Is ProxyPass the best you can do?
I've been thinking about the ProxyPass technique for coping with mod_perl's high memory usage (setup a non-mod_perl httpd that handles all requests, but ProxyPasses the mod_perl calls to a mod_perl enabled Apache). I find that the complexity of this method is more than it should have to be. For one thing, ProxyPass only works on a directory. But if you have images and scripts in the same directory, this is a problem (and it's convenient to be able to have them in the same directory, so that your scripts can a href=image.jpg instead of a href=/images/image.jpg especially when you have a lot of images in different directories). Is there a way to ProxyPass by file extension or something? -Philip Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is ProxyPass the best you can do?
Squid is the alternative mentioned in the mod_perl_tuning.pod that comes with mod_perl. Alternatively, you could try using mod_rewrite, to direct requests for scripts to a different apache instance (e.g. running on a separate port or ip). I've never tried this, but it should work. Squid might be more efficient. cheers, Martin On Sunday, June 17, 2001, at 03:43 am, Philip Mak wrote: I've been thinking about the ProxyPass technique for coping with mod_perl's high memory usage (setup a non-mod_perl httpd that handles all requests, but ProxyPasses the mod_perl calls to a mod_perl enabled Apache). I find that the complexity of this method is more than it should have to be. For one thing, ProxyPass only works on a directory. But if you have images and scripts in the same directory, this is a problem (and it's convenient to be able to have them in the same directory, so that your scripts can a href=image.jpg instead of a href=/images/image.jpg especially when you have a lot of images in different directories). Is there a way to ProxyPass by file extension or something? -Philip Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is ProxyPass the best you can do?
On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Martin Redington wrote: Squid is the alternative mentioned in the mod_perl_tuning.pod that comes with mod_perl. Can Squid read Apache configuration files? On a new site I'm making (www.shoujoai.com), I have directives in httpd.conf like this: RewriteRule ^/fanfics/([a-zA-Z_0-9\-]+)/$ /fanfics/series.asp?series=$1 so that viewing http://www.shoujoai.com/fanfics/*/ actually calls an Apache::ASP script. But, only by reading the httpd.conf would one be able to tell that it's a script instead of a normal directory. Alternatively, you could try using mod_rewrite, to direct requests for scripts to a different apache instance (e.g. running on a separate port or ip). I've never tried this, but it should work. You can use RewriteRule to make it proxy the request to another Apache? I thought you can only alias a URL to a file, or make it send an HTTP redirect. How do you make it proxy? -Philip Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is ProxyPass the best you can do?
- Original Message - From: Philip Mak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: modperl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Is ProxyPass the best you can do? On Sun, 17 Jun 2001, Martin Redington wrote: Squid is the alternative mentioned in the mod_perl_tuning.pod that comes with mod_perl. Can Squid read Apache configuration files? On a new site I'm making (www.shoujoai.com), I have directives in httpd.conf like this: RewriteRule ^/fanfics/([a-zA-Z_0-9\-]+)/$ /fanfics/series.asp?series=$1 so that viewing http://www.shoujoai.com/fanfics/*/ actually calls an Apache::ASP script. But, only by reading the httpd.conf would one be able to tell that it's a script instead of a normal directory. Alternatively, you could try using mod_rewrite, to direct requests for scripts to a different apache instance (e.g. running on a separate port or ip). I've never tried this, but it should work. You can use RewriteRule to make it proxy the request to another Apache? I thought you can only alias a URL to a file, or make it send an HTTP redirect. How do you make it proxy? This is what you are looking for i think http://thingy.kcilink.com/modperlguide/scenario/mod_rewrite_Examples.html -Philip Mak ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is ProxyPass the best you can do?
Can Squid read Apache configuration files? On a new site I'm making (www.shoujoai.com), I have directives in httpd.conf like this: Never used it, I'm afraid ... Alternatively, you could try using mod_rewrite, to direct requests for scripts to a different apache instance (e.g. running on a separate port or ip). I've never tried this, but it should work. You can use RewriteRule to make it proxy the request to another Apache? I thought you can only alias a URL to a file, or make it send an HTTP redirect. How do you make it proxy? Ah. I was assuming that redirects would be ok (it would be in my environment) ...
