I believe the issue are the various defines in mod_proxy.h (eg: PROXY_WORKER_MAX_NAME_SIZE. These have been bumped up in trunk but have not been backported to 2.4 due to perceived API/ABI issues.
> On Feb 7, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Graham Leggett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just hit this error while trying to configure a load balancer: > > Feb 07 14:37:31 wap01 apache2[1804]: BalancerMember worker hostname > (xxxxxx-xx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx.xx-xxxx-x.xxxxx-xxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxxx) too long > > According to RFC1035, DNS names are allowed to be 255 characters long. > > This is really embarrassing - just sold the idea of an httpd based load > balancer and it breaks direct out the box. What changes do I need to make to > fix this? Any blockers? > > Regards, > Graham > — >
