> I need to add these 2 lines to my conf file: > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteRule ^/(OpenObject.*) http://server2:9000/$1 Melanie, you should alter the latter line (above) to RewriteRule ^/(OpenObject.*) http://server2:9000/$1 [R=301,L] This way, browsers are able to cache the request (R=301) and will contact server2 immediately without bothering server1 again. The "L" option makes makes apache to not process any further rewrites appearing later in your configuration. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html > the http service is critical and cannot kill sessions. > Is there a way to reload the configuration without > restarting apache? <path-to-apachectl>/apachectl configtest (tests your config) <path-to-apachectl>/apachectl graceful (gracefully restarts apache) should do what you intended. Though, I am not sure if your sessions will persist, depending on the session-mechanism. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/stopping.html --- severin --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx