teams using NGINX+PM2, moving to NGINX + HashiStack is a more robust and flexible solution—a great fit for startups looking for scalability without the complexity of Kubernetes.

4. PM2

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   Node.js Production Process Manager with a built-in Load Balancer.

   

   For teams using NGINX+PM2, moving to NGINX + HashiStack is a more robust and flexible solution—a great fit for startups looking for scalability without the complexity of Kubernetes.

5. nomad-cluster-setup

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   Terraform modules for creating Nomad servers and clients nodes on AWS.

   

   Larger organizations like Zerodha and Cloudflare are using Nomad to manage their infrastructure. Both companies have substantial setups but avoid Kubernetes, showing that Nomad + Consul can scale effectively without the overhead of Kubernetes.

6. ngx_http_consul_backend_module

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   An nginx module for setting backends from Consul services.

   

   ngx_http_consul_backend_module is a NGINX add-on that I've found incredibly useful for establishing a direct connection between NGINX and Consul. This module uses the Consul Go backend to efficiently discover and route to healthy services.

7. ngx_devel_kit

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   Nginx Development Kit - an Nginx module that adds additional generic tools that module developers can use in their own modules

   

   curl -sLo ngx_devel_kit-0.3.0.tgz https://github.com/simpl/ngx_devel_kit/archive/v0.3.0.tar.gz

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