[users@httpd] mod_proxy_balancer and stickysession

[gm...@ulmail.net]

Hi,

we want to use mod_proxy_balancer to load balance a J2EE
application server. So stickysession is set to JSESSIONID.
First I had:

	<Proxy balancer://default>
	  BalancerMember http://host1
	  BalancerMember http://host2
	  BalancerMember http://host3
	  ProxySet stickysession=JSESSIONID
	</Proxy>

	ProxyPreserveHost On
	ProxyPassMatch ^(.*\.jsp)$ balancer://default$1
	ProxyPassMatch ^(.*\.do)$ balancer://default$1

But the session was not sticky. After some TCP dump and reading
a bit more documentation, it seems that mod_proxy_balancer
alters the sessionid by appending ".[number]".

So now I have:

	<Proxy balancer://default>
	  BalancerMember http://host1 route=0
	  BalancerMember http://host2 route=1
	  BalancerMember http://host3 route=2
	  ProxySet stickysession=JSESSIONID
	</Proxy>

	ProxyPreserveHost On
	ProxyPassMatch ^(.*\.jsp)$ balancer://default$1
	ProxyPassMatch ^(.*\.do)$ balancer://default$1

In all likelihood this works better. Is this the right way to
do it?

Regards,
Gerhard

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