And Apache will act like you described. It'll report Ok code 200 when your Servlet Container is up and 503 or some other error code if it's down. You just need to configure BigIP to watch for that code.
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Bruce Atherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Serge. Sorry for being off-topic, but I didn't know whether the > solution lay in configuring Apache or not. It seemed like Apache was the > intermediary between the two systems, and so seemed like the logical place > to detect the failure of one system and pass it on to the other. I am glad > that a better solution exists. > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Serge Dubrouski wrote: > > > I think it's quite possible and fairly easy. BigIP allows you to > > create a custom HTTP/S monitors for a particular URL. So create a > > monitor that will get not just "/" but some URL that point to your > > Servlet Container and then set up a "Receive String" to expect > > something like "200 OK". So in case if your Servelet Container goes > > down Apache will answer with 503 error code, BigIP wont see 200 and > > will mark that particular member as down. > > > > Sorry, this item is little bit an off topic for this forum because it > > mostly relates to BigIP, not to Apache. > > > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Bruce Atherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > I have the following configuration: > > > > > > BIG-IP -> Apache HTTPD -> Servlet Container > > > Load -> Apache HTTPD -> Servlet Container > > > Balancer -> Apache HTTPD -> Servlet Container > > > > > > The Apache HTTPD instance serves up static content and translates HTTPS > > > requests into HTTP. Dynamic content is proxied to a Servlet Container > > > running an application. > > > > > > My problem is that when one of the servlet containers seizes up, the > BIG-IP > > > box doesn't take the Apache instance out of circulation. Instead, users > are > > > continually connected to non-responsive servlets. > > > > > > Is there any way to configure Apache so that it is identifies itself as > > > unavailable to the BIG-IP box if it finds that all proxy requests are > > > failing? > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server > Project. > > > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Serge Dubrouski. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
