I have apache httpd running as a front for a few instances of tomcat. When I have tomcat down, the httpd server shows (appropriately) a 503 status, service unavailable, message. Then I bring tomcat back up, and can see by its logs that it starts in about 10 seconds. However, if I've seen the 503 status through a web browser, apache httpd seems to continue to cache the 503 until well after tomcat was fully started. I haven't timed it but it seems likely roughly 30 seconds. If I avoid hitting the web page until tomcat is up, I can get in immediately, as the 503-error isn't cached.
I can't find any cache modules in my configs, and it's not something I intentionally set up, so I assume it's an apache httpd default. I have confirmed that it's not my web browser caching it. Can someone suggest what I should set to configure that cache time, or turn off caching? I'd like to not have to wait for the httpd cache to expire before I can reach the tomcat manager page - especially on systems with other users where I can't just avoid hitting the page while it's down. If any user hits it, the message gets cached. Thank you! Jenny Brown --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
