By persistent, do you mean one that was held open via standard HTTP keepalive? Thx > On Apr 13, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Brian McBride <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Not having had a response to this question I'm left wondering whether I've screwed up maybe by not asking a clear question or asking in the wrong place. Or maybe I just asked it at a bad time or I'm just out of luck and no one is motivated to respond. > > Brian > > > On 02/04/15 15:43, Brian McBride wrote: >> Given an apache 2.4 server with: >> >> ReadRequestTimeout header=60-65,rate=500 >> >> When a client opens a persistent connection to that server, does the request timeout apply to >> >> a) each request sent down the connection individually, or >> b) the whole connection, i.e. the connection will close after 65 seconds of reading requests even if there >> are more requests ready to send >> >> Background: >> >> I have two apache 2.4 servers, one acting as a reverse proxy for the other. Both have mod_reqtimeout enabled. >> >> The reverse proxy is using persistent connections to talk to the backend. >> >> I have applied a steady test load of 1 request per second; requests are quick to process in the backend >> >> I'm getting 502 errors from the front end. It appears that the backend is closing the connections, though its hard to be sure which end is. >> >> The rate of 502 errors reduces the longer I make the ReadRequestTimeout. I get no errors if I disable mod_reqtimeout. It looks like the backend is closing then connections after about N seconds where N is the timeout value, even in the presence of a steady load. >> >> MaxKeepAliveRequests and KeepAliveTimeout are set very high. >> >> I'm pretty new to this sort of thing. I'd appreciate any thoughts or guidance. >> >> Brian >> >> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx