mod_cluster in front of a DMZ

[mylos78]

Hi all!

We are planning a migration from mod_jk to mod_cluster for our JBoss 7 applications. We have the following scenario: Apache in front of the application servers which are part of a DMZ. Since Apache and the application servers will not be in the same network (e.g. 192.168.XX Apache 192.168.YY JBoss). In this scenario I guess it is not possible to communicate using multicast messages right ? my only choice is to use the proxy-list attribute and enter the static IP address ?

Thanks

Mylos

[belaban]

That's recommended, yes. The proxy-list should include all httpd daemons.

[mylos78]

Thanks Bela!

[rhusar]

That's right, let me just add you can still add new balancers on-the-fly via CLI:

[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /subsystem=modcluster:add-proxy(host=localhost, port=6666)

{"outcome" => "success"}

[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /subsystem=modcluster/mod-cluster-config=configuration/:write-attribute(name=proxy-list, value="localhost:6666")

{

    "outcome" => "success",

    "response-headers" => {

        "operation-requires-reload" => true,

        "process-state" => "reload-required"

    }

}

So no need to change static configuration like one has to do for mod_jk.