Rich, complex rules for advanced load balancing
Jul 16, 2021Brian Batraski, Tim Polich

Summary
Introduced a custom rule builder for Cloudflare Load Balancing, allowing users to define complex traffic steering logic using 'and' and 'or' statements. This feature leverages the open-source wirefilter execution engine, providing a familiar syntax for users of Firewall Rules. The post details use cases for path-based routing, header-based steering, and split-horizon DNS setups, and explains the differences in available fields between DNS and proxied load balancing modes.
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