Hi, The Balancer app is a redirector. Its power is in its flexible rules architecture and the fact you can achieve simple load-balancing without much trouble and in a pure Java way (no hardware, no Apache, which of course has some disadvantages but this is a great solution especially for lower-traffic sites).
Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Tore Halset [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 9:41 AM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: tomcat as AJP frontend to other tomcats? > >On Sep 9, 2004, at 15:24, QM wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 02:19:30PM +0200, Tore Halset wrote: >> : Is it possible to run tomcat on the frontend server and act as a >> Apache >> : httpd + mod_jk + mod_ssl? Are there any other options we should take >> a >> : look at? >> >> I've never used it, but I understand the Tomcat "Balancer" webapp does >> this and more. > >Will the balancer webapp proxy or just redirect? We want to hide >multiple servers behind one frontend. The clients use https. > > - Tore. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
