On 9 March 2010 17:47, Edward Quick <Edward.Quick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here’s my configuration. After the 15 seconds timeout, the back end server > (listening on port 8080 here) returns a 502 page. Is there any > configuration I can add to detect that beforehand, and get the balancer to > redirect my request to the other server member? > > Timeout 15 > > ProxyPass /HelloWorld/ balancer://tomcat/HelloWorld/ > ProxyPassReverse /HelloWorld/ balancer://tomcat/HelloWorld/ > > <Proxy balancer://tomcat> > BalancerMember http://localhost:8080 route=jvm001 redirect=jvm002 > BalancerMember http://localhost:8082 route=jvm002 > </Proxy> You could try using AJP instead of HTTP between Apache and Tomcat, and use the ping parameter. Search for 'ping' here:- http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html -- Phil --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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