Has Linode added Anycast to DNS networking yet?

I saw in the 2020 roadmap blog post that Anycast networking was coming. Did that ever happen? That's the last mention of it that I can find.

3 Replies

Yep! Our name servers do indeed use Anycast. I don't think there is another public mention of it, so we appreciate you bringing this up here.

Awesome!

Is it possible to have a single IP address that routes a request to the VM nearest the requester? Or alternatively, a domain/subdomain setup to do the same?

Basically I'm looking to have a few VMs available in different geographic locations, and for requests to be sent to the one nearest the request. Much like a CDN would do. Is that possible?

@Carter did you find a way to do it?

Reply

Please enter an answer
Tips:

You can mention users to notify them: @username

You can use Markdown to format your question. For more examples see the Markdown Cheatsheet.

> I’m a blockquote.

I’m a blockquote.

[I'm a link] (https://www.google.com)

I'm a link

**I am bold** I am bold

*I am italicized* I am italicized

Community Code of Conduct