OPTS: Setting up the Apache Load Balancer

Install the Apache 2.2

Edit the conf\httpd.conf as mention below.

#Change the Listen port as you need

Listen 8990

#Load the following modules (Uncomment)

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so

LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so

LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so

LoadModule proxy_connect_module modules/mod_proxy_connect.so

LoadModule proxy_ftp_module modules/mod_proxy_ftp.so

LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so

#Add following to Set the Env variables (Not required)

SetEnv proxy-sendcl 1

SetEnv proxy-nokeepalive 1 #keep the connections live

SetEnv downgrade-1.0 1 #downgrade the HTTP version to 1.0

#define the proxy pass for load balancer of the cluster

ProxyPass / balancer://mycluster/

ProxyPassReverse / balancer://mycluster/

ProxyPass /ccx balancer://mycluster/

ProxyPassReverse /ccx balancer://mycluster/

#define the cluster members of the balancer

Reference : http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.1/mod/mod_proxy.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.1/mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html

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