On 10/29/2006 04:15 PM, Jess Holle wrote: > Ruediger Pluem wrote: > >> I guess we should create a directive like DefineWorker (I do not >> really care about >> the exact name), that enables the administrator to define / create a >> worker. >> That would be really handy for mod_rewrite as in the reverse proxy >> case the number of >> different backend targets are usually limited and known to the >> administrator. >> This would avoid the need for nasty tricks like "pseudo balancers" >> with only one member. >> > > Sounds good. > > On a related note, our practice with mod_jk is to route only *.jsp, > /servlet/*, and a few other URL patterns to Tomcat and let Apache handle > everything else. We also want to support load balancing with sticky > sessions, of course. > > That combination is pretty easy and straightforward with mod_jk. It has > been *baffling* with mod_proxy_ajp. Perhaps we just haven't spent long > enough on mod_rewrite, etc, but so far we're not getting anywhere...
How about RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^(.*\.jsp|/servlet/.*)$ balancer://mycluster$1 [P] <Proxy balancer://mycluster> ProxySet stickysession=JSESSIONID nofailover=On BalancerMember ajp://1.2.3.4:8009 route=tomcat1 max=10 BalancerMember ajp://1.2.3.5:8010 route=tomcat2 max=10 </Proxy> Regards Rüdiger
