Non-DSR distributed load balancer with virtualized VIPS and source proxy on load balanced connection

A method for load balancing of connections, comprising:

• receiving, at a management component on a container host on a computer device, at least one data packet based on a destination IP address of the at least one data packet, wherein the destination IP address corresponds to a plurality of container hosts;
• selecting, at a data link layer of the container host, a destination container from one or more container hosts on the computer device and other computer devices in communication with the computer device over a virtual network to balance a data load;
• translating, at the data link layer, a source IP address of the at least one data packet to a local IP address of the container host;
• and
• changing, at the data link layer, the destination IP address of the at least one data packet to a virtual IP address of the destination container so that the at least one data packet is transformed to a proxy data packet having a destination address of the virtual IP address of the destination container and a source address of the local IP address of the container host.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer device, comprising:

• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to receive at least one data packet at a container host on the computer device based on a destination IP address of the at least one data packet, wherein the destination IP address corresponds to a plurality of container hosts;
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to select, at a data link layer of the container host, a destination container from one or more container hosts on the computer device and other computer devices in communication with the computer device over a virtual network to balance a data load;
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to translate, at the data link layer, a source IP address of the at least one data packet to a local IP address of the container host;
• and
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to change, at the data link layer, the destination IP address of the at least one data packet to a virtual IP address of the destination container so that the at least one data packet is transformed to a proxy data packet having a destination address of the virtual IP address of the destination container and a source address of the local IP address of the container host.