I think that balancer-manager is exactly what you are looking for. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/reverse_proxy.html#manager Cheers! > On Dec 14, 2016, at 4:57 AM, Kristian Rink <kawazu428@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Folks; > > unsure whether this is the right place to ask and whether this is possible to be accomplished out of > the box at all: So far we run an apache 2.4 mod_proxy balancer in front of several backend services. > So far there are four backend instances configured into one balancer. This works pretty well but it > has a drawback: We can't easily add new instances at runtime without manually changing and reloading > the apache configuration. Likewise, I would appreciate having a process that dynamically and > automatically adds new balancer backends while "deactivating" old ones to be at least sure no new > sessions go there so it can be brought down as soon as all active sessions have ended. > > Is this kind of "dynamics" possible with apache / mod_proxy / balancer? Any recommendations on that? > TIA and all the best, > Kristian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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