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Apache Load-Balancer


XAP comes with a built-in utility allowing you to dynamically update an Apache httpd web server load-balancing configuration, based on deployed web applications.

Configuration

Here is an example configuration of the apache httpd to load-balance web requests between the different web servers.

Install apache httpd.

Create a file named HttpSession.conf located at \conf\gigaspaces

Place the following within the HttpSession.conf file. The BalancerMember should be mapped to different URLs of your web servers instances. With the example below we have Tomcat using port 8080 and Websphere using port 9080.

<VirtualHost *:8888>
  ProxyPass / balancer://HttpSession_cluster/
  ProxyPassReverse / balancer://HttpSession_cluster/

  <Proxy balancer://HttpSession_cluster>
     BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:8080 route=HttpSession_1
     BalancerMember http://127.0.0.1:9080 route=HttpSession_2
  </Proxy>
</VirtualHost>
Note
The 127.0.0.1 IP should be replaced with IP addresses of the machine(s)/port(s) of WebSphere/Tomcat instances.

Configure the <Apache2.2 HTTPD root>\conf\httpd.conf to have the following:

Include "/tools/Apache2.2/conf/gigaspaces/*.conf"

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so

Listen 127.0.0.1:8888

ProxyPass /balancer !
<Location /balancer-manager>
    SetHandler balancer-manager

    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.1
</Location>
Note
The /tools/Apache2.2 folder name should be replaced with your correct Apache httpd location. \ The 127.0.0.1 IP should be replaced with appropriate IP addresses of the machine that is running apache.

Once you have the space running, Websphere running, Tomcat running, and Apache httpd configured, restart the Apache http. On windows you can use its service.

httpSessionSharing7.jpg

Once you performed the above steps, access the following URL:

http://127.0.0.1:8888/HttpSession

You should have the web application running. Any access to the web application will be routed between Websphere and Tomcat. You can check this by accessing the Apache httpd balancer console:

http://127.0.0.1:8888/balancer-manager

httpSessionSharing6.jpg

You can shutdown Websphere or Tomcat and later restart these. Your web application will not lose its session data.


Multi-Site Deployment

When deploying the multi-site example you should change the shiro.ini for each site to match the local site Space URL. For example, to connect to the DE space you should have the web application use a shiro.ini with the following:

connector.url = jini://*/*/wanSpaceDE?groups=DE

To connect to the US space you should have the web application use a shiro.ini with the following:

connector.url = jini://*/*/wanSpaceUS?groups=US

Library dependencies

Developers should include the following dependencies in pom.xml file.


    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>org.openspaces</id>
            <name>OpenSpaces</name>
            <url>http://maven-repository.openspaces.org</url>
            <releases>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
                <updatePolicy>daily</updatePolicy>
                <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
            </releases>
            <snapshots>
                <enabled>true</enabled>
                <updatePolicy>always</updatePolicy>
                <checksumPolicy>warn</checksumPolicy>
            </snapshots>
        </repository>
    </repositories>
    
    <dependency>
            <groupId>com.gigaspaces.httpsession</groupId>
            <artifactId>gs-runtime</artifactId>
maven-version
            <version>10.1.1-b-12800-RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
            <groupId>com.gigaspaces.httpsession</groupId>
            <artifactId>gs-session-manager</artifactId>
maven-version
            <version>10.1.1-b-12800-RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>