0 Replies Latest reply on Oct 12, 2005 8:10 AM by jeckyl

    Using HTTPLoadBalancer for posting SOAP Requests

    jeckyl

      Hi

      I'm trying to use the HTTPLoadBalancer to load balance some HTTP/SOAP requests leaving JBoss to a group of servers for futher processing. I want to distribute the workload on these other servers.

      I thought that the HTTPLoadbalancer would do a nice job, but I have hit some problems.

      It seems like the HTTPLoadbalancer don't copy the content of the HTTP/SOAP request, but just the headers and set the "Content-Lenght" to zero.

      From the same client I have sent the SOAP Request both via the LB and directly, while sniffing on the connection with Etheral to spot any differences.

      The direct SOAP request looks like:

      POST /provatomgs/ReceiverServlet HTTP/1.0
      Host: rock.mobilecohesion.com:8080
      Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
      Content-Length: 1974
      SOAPAction: "sendMessage"
      
      <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
      <env:Envelope xmlns:provato ...
      </env:Envelope>
      


      The exact same request going through the HTTPLoadBalancer looks like

      POST /provatomgs/ReceiverServlet HTTP/1.1
      content-type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
      soapaction: "sendMessage"
      User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/2.0final
      Host: rock.mobilecohesion.com:8080
      Content-Length: 0
      



      I was wondering if this is a limitation on HTTPLoadBalancer or some thing that I have missed.

      Any insight would be appreciated.


      Thanks in advance
      Anders Hybertz