This repository contains the source code for a Go implementation of the Cloud Foundry router.

The original router can be found at cloudfoundry/router. The original router is backed by nginx, that uses Lua code to connect to a Ruby server that -- based on the headers of a client's request -- will tell nginx whick backend it should use. The main limitations in this architecture are that nginx does not support non-HTTP (e.g. traffic to services) and non-request/response type traffic (e.g. to support WebSockets), and that it requires a round trip to a Ruby server for every request.

The Go implementation of the Cloud Foundry router is an attempt in solving these limitations. First, with full control over every connection to the router, it can more easily support WebSockets, and other types of traffic (e.g. via HTTP CONNECT). Second, all logic is contained in a single process, removing unnecessary latency.

• 1/25/13: The code in this repository has not yet been used on CloudFoundry.com.

• 1/25/13: While this implementation can easily support WebSocket connections it does not yet.

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