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Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Load Balancer

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:48, elsergio <sergio.lm@telefonica.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to use to use Apache just as a Load Balancer. This is the idea:
>
> --------- http/https ------> Apache ----------> Srv1: IP 192.168.1.10
>                                               |-----------> Srv2: IP
> 192.168.1.20
>
> I have seen in the documentation that could be something like:
>
> <Proxy balancer://mycluster>
> BalancerMember http://192.168.1.10:80
> BalancerMember http://192.168.1.20:80
> </Proxy>
> ProxyPass /test balancer://mycluster/
>
> What is the parameter //mycluster ??

The parameter "mycluster" is just the name you choose to refer to this
load balancing group. You can freely choose what you want here.

> It is necessary to balance all the incoming traffic??

That is for you to decide.

> There is any problem with https traffic??

Not if you terminate it on the apache server and only forward http to
your backends.

Krist


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