Hey Joshua,You're right except we don't use mod_proxy_balancer
in conjunction with mod_proxy ... we use mod_rewrite with '[R]'
directive and point to the mod_proxy_balancer worker to determine which
server to externally redirect to. Does this make sense?The
reason we chose to do this was to take advantage of some of the nice
features in mod_proxy_balancer (like session management, weighted load
balancing, etc...). We are, however, not locked in to this solution. If
something more efficient / easier to manage is out there we are
definitely open to suggestions.Thanks for your reply,Jon> Date: Mon, 18 Jun
2007 16:10:50 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: users@httpd.apache.org>
Subject: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geolocation Question> > On 6/18/07, Jon Keys
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > Hi,> >> > I'm setting up some load balancing
based on Apache with mod_proxy_balancer> > and I'd like to incorporate
geolocation based on IP address into the load> > balancing algorithm.> >> > I
know that IP's are not a reliable way of determining location, but we> >
purchased a package from ip2location to try and be as accurate as possible.> >
Even still, it's not perfect and that's OK because we are just distributing> >
the load of some free downloads ... if someone gets redirected to a server> >
that's not that close to them it won't be the end of the world.> >> > Anyway,
does anyone know of such a patch / mod / plugin / application> > compatible
with apache2? If not, some pointers on where to begin developing> > this would
be greatly appreciated.> > Maybe I'm missing something, but this doesn't make
any sense to me.> > If you are using mod_proxy_balancer, then all requests will
go through> the apache proxy server. That means there is no benefit in putting
the> back-end server close to the client. In fact, you want the back-end>
server close to the balancer.> > If you want the client to access stuff from a
closer server, you> should issue an external redirect. mod_rewrite would be a
standard way> to access a database to do a conditional redirect.> > Joshua.> >
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