[mod_cluster-dev] Reuse of incoming AJP connections to send messages to workers

[Bela Ban]

jean-frederic clere wrote:
> On 05/10/2010 09:57 AM, Bela Ban wrote:
>> It seems httpd attempts to establish TCP connections to registered
>> workers. This won't work if a worker has a private IP address, e.g.
>> 192.168.1.5.
>
> You mean with a NAT somewhere between httpd and the cluster nodes?

Yes

>> Can't httpd reuse *incoming* TCP connections from workers to *send*
>> messages to them ? This would require httpd to keep incoming connections
>> from workers open.
>
> Nah reusing can't work

Why not ?

> but the concept of a reverse connector, the logic
> is already in AprEndpoint but that requires additional modifications in
> the httpd proxy logic and protocol codes.

What does a reverse Connector do ?

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Bela Ban
Lead JGroups / Clustering Team
JBoss