Hello, I am creating a tomcat cluster following helps I found online. My question is, do I have to use the Apache(mod_jk) for session replication? Is it possible to use F5 load balancer directly bypassing the Apache? Primary purpose of the cluster is fail over. Load balancing is not needed. I think session replication is needed for a successful fail over. I am thinking like, there would be a LB VIP that the client requests would be communicating with. The sticky session would be enabled in the LB and there is no need of apache web server in between. Is this the right way of thinking?
I could not find the answer any where. Every example I found online starts with an apache web server. I appreciate your response. Thank you. RH
