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// isAlive checks whether a backend is Alive by establishing a TCP connection
func isBackendAlive(u *url.URL) bool {
timeout := 2 * time.Second
conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", u.Host, timeout)
if err != nil {
log.Println("Site unreachable, error: ", err)
return false
}
_ = conn.Close() // close it, we dont need to maintain this connection
return true
}
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