I'm not expert on this but I did a quick search. Did you come across this page in your research: https://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/webserver_howto/apache.html Good Luck and let us know how this works out would you. I just leased my first Tomcat (vps) and I need to establish comms between it and a http server. On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 2:29 PM Randelke Althor <randelke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I'm new to server configurations and Apache, so I apologize if this is > overly simplistic or an inappropriate place to ask this question. > > I have recently upgraded from Apache 2.2 to 2.4 and am looking into > changing the proxy method used by the server from the basic mod_proxy > to mod_lbmethod_heartbeat in mod_proxy_balancer. I am using an Apache > Server as a proxy to send the requests to a number of Tomcat servers, > and am unsure of the flow of how the heartbeat method is supposed to > work. > > I've done my best to scour the Apache docs, and my current > understanding of the process is the Apache Server should have a > HeartMonitor listening for heartbeat info that will be sent to it by > each of the other servers. These servers will have mod_heartbeat so > they will know to send the information to the specified port. The > Apache Server will then use this information to distribute the > requests as best it can. Does this sound like the correct flow for how > this method is supposed to work? > > If so, how would the mod_heartbeat be loaded onto and used by Tomcat? > Both are Apache, but I have not been able to find any documentation on > a method like this in Tomcat and that doesn't seem surprising to me > since they are different servers and I imagine are implemented very > differently. Is there some sort of connector that would let the two > communicate in this way, or is mod_lbmethod_heartbeat supposed to only > be used between multiple Apache Servers? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can give me in understanding this method! > Luke DiGiacomo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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