Mailing List Archive by Gossamer Threads http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/ en-us (c) Gossamer Threads Inc. All rights reserved. 16 May 2008 16:55:31 -0800 120 75 23 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/ http://www.gossamer-threads.com/images/lists/rss_logo.jpg Hi all, I've been using some of your spread software, and am working to implement others. I noticed that some of the information on mod_log_spread is 12 Sep 2007 00:49:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/2053 HiHo i have installed mod_backhand spread and wackamole on fresh freebsd 6.1 systems. (5 Node Cluster) All is working wonderfull but.... On 03 Dec 2006 06:48:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/2005 Hi, I see there is no mod_backhand for Apache 2.0 / 2.2 and it looks like that's not gonna happen. So my question is simple: what are you using fo 14 Nov 2006 13:19:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/2003 I would really love to figure out how this directive is supposed to be useful. I'm setting up backhand, and I have set up a pair of servers to share 25 Jan 2006 13:57:49 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1972 I ran into some peculiar issues with the NT Broadcasting module and was wondering if there are others with the same problem. mod_backhand Director mo 28 Nov 2005 10:52:54 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1970 hey friends, I downloaded mod_backhand.1.2.2 from www.backhand.org<http://www.backhand.org> site.Apache 2.0.53-3.3 is already installed on my system 13 Sep 2005 06:03:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1964 Hi all, Any solution for the DirectoryIndex problem ??? Here I installed apache 1.3.33 and mod_backhand 1.2.2 and I continue with problems (page no 25 Aug 2005 05:37:28 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1951 Got a strange error here. At midnight, we rotate our log files, and do an 'apachectl graceful' restart, however, something is wrong as apache doesn' 12 Apr 2005 01:38:08 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1949 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello to all, after 4 years of working with mod_backhand, I thought it was now the time to share with 04 Apr 2005 01:20:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1946 Hello, I've just stumbled upon backhand and noticed that the website hasn't been updated in a while. Is the project still alive? Does it support Ma 08 Mar 2005 15:12:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1944 Configuration : 10.200.1.111 and 10.200.1.112 OS : 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD packages (all source compiled from ports) : apache+mod_ssl-1.3.33+2.8.22 mod_ba 20 Feb 2005 16:20:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1938 Hi there, we are trying to compile mod_backhand 1.2.2 under Solaris 10 (x86). The compile run stops while building with the following errors: ,---- 17 Feb 2005 01:41:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1936 Hi, Out configuration of the backhand is a two level tier with the first one serving the requests for all the users and forwarding tho the backend 16 Feb 2005 16:26:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1935 Hello, I try to figure out the best config for our backhand cluster. Two things have to be accomplished: -Good distribution of load -Session stickyn 27 Jan 2005 07:58:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1932 Hi all, Anyone here knows why the module libapache-mod-backhand isn't in apt-get list of debian sarge? Thanks Jeronimo _________________________ 25 Jan 2005 04:57:36 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1930 We recently moved to a load balanced environment for a large mod_perl, mason based application using mod_backhand from a 1 server environment, to a 3 20 Jan 2005 08:15:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1929 I reported this quite a few months ago. Its still just an aesthetic problem, but I tried the latest CVS code on our one 2.6.x backend machine, and it 05 Jan 2005 11:04:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1927 Thanks to our friends at CNDS, anonymous CVS access is once again available. -- // Theo Schlossnagle // Principal Engineer -- http://www.omniti.com 07 Dec 2004 06:06:34 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1914 Theo, I hate getting on anyones nerves but I still need to access the CVS since it has fixes for 1.2.2 to work on solaris.... Thx Heiko ------------ 03 Dec 2004 02:04:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1912 I've tried many things to fix this but I keep getting this in the logs: [Wed Nov 10 21:41:21 2004] [notice] Reseting connection remote_addr to someip 10 Nov 2004 21:46:30 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1897 Here is my setup: I have one main server. I have 2 other servers for load balancing. I have backhand installed on all 3 of them. My status page work 09 Nov 2004 22:14:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1892 Hi there, just tried to check out mod_backhand from CVS but all I get is "connect to commedia.cnds.jhu.edu:2401 failed: Connection refused" Access 29 Oct 2004 06:25:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1875 Hi All, Can any one help me to install mod_backhand module with apache1.3.20. My apache is running fine but I am unable to install mod_backhand. I wa 07 Oct 2004 09:53:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1872 Let me preface this by saying I'm a complete linux newb, and I'm in the process of reading many man pages and howtos. The problem is with the install, 16 Sep 2004 17:31:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1853 Hi All, I try to construct the https loadbalancing using Apache/1.3.26 Ben-SSL/1.48 (Unix) mod_backhand/1.2.1. ------------------------------------- 13 Sep 2004 05:20:43 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1851 Hit a small snag with using mod_backhand. In the pool of available servers, i have no idea what the client's IP address is. When i look at the CGI 01 Sep 2004 05:51:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1846 Hi I'm getting the following error messages in the error log of the front end server. (111)Connection refused: Child 8122 failed to establish umbili 17 Jun 2004 06:01:29 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1834 Hi ! If I have a webserver with mod_backend installed, which passes requests to backend-servers with also mod_backend installed, are the scripts pa 15 Jun 2004 03:14:03 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1831 Hi, I have a bit of a problem. If backhand sends a request to a server, and the request fails, backhand tries to resend the request, but I can't seem 14 May 2004 11:43:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1825 mod_backhand is showing erroneous results for the amount of memory on a machine when running Linux 2.6.5. Note: Ent Hostname Age Addr 13 May 2004 17:16:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1822 Hello, I am, at present, testing mod_backhand for Load Balancing. I have written something like a "mod_perl servlet" and its behaviour has changed 05 May 2004 06:07:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1479 Hello, I am using mod_backhand to proxy requests from a webserver to an asp server. The asp server has both an eth0 interface, and an eth0:1 interface 04 May 2004 12:30:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1478 Hi group, I have this module installed and apparently working as expected. I have one as the 'director' and two configured as the 'real servers'. Wh 16 Apr 2004 17:34:00 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1471 Hi, After wrestling with my Backhand (CVS version) setup all morning, then realising my desktop machine was swapping between two IPs due to DHCP, th 15 Apr 2004 07:24:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1469 Dear Theo, Theo Schlossnagle worte it! : >You have two Directory stanzas with the same dir name... what are you >trying to accomplish? This could t 06 Apr 2004 22:28:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1461 Dear Sir, Hello ! I have been using mod_backhand with apache 1.3.20 on Solaris9 x86. In many case , our purpose has been attained. But when I chec 06 Apr 2004 19:12:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1456 Hi everybody! I'm setting up an n-Node wackamole cluster. Wackamole is assigned a IP pool which is published via round-robin DNS. For example, I hav 31 Mar 2004 12:46:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1454 Hello List, in the meanwhile I found the error: it's called 'HTTPRedirectToName' not 'HTTPRedirectByName'... Theo, the function on slide 24 of the 30 Mar 2004 05:47:59 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1451 Ok, I'm confused here. I'm trying to use mod_rewrite to migrate an old domain name to a new one... so I have this: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} abc.defg. 26 Mar 2004 15:43:28 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1449 Hi users, I have been using mod_backhand for load balancing. Now I want to use content aware dispatching techique. Suppose I have 3 servers-x,y,z 21 Mar 2004 22:04:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1448 Hello! I would like to use mod_backhand, but I don't understand exactly how it works. Do I have to install one file-server for my cluster and then on 21 Mar 2004 12:29:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1446 Hello everyone! I have read the documentation and the FAQ but couldn't find out, if it is possible to realise the following scenario with the backand 17 Mar 2004 05:30:18 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1445 Hello List, I want to deploy a load-balancing enviroment including two webservers. mod_backhand is running as expected, but I get trouble with the se 17 Mar 2004 04:18:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1444 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0008_0000509D.00003792 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Con 15 Mar 2004 12:16:28 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1443 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_00003668.00001C94 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Con 15 Mar 2004 12:00:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1442 Hi, I'm trying to use backhand to load balance a trio of virtual servers residing on different machines. I got it to work just fine on two "test" 11 Feb 2004 23:10:11 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1439 Ok, so I setup my 2 servers and turned on backhand and it doesn't seem to be working right.. The logs on my primary server are reporting: [Thu Feb 5 05 Feb 2004 16:27:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1436 Hi all, The information on the backhand website is a tad short on details, so I've got a question before I start my implementation. Basically what 03 Feb 2004 16:39:12 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1430 Hi, What I have is Apache & Tomcat serving a webapp. What I want to do is to have 3 Tomcat servers, and use 1 Apache for load balancing. I have to 03 Feb 2004 10:12:10 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1429 Has anyone here tried Apache with mod_backhand over NFS and using A FreeBSD NFS Server, a freebsd client and a linux client? The freebsd apache mach 01 Feb 2004 22:52:23 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1426 Hello backhand-users, I try get statistic page: http://www.mydomain.com/backhand and see only backhand.jpg file, if try http://www.mydomain.com/cgi-b 28 Jan 2004 16:05:56 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1422 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3E0F4.A3EBFDA0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----= 22 Jan 2004 07:33:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1419 Users, I have 4 systems with mod_backhand on all of them. I want to place different data(dynamic) on all four servers. Now the DNS resolves th 21 Jan 2004 05:48:53 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1418 Users, I have two systems with backhand. (172.31.19.22 and 172.31.19.27) After configuration, when I see the status page, the following a 16 Jan 2004 09:45:57 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1415 We have just set up NT Backhand Broadcaster on 4 XP machines We have two SuSE Linux machines running Apache 1.3.28 and mod_backhand 1.2.2 which are c 14 Jan 2004 10:08:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1411 Hello Backhand Users, FYI -- chunked encoding still fails with hex characters in the output using the very latest CVS backhand and apache1.3.28. I 13 Jan 2004 19:05:19 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1410 Ok, We have a two tiered system here where we have 5 boxes in front that handle most web requests, and then a number of boxes on the back that do only 13 Jan 2004 12:37:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1408 Hello mod_backhand users, I have two backhanded servers (RH9 & RH7.3). It is a pretty typical configuration where requests come in via https and ar 09 Jan 2004 14:34:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1405 Hi there. We have a bunch of dual P4 Xeons running Linux that handle requests in a 2-tier setup using mod_backhand. We've enabled HyperThreading on a 08 Jan 2004 12:02:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1402 hello, have a quick question and I'm not following the discussion on MulticastStats and its relation to AcceptStats. Ok, let's say I have: server 1 05 Jan 2004 16:42:46 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1394 Hello Theo! Thanks for your quick response. Yes - i know. I also wondering why only Node B is Crashing. There are several other applications running 02 Jan 2004 09:20:23 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1393 Hello! We are having currently hard Problems with mod_backhand. Our Environment: Servers: 4 Nodes (A,B,C,D), each Dual P3 1Ghz with 1GB Ram. 01 Jan 2004 12:13:13 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1391 Hi, I tried to compile the Backhand Version 1.2.2 with Apache 1.3.29 on my Solaris 8 machine. The following error appears: $ ./configure --prefix=/ap 18 Dec 2003 06:56:02 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1390 --0-227577930-1071484024=:51822 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello, I would like to use backhand wi 15 Dec 2003 03:27:04 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1389 on which port mod backhand keep its persistent connections? is that the same with the multicasts port that configured on apache? ____________________ 09 Dec 2003 22:16:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1386 Hi Does mod_backhand do sever healthcheck? I hope someone to let me know how mod_backhand makes sure whether severs are alive or not. Any comments w 05 Dec 2003 01:22:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1384 Hi, I have a problem with HTTPRedirectToName %-2S.%-2H When this function is processed, the new server list is always empty, so there is no load bal 24 Nov 2003 07:39:24 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1383 Hi, I read on the developers mailing list that there was a patch for mod_backhand to mac os x. There was also a link to it, but the server is not onl 24 Nov 2003 00:49:15 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1381 Hello i installed backhand on 2 test servers in my LAN. When i run the backhand-test cgi-script supplied with backhand, it works perferctly. I get 14 Nov 2003 07:11:35 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1380 Hey there, Could anyone explain the method mod_backhand uses to detect which port apache is using? As far as I can see, it seems to use the last one 10 Nov 2003 10:39:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1377 Hi experts I would like to know that whether mod_backhand supports webapp_module or not. Following is I'm trying. <Directory "/usr/local/tomcat/we 03 Nov 2003 23:02:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1375 Hello again, having read the mail of Bryan Ross who also has problems with the DirectoryIndex, I wonder if my problem of how to load balance the dire 29 Oct 2003 07:08:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1371 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0105_01C39E0E.C86A5B50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content 29 Oct 2003 04:21:21 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1370 Hey folks, First of all, mod_backhand looks fantastic! I've managed to get it installed on a small test network with two cluster nodes. And except th 28 Oct 2003 09:50:06 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1369 I'd appreciate help squeezing out a bit more performance out of my backhand-assisted setup. I'm running a heavily-trafficked two-tier setup (single ma 18 Oct 2003 15:55:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1367 i have tried mod_backhand 1.2.1 and when I'm compared it with standard apache server without mod_backhand module, I found that this module seems not w 14 Oct 2003 14:53:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1363 Hi, I wish to use a load balancer which then forwards to other nodes in a network. Previously I've been using other software on the load balancer, bu 10 Oct 2003 05:11:14 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1360 Hello everyone, I am currently looking for a solution to a project I am working on, in a local financial institution where high performance is neede 27 Sep 2003 07:35:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1357 Hello, after compiling mod_backhand.so (1.2.2) and copying it to /usr/lib/apache (1.3.20) I get this message in /var/log/httpd/error_log: [warn] Lo 10 Sep 2003 09:34:23 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1353 Hello, When I request backhand status (via the backhand-handler handler), I see a strange behavior where the "# CPUs" statistic changes over time, an 21 Aug 2003 22:24:32 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1349 All, I apologize if this subject has been dealt with before...I looked through the archives for the last several months and couldn't find anything ap 21 Aug 2003 00:18:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1348 Dear Backhand experts, I found some reference in the mailing list archive that simply says that backhand should work with no problem with name bas 15 Aug 2003 14:32:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1346 Hello, I am trying to set up a mixed linux win2k environment. I have up an running a backhand enabled linux whith apache 1.3.28. Next I have install 12 Aug 2003 01:57:27 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1343 We are thinking of using mod_backhand for a project here and thought it might be a good idea to do some research... I have been looking back through 29 Jul 2003 19:18:09 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1340 Hi. 1) Are there any known problems with multicasted stats? Server with Entry 1 below (w/ mod_ackhand 1.2.1) has 4 GB RAM but the values for memory 24 Jul 2003 10:16:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1336 Anyone know how you remove yourself from this list? Sean -----Original Message----- From: Heiko Jansen [mailto:JANSEN@hbz-nrw.de]=20 Sent: Tuesday, 22 Jul 2003 08:13:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1333 Hi there, I have a problem compiling mod_backhand/1.2.2 with Apache/1.3.27 on Solaris 2.9 (SPARC) with gcc 3.2.2: After precompile I invoke the Apa 22 Jul 2003 06:31:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1332 (I'm not sure if this message was sent, so I'm sending it again. Sorry for any inconvenience) Hi. I'm trying to use Backhand on a Compaq DS10L (alph 03 Jul 2003 08:43:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1329 I'm running a mod_backhand server to redirect connections to 2 mailservers. It is supposed to removeSelf and does until on of the backend servers goe 26 Jun 2003 09:59:51 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1326 Hello, I have been trying *all night* but could not get mod_backhand doing what it should do. There are no error messages. Requests are NOT processed 24 Jun 2003 00:56:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1320 Would it be possible to combile backhand into apache on that machine and attach GDB to one of the run-away processes. I've heard of that problem be 03 Jun 2003 08:36:28 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1317 03 Jun 2003 04:49:05 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1316 This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(I 22 May 2003 05:58:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1313 Has anyone else noticed any DNS caching in mozilla browsers? When a backhand web server goes down, IE is rolling over to a running one, while my mozil 20 May 2003 09:03:26 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1310 I'm seeing a ton of these errors: [Thu May 15 15:53:36 2003] [warn] (4)Interrupted system call: connect() timed out They only happen on one of our te 15 May 2003 15:11:47 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1307 I will be out of the office starting 05/12/2003 and will not return until 06/01/2003. Please contact Patrick Bertinelli if you require assistance. 15 May 2003 01:00:39 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1306 hi .. i am using mod_backhand to load balance a server cluster. somehow it does not really balance the load of the servers. my rules are ... <Direc 14 May 2003 00:44:37 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1304 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C30F23.5CC93CB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Conte 30 Apr 2003 10:18:25 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1299 Hello I have downloaded mod_backhand and I have some questions : 1. Difference between mod_backhand and other load balancing technique/software. 2. I 20 Apr 2003 07:24:07 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1298 Hi! I today have installed a test environment with two servers. One acting as a front server the other as a backend. I have downloaded the sources 23 Mar 2003 19:40:40 -0800 http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/backhand/users/1295