The more I think of it, a HowTo guide, like the ones we have for public_html, Authn&Authz, etc regarding reverse proxy makes the most sense...
> On Feb 9, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Tim Bannister <is...@c8h10n4o2.org.uk> wrote: > > On 9 Feb 2016, at 16:02, Rainer Jung <rainer.j...@kippdata.de> wrote: >> Am 09.02.2016 um 13:25 schrieb Jim Jagielski: >>> We currently have really really little info about the balancer-manager in >>> our docs, just a short little blurb on how to enable it and a brief >>> description of what it does [1]. I'd like to extend that, but does it make >>> sense to add it to the mod_proxy_balancer module page, or have a separate >>> page dedicated to it which we can link to? >>> >>> 1. https://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html >> >> Adding even more questions: >> >> I always think it is confusing for newbies, that all configuration >> directives for any mod_proxy_* are documented on the mod_proxy page. >> Although this reflects the code, config is done by mod_proxy, it is not what >> a user would expect. If e.g. He is working with a balancer, he would expect >> more info about how to configure a balancer in the mod_proxy_balancer page. > > Cc: to docs@ > > The module pages can document the module; I think that's appropriate for > reference documentation. > > What's missing is more of a “how do I set up X” guide. I think the topics > could be: > > • forward proxy (and access control) with or without cacheing > • reverse proxy with or without cacheing > • balancing and high availability for reverse proxies > > I think this is me volunteering to at least draft some text, if people agree > this approach makes sense. > > -- > Tim Bannister – is...@c8h10n4o2.org.uk >
