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Subject: Re: Configure geronimo to act behind a load balancer
From: Kevan Miller <kevan.miller@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:56:46 -0400
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To: user@geronimo.apache.org

Looks like this never got answered...

On Aug 4, 2010, at 8:46 AM, rbaumhof wrote:

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> we are currently preparing our application for production use. One =
topic ist
> load balancing. The proposed architecture is:
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> 1.) one load balancer (apache mod_jk)
> 2.) two geronimo nodes (2.1.4) behind mod_jk
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> The configuration is derived from the apache http dialog in Geronimo =
console
> application. The communication works, but faces dialogs dont' work. =
The
> reason is that the load balancer switches between the nodes. So faces =
does
> not find a view on incoming requests from jsf pages.=20
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> Any hints how this situation should be configured. Will it be =
necessary to
> activate session replication? (at the moment it's not activated)
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> Software oveview:
> Operationg System: ubuntu
> Apache web server: Apache 2.2.11-2ubuntu2.6,
> Apache mod_jk: mod_jk 1.2.26
> Application Server: Geronimo 2.1.4 with tomcat web server.

Sounds like sticky sessions aren't configured properly.=20

See =
https://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxDOC21/tomcat-native-clustering.html#TomcatNat=
iveClustering-EnableSessionAffinity
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--kevan=