Hi Eric thanks for digging into code to confirm what I was asking for isn't currently possible. Sounds like while it might be a reasonable enhancement, and somewhat easy to implement, it's not a slam dunk because it could have complications.
Yes, you are right, by checking for a particular endpoint or perhaps other details in the incoming request/header we could have a more targeted workaround in our java application. That's probably what we'll need to do at least for now :-) Thanks for getting back to me. On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 2:53 PM Eric Covener <cove...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone know how to configure the mod_proxy health check to use a > custom header? Or is it not possible currently? Thank you :-) > > Not a user but I checked the code and I don't think it's possible > without an enhancement to mod_proxy_hcheck. The change would not be > too bad though. > > > https://github.com/apache/httpd/blob/trunk/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_hcheck.c#L429 > would just need to pass something configured into r->headers_in. > The only minor complication is that the similar config in > mod_proxy_hcheck actual lives more genericly in the proxy_worker > config of mod_proxy. > > > I modified the java application to force the header to be set when an > incoming java HTTP request was received. While that did allow communication > with health check, it causes other problems for me so is not a good > workaround. > > Could you do the above only for a specific URL and then use hcuri= to > use it from the healthcheck? Or does it not dodge the other problems? > > -- > Eric Covener > cove...@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org > >
