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

1. A computer device, comprising:

a memory to store data and instructions;

a processor in communication with the memory;

a management component associated with a virtual switch of the computer device in communication with the memory and the processor, wherein the management component is operable 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;

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;

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

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.

2. The computer device of claim 1 , wherein the destination address of the at least one data packet corresponds to a physical network address of a source container host or a virtual IP address of the source container host.

3. The computer device of claim 1 , wherein local IP address is a virtualized addressed.

4. The computer device of claim 3 , wherein the local IP address is contained within the data link layer.

5. The computer device of claim 1 , wherein the management component is further operable to:

receive, from the selected destination container, a proxy data response packet corresponding to the at least one data packet;

identify a client that originally transmitted the at least one data packet based on the destination address of the proxy data response packet; and

transform the proxy data response packet to a data response packet that identifies a source address of the client as the destination address of the data response packet.

6. The computer device of claim 5 , wherein the management component is further operable to transform the proxy data response packet by applying one or more rules to reverse changes to a destination address of the proxy data response packet.

7. The computer device of claim 1 , wherein the management component is further operable to select the destination container by applying one or more load balancing rules.

8. The computer device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more load balancing rules comprise one or more of load balancing relative to a threshold, load balancing relative to an average usage, source hash load balancing, round robin load balancing, and a least number of connections load balancing.

9. 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.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the destination address of the at least one data packet corresponds to a physical network address of a source container host or a virtual IP address of the source container host.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein local IP address is a virtualized addressed.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the local IP address is contained within the data link layer.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

receiving, from the selected destination container, a proxy data response packet corresponding to the at least one data packet;

identifying a client that originally transmitted the at least one data packet based on the destination address of the proxy data response packet; and

transforming the proxy data response packet to a data response packet that identifies a source address of the client as the destination address of the data response packet.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein transforming the proxy data response packet further comprises applying one or more rules to reverse changes to a destination address of the proxy data response packet.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein selecting the destination container further comprises applying one or more load balancing rules.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the one or more load balancing rules comprise one or more of load balancing relative to a threshold, load balancing relative to an average usage, source hash load balancing, round robin load balancing, and a least number of connections load balancing.

17. 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.