Two separate file server available with one address

Question

I have two separate file servers with different files inside.

For example:

Server 1:

• file1.mp4
• file2.mp4

Server 2.

• file3.mp4
• file4.mp4

What would be the easiest way to access the files with the same domain?

For example:

• https://example.com/file1.mp4
• https://example.com/file2.mp4
• https://example.com/file3.mp4
• https://example.com/file4.mp4

Answer 1

If using nginx you could use this config on each of your servers, for example for server1:

upstream failover{
    server server2:8080;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;
    root /tmp/test;

    location ~* \.(mp4)$ {
        try_files $uri @failover;
    }

    location @failover {
        proxy_pass http://failover;
    }
}

In this example, for files ending in .mp4 if not found in the server they will use the @failover location, the one is going then to proxy the request to server via an upstream.

For server2 you do the same but just change the address in the upstream, for example:

upstream failover {
    server server1:8080
}

In any case, if the file .mp4 is not found in either of the servers you still getting a 404 HTTP status code.