Re: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-09 Thread Smith, Mark
You are my hero. The first feature on mod_cluster's webpage I exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you. I'll report here after I've had some time to check it out. -Mark On May 9, 2010, at 2:53 AM, "Mark Thomas" wrote: > On 07/05/2010 23:20, Smith, Mark wrote: >>> -Original Message- >>

Re: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-09 Thread André Warnier
Mark Thomas wrote: On 07/05/2010 23:20, Smith, Mark wrote: -Original Message- From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] There are a couple of linux load balancer projects that might work, if you can ditch HTTPD. E.g. www.linuxvirtualserver.org We use LVS to balance load across our Apache lay

Re: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-09 Thread Mark Thomas
On 07/05/2010 23:20, Smith, Mark wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] >> There are a couple of linux load balancer projects that might work, if >> you can ditch HTTPD. E.g. www.linuxvirtualserver.org > > We use LVS to balance load across our Apache layers al

RE: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-07 Thread Smith, Mark
> -Original Message- > From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] > There are a couple of linux load balancer projects that might work, if > you can ditch HTTPD. E.g. www.linuxvirtualserver.org We use LVS to balance load across our Apache layers already, so I'm quite familiar with it. It does

Re: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-07 Thread Pid
On 07/05/2010 22:58, Smith, Mark wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] >>> ...isn't that what I just described? Or is there a part to your >>> suggestion I missed? >> >> It is. :) >> >> I hadn't grokked the whole thread before I started writing the answer >>

RE: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-07 Thread Smith, Mark
> -Original Message- > From: Pid [mailto:p...@pidster.com] > > Another option is to configure mod_jk for static hostnames then use > > either /etc/hosts or an actual DNS cluster to change the mappings. > > This relies on the application in question honoring DNS TTLs (hint: > > Java doesn't

Re: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-07 Thread Pid
On 07/05/2010 21:28, Smith, Mark wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Jon Brisbin [mailto:jon.bris...@npcinternational.com] >> On May 7, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Smith, Mark wrote: >>> Is there a way to tell mod_jk that it has a new worker on a new >>> hostname without having to reload Apache? S

RE: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-07 Thread Smith, Mark
> -Original Message- > From: Jon Brisbin [mailto:jon.bris...@npcinternational.com] > On May 7, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Smith, Mark wrote: > > Is there a way to tell mod_jk that it has a new worker on a new > > hostname without having to reload Apache? Similarly, to remove an > > existing worker

Re: Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-07 Thread Jon Brisbin
On May 7, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Smith, Mark wrote: > I'm trying to re-architect our websites to work in EC2. One of the biggest > problems I'm running into is the dynamic nature of hostnames and IPs. I have the same problem on a VMware vSphere-based virtual private cloud... > Is there a way to te

Dynamic configuration of workers

2010-05-07 Thread Smith, Mark
I'm trying to re-architect our websites to work in EC2. One of the biggest problems I'm running into is the dynamic nature of hostnames and IPs. Is there a way to tell mod_jk that it has a new worker on a new hostname without having to reload Apache? Similarly, to remove an existing worker tha