Hi all:
I just got this working, so I thought of posting a small howto for the
list :)
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An apache instance (httpd) that serves http://localhost/examples/
where /examples is served by two Tomcat instances (if one is
down/unavailable, then httpd decides to redirect requests to the
second tomcat instances.
What I've got working so far:
- Session replication between the various Tomcat instances in the
cluster.
- In case one instance is not available, then apache sends new
requests to the next instance.
- When and instance comes back, it joins the cluster, receives session
replication, and is ready to take over when required.
What else is possible:
- Load balance based on the number of requests already sent to a
Tomcat instance
- Configure timeouts, etc
- More information at
http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/reference/workers.html
What's not possible:
- If the first instance dies, then the second instance carries on
processing from that point.
To try this yourself:
1. Download and install Apache Tomcat 6.0.9
2. In server.xml, uncomment the tag for clustering
3. Edit the webapps/example/WEB-INF/web.xml to include the
distributable tag
<distributable/>
4. Create a copy of this Tomcat folder (say, Tomcat2)
5. Edit the server.xml in Tomcat2. Change all the port numbers. e.g.
change the AJP port number to 8010
6. Download the file
http://mirrors.24-7-solutions.net/pub/apache/tomcat/tomcat-connectors/jk/binaries/win32/jk-1.2.20/mod_jk-apache-2.2.3.so
and save it as mod_jk.so at apache/modules folder.
7. Place the following contents in the file apache/conf/worker.properties
# The advanced router LB worker
worker.list=router,worker2,worker1
# Define a worker using ajp13
worker.worker1.port=8009
worker.worker1.host=localhost
worker.worker1.type=ajp13
worker.worker1.lbfactor=1
# Define prefered failover node for worker1
worker.worker1.redirect=worker2
# Define another worker using ajp13
worker.worker2.port=8010
worker.worker2.host=localhost
worker.worker2.type=ajp13
worker.worker2.lbfactor=1
worker.worker2.mount=/examples/*
# Disable worker2 for all requests except failover
worker.worker2.activation=disabled
# Define the LB worker
worker.router.type=lb
worker.router.balance_workers=worker1,worker2
worker.list=jkstatus
# Define a 'jkstatus' worker using status
worker.jkstatus.type=status
8. Edit apache/conf/httpd.conf to include the following:
LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so
#AddModule mod_jk.c
JkWorkersFile conf/worker.properties
JkShmFile mod_jk.shm
JkLogFile mod_jk.log
JkLogLevel info
JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y] "
JkMount /jkmanager/* jkstatus
JkMount /examples/* router
9. Start the two Tomcat instances
You should see some replication related messages in the console
Feb 13, 2007 8:01:34 PM
org.apache.catalina.ha.tcp.SimpleTcpCluster memberAdded
INFO: Replication member
added:org.apache.catalina.tribes.membership.MemberImpl[
tcp://Ramn.corporate.thoughtworks.com:4001,Ramn.corporate.thoughtworks.com,4001,
alive=1016,id={99 34 -19 82 10 -107 64 51 -119 77 9 -117 -91 9 24 -9
}, payload
={}, command={}, domain={}, ]
INFO: Manager [localhost#/examples]; session state send at 2/13/07
8:01 PM recei
ved in 125 ms.
10. Restart the httpd web server
Testing the session replication
1. Browse to http://localhost/examples/
2. Try the Session examples for the servlet.
3. Set a variable into the session with a value
4. Stop the first Tomcat instance
5. Set another variable into the session.
This time, the second Tomcat instance will serve the content
You'll see that the first variable is still in the session. This is a
sign that replication has been successful.
6. Restart the first instance, wait for it to enter the cluster and
for the replication to happen
INFO: Manager [localhost#/examples]; session state send at 2/13/07
8:01 PM recei
ved in 125 ms.
7. Stop the second Tomcat instance.
8. Set another variable into the session.
9. You'll see that all the variables are still available.
-- Sriram
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