Backend servers sending 503 status in the worker's header can be used in the balancer to mark it as Err. The config is like this w/ failonstatus=503 Header add Set-Cookie "BALANCEID=backend.%{BALANCER_WORKER_ROUTE}e; path=/;" env=BALANCER_ROUTE_CHANGED ProxyRequests Off ProxyPreserveHost On <Proxy balancer://mycluser/> BalancerMember http://venus.saa.com/ route=venus BalancerMember http://saturn.saa.com/ route=saturn </Proxy> ProxyPass /balancer-manager ! ProxyPass / balancer://mycluser/ stickysession=BALANCEID nofailover=Off failonstatus=503 ProxyPassReverse / balancer://mycluser/ -- View this message in context: http://apache-http-server.18135.n6.nabble.com/users-httpd-Load-Balancing-no-fail-over-when-backend-server-is-down-tp4741407p4902482.html Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx