[mod_cluster-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (MODCLUSTER-198) Can only rewrite from the root context in httpd if there is a root context deployed in JBoss

Can only rewrite from the root context in httpd if there is a root context deployed in JBoss -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: MODCLUSTER-198 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/MODCLUSTER-198 Project: mod_cluster Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: 1.0.4.GA, 1.1.0.Final Reporter: Samuel Mendenhall Assignee: Jean-Frederic Clere Priority: Minor Fix For: 1.0.8, 1.1.1.Final See: http://community.jboss.org/thread/159462 ==== I have a working mod_cluster 1.0.4 in front of EAP 5.1 (.com). I have been advised to use mod_rewrite and it works well. But i'm curious about the following scenario: mod_cluster set to expose ROOT. ROOT.war removed from JBoss. /sample deployed to jboss. mod_cluster INFO looks like: Node: [1],Name: redcloud:8009:jboss.web,Balancer: uat,Domain: ,Host: 192.168.235.128,Port: 8009,Type: ajp,Flushpackets: Off,Flushwait: 10000,Ping: 10000000,Smax: 1,Ttl: 60000000,Elected: 0,Read: 0,Transfered: 0,Connected: 0,Load: 88 Vhost: [1:1:1], Alias: localhost Context: [1:1:1], Context: /sample, Status: ENABLED When i do: RewriteRule ^/sample/(.*)$ balancer://uat/sample/$1 [P,L] and ask for my.url/sample/ it works perfectly. If i do: RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ balancer://uat/sample/$1 [P,L] and go to my.url/ i get a 503 from apache and see [Wed Dec 01 07:37:20 2010] [debug] mod_proxy_cluster.c(962): get_balancer_by_node balancer NOT found [Wed Dec 01 07:37:20 2010] [debug] mod_proxy_cluster.c(962): get_balancer_by_node balancer NOT found [Wed Dec 01 07:37:20 2010] [debug] mod_proxy_cluster.c(1137): proxy: byrequests balancer FAILED [Wed Dec 01 07:37:20 2010] [error] proxy: CLUSTER: (balancer://uat). All workers are in error state in the apache logs. If i put ROOT.war back in, mod_cluster-manager INFO shows: Node: [1],Name: redcloud:8009:jboss.web,Balancer: uat,Domain: ,Host: 192.168.235.128,Port: 8009,Type: ajp,Flushpackets: Off,Flushwait: 10000,Ping: 10000000,Smax: 1,Ttl: 60000000,Elected: 0,Read: 0,Transfered: 0,Connected: 0,Load: 92 Vhost: [1:1:1], Alias: localhost Context: [1:1:1], Context: /sample, Status: ENABLED Context: [1:1:2], Context: /, Status: ENABLED and my.url/ works (and serves the sameple app under root context). So, my question is has anyone seen this behavior with mod_cluster and mod_rewrite? I don't mind having a "dummy" app in to make ROOT visible but i don't necessarily want to have to. ====