> > ----- Original Message ---- > From: André Warnier <aw@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:42:58 AM > Subject: Re: change BalancerMember status if servlet fails > > Chris Kemper wrote: > [...] > > > > > My question: If the servlet fails (e.g. returns a 50x http error), is > there some way I can use that to set the corresponding BalanceMember > status to Err or Dis? Currently the load balancer continues to select the > failed servlet. I've tried using an http connector rather than ajp in the > BalancerMember URLs but that made no difference. > > > This may sound quite rough and brutal, but it is after all an idea.. > Since what you seem to want is that, when the servlet fails, that whole > Tomcat would be taken out of the circuit (disabled in the Balancer), why > don't you just shut down that Tomcat when you encounter this error ? > For me, the question is whether Apache can detect the error and retry on another balancer member (at least for GETs which are easy to replay). Some commercial LBs have this feature, which is useful when you have an intermittent, somewhat infrequent error in an app which leads to the 500 being produced, but which may not justify bringing down the Tomcat entirely. This simply avoids the bad user experience for the end user. Best, Ryan Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1490 - Release Date: 6/8/2008 5:32 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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