Reverse proxy supporting failover

[Graham Leggett <mi...@sharp.fm>]

Hi all,

I am wondering if mod_proxy does this already, a simple yes or no answer
is what I'm after.

If two (or more) IP addresses are defined for a backend server served by
a reverse proxy configuration, and one of those servers is not
responding for whatever reason, will Apache automatically try the other
one after a suitable timeout?

 +--------+      +------------------------------+
 | Client | ---> | R/Proxy server               |
 +--------+      | /blah --> blah.somewhere.com -----+
                 +------------------------------+    |
                                                     |
                                +--------------------+--+
                                v                       v
                 +--------------------+     +--------------------+
                 | blah.somewhere.com |     | blah.somewhere.com |
                 |  192.168.0.1       |     |  192.168.0.2       |
                 +--------------------+     +--------------------+

If yes, woohoo! If no, then I'll start a-hackin'.

Just want to make sure it's a worthwhile endeavour first.

Regards,
Graham
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