Hi, I don't know if the Message Broker has Web server plug-in or not. This is very useful to use between WAS and various HTTP servers. http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0310_cocasse/cocasse.html It handles overloaded or hanging backend systems.
2011/1/20 James Harrison <jamesaharriso...@yahoo.co.uk>: > Hello. > > Does anyone have an idea what I need to do to fix my problems? > > I'm completely clueless how to fix my problems. > > Thanks, > James Harrison > > ________________________________ > From: James Harrison <jamesaharriso...@yahoo.co.uk> > To: users@httpd.apache.org > Sent: Thu, January 20, 2011 9:28:42 AM > Subject: [users@httpd] How to make apache httpd load balancer sends to a > member that is in Err. > > Hello. > > This is quite an urgent plea for help. > > I am using apache httpd 2.2.17 on Windows 2008 server as a gateway to our > backend systems. The backend are two IBM's Websphere Message Broker (v7) > system, that uses SOAP messages to send information back and forth. There > are two hosts (machines) running the Broker software in an active-active > configuration. > > There are two ports that are available for communication from the httpd to > the Broker (7803 and 7805), however, the actual services are URL based, so > to communicate to a service, I would use: https://{hostname}:7803/url/path > and I wouldget a response. > > I have four major problems: > 1. Broker services can switch from one machine to another at any time and > httpd doesn't know this until a request is sent and httpd returns error code > 404 and the SOAP request is lost. > > 2. I have the two Broker communication ports in a load balancer > configuration and I use (failonstatus) to check for backend errors. httpd > still sends SOAP requests to load balancer members in "Err"! > > 3. The first request to a member in Err results in return code 404, from > that point the load balancer will not use that member, however this means > that the initial request is lost. > > 4. When requests stop coming into the httpd server, after a timeout occurs > and the above problem (3) occurs again. > > Here is my configuration for the load balancer and one of the services: > > > # ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Header add Set-Cookie "ROUTEID=.%{BALANCER_WORKER_ROUTE}e; path=/" > env=BALANCER_ROUTE_CHANGED > > <Proxy balancer://mycluster nofailover=Off stickysession=ROUTEID > failonstatus=404,301,500> > BalancerMember https://256.XX.57.181:7805 route=191_181_7805 > redirect=191_180_7803 keepalive=on timeout=1200 > BalancerMember https://256.XX.57.180:7803 route=191_180_7803 > status=+H keepalive=on timeout=1200 > ProxySet lbmethod=byrequests timeout=600 > </Proxy> > > # https://256.xx.xx.191/ balancer-manager > ProxyPass /balancer-manager ! > > ProxyPass / balancer://mycluster/ > > # GeoSupportService service > <location /GeographyServices/ GeoSupportService_v1_0> > ProxyPass balancer://mycluster/ > </Location> > > <Location /balancer-manager> > SetHandler balancer-manager > Order Allow,Deny > Allow from all > </Location> > > ErrorLog logs/VirtualHosterror.log > LogLevel error > LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i > \"" combined > LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common > LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer > LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent > CustomLog logs/VirtualHostaccess.log common > > > # ------------------------------------------------------------ > > I hope someone can help. > > Many thanks, > James Harrison > > -- Üdvözlettel / Best Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tsaby ()() (\__/) (\__/) ( '.' ) (O.o ) (='.'=) (")_(") (> < ) (")_(") These are three Bunnies. Copy Bunnies into your signature to help them on theirs way to world domination! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
