[mod_cluster-dev] Powering down a worker
jean-frederic clere
jfclere at gmail.com
Wed Jun 9 08:55:36 EDT 2010
On 06/09/2010 02:43 PM, Bela Ban wrote:
> I have the scenario where I run httpd/mod-cluster on an EC2 instance and
> a few workers on different EC2 instances.
>
> When I "terminate" a worker instance (using the EC2 GUI), apparently the
> virtual instance is terminated *ungracefully*, ie. similar to just
> pulling the power plug. This means that the shutdown scripts (in
> /etc/rc0.d) are not run, and the open sockets (e.g. to mod-cluster) are
> not closed, so mod-cluster won't remove the worker.
>
> When I look at mod_cluster_manager, it continues listing the killed
> worker in OK state.
With CR2? Well at least for 5 seconds normally.
>
> My questions:
>
> * I recall that, unlike mod-jk, mod-cluster doesn't have
> cping/cpong, or any other heartbeating mechanism. Is this correct
> ?
It has a heartbeating logic so it should detect the dead node.
> So would mod-cluster detect a worker's unreachability, e.g. when
> I pull the plug on the switch connecting the worker to mod-cluster ?
Yep, otherwise there is a bug somewhere. It would interesting to use
debug in the httpd conf file and mail the corresponding error log. (Or
open a JIRA and put the error_log file there).
> * I though that the workers detect when a member has crashed and the
> cluster master then notifies the proxy. So when we have workers
> {A,B,C}, and C crashes ungracefully, wouldn't A notify the proxy
> of C's death, so the proxy can remove C ?
Yep that should work too.
Cheers
Jean-Frederic
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