How to configure mod_jk session stickyness in domain mode
I'm trying to configure session stickyness in mod_jk, and in mod_jk document it says:
If you want to use session stickiness, you must set different jvmRoute attributes in the Engine element in Tomcat's server.xml. Furthermore the names of the workers which are managed by the balancer have to be equal to the jvmRoute of the Tomcat instance they connect with.
So I've searched the AS7 document and found the method to set jvmRoute is to put 'instance-id' in web subsystem: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-1365
But in domain mode the config is centralized in 'domain.xml' so how can I set different 'instance-id's to different AS7 servers? Because besides the domain controller, other AS7 servers only have 'host.xml'. Does that mean they are reusing the 'instance-id' configured in 'domain.xml'?
btw, I saw in JK status page the sticky session is enabled by default:
As the snapshot shown above, I have two AS7 worker nodes in cluster, and they are running in domain mode. Master is the domain controller. I didn't configure stickness in workers.properties and I haven't put 'instance-id' element in 'domain.xml'. Here are my configs:
worker.list=lb,jk-status worker.master.type=ajp13 worker.master.host=10.0.1.13 worker.master.port=8259 worker.slave.type=ajp13 worker.slave.host=10.0.1.19 worker.slave.port=8259 worker.lb.type=lb worker.lb.balance_workers=master,slave worker.jk-status.type=status
In my 'host.xml" on both AS7 servers, the server name are 'master' and 'slave'. Here is the packet analysis:
So I guess in domain mode, the host name is used as the 'jvmRoute' in AJP connector. Is that correct? And the stickyness session is enabled by JK by default? The JK version I'm using is 'tomcat-connectors-1.2.37-src'.