Load-Balance an Upstream Pool

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Write /etc/nginx/conf.d/lb.conf defining an upstream block named app_pool that uses the least_conn balancing method and contains two backends, 10.0.0.11:8080 and 10.0.0.12:8080. Add a server{} with a location / that does proxy_pass http://app_pool;. (Authored config, graded structurally — the engine isn't run here.)

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