How do I resolve if a ribbon client-side load balancing is down?

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Java

Ribbon

Spring

springboot

Based on my understanding of load-balancing, requests are forwarded to multiple instances of a service so that if one service is down, it will be redirected to one that is available.

I have created a microservice that implements load-balancing using Ribbon and Hystrix to handle fallback. However, this only works if the load-balancing service is working properly.

What if the load-balancing service goes down? Is there a solution to keep the microservice running so that the instances of the service can still be reached?

What I have tried:

i haven't found the suitable solution to this case