Use mod_cluster 1.1.x on httpd 2.2.3 on RHEL 5.6

[tim.peeters]

Hey community,

At one of my customers we want to leverage the functionalities of mod_cluster 1.1 to setup a JBoss EAP 5.1 cluster. The infrastructure partner of my customer uses virtual machines running RHEL 5.6. Official Red Hat packages only go up to httpd version 2.2.3. Although we know security patches are backported into this release we are not sure whether this RHEL httpd version 2.2.3 is capable of running mod_cluster? The documentation of mod_cluster clearly states that it requires mod_cluster 2.2.8+.

Does somebody have experience with this?

Alternatively we could use a mod_cluster release that already includes httpd or a Enterprise Web Server subscription but we would prefer to stick with the version provided by RHEL that is already running now.

[jfclere]

Only the mod_proxy modules are not compatible.

You need to the mod_proxy sources in the mod_cluster and overwrite the httpd binaries but that is not an officially supported solution.

[tim.peeters]

Ok great thanks!

So basically if we do not use mod_proxy (we planned on using AJP anyway), we should not experience any problems?

Or does it fail during startup if we don't replace mod_proxy?

[jfclere]

So basically if we do not use mod_proxy (we planned on using AJP anyway), we should not experience any problems?

Or does it fail during startup if we don't replace mod_proxy?

You need to compile the mod_proxy modules in http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/mod_cluster/trunk/native/mod_proxy/.

It might start if you don't replace mod_proxy modules but it won't work.