Re: priority servers in an instance

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Fortson
When trying this, I get: [ALERT] 056/063556 (24031) : parsing [/etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg:290] : error detected while parsing ACL 'nearly_full'. [ALERT] 056/063556 (24031) : Error reading configuration file : /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg (haproxy version 1.3.15.7) source: acl nearly_full

Re: priority servers in an instance

2009-02-25 Thread Karl Pietri
its the -gt make it just gt. this is what i ended up going with: frontend priority_rails_farm xx.xx.xx.xxx:80 mode http option forwardfor acl priority_full dst_conn gt 4 use_backend rails_farm if priority_full default_backend priority_rails_farm the backend

Re: priority servers in an instance

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Fortson
I think we're missing connslots support until the next release (3.16 is mentioned in the archives as the first that's going to have it). Willy must be used to having it from testing the next version :) switched to dst_conn and gt -- worked great. Thanks Karl! On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:47 PM,

Re: priority servers in an instance

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Fortson
Oops, scratch that success report... dst_conn seems to apply to all connections, not just the current front-end. And it doesn't take an argument. With multiple front-ends, I'm not sure how it can be used to put a limit on only one of them. On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Michael Fortson

Re: priority servers in an instance

2009-02-25 Thread Karl Pietri
from my testing and from the docs it says it only applies to the frontend that it is defined in. -Karl On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Michael Fortson mfort...@gmail.comwrote: Oops, scratch that success report... dst_conn seems to apply to all connections, not just the current front-end.

Re: priority servers in an instance

2009-02-25 Thread Michael Fortson
Right, sorry -- it's the backend connections I need to limit based on; the frontend splits to a few backends based on various request parameters, and only one of those will apply in this case. I supposed I could have the current setup of: frontend acls backend1 backend2 changed to something

priority servers in an instance

2009-02-20 Thread Karl Pietri
Hello everyone, I am using haproxy with ruby on rails backend servers and am trying to setup a system that will have a few mongrels dedicated to priority traffic and spill over to the main pool if those are busy. i've attached a diagram of what i'm trying to accomplish. Eseentially i have 2