Re: [squid-users] Using Squid as a reverse proxy to balance traffic with stickiness

Sorry, previous email not to the ML.

There is no possibility for the client to change IP in the middle of the
session or to arrive "via a mesh of cache servers" because they came from a
private LAN.

The rproxy patch you are writing is what I need? I am not sure about it.
It is stable enough to use in a production enviroment?
I downloaded the patch: over which version of squid must I apply it?

Thanx

----Messaggio Originale----
 Da: Henrik Nordstrom
 Inviato: 17:16, mercoledì 22 ottobre 2003
 A: Flavio Catalani 17:16, mercoledì 22 ottobre 2003
 Oggetto: Re: [squid-users] Using Squid as a reverse proxy to balance traffic
with stickiness
 

> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Flavio Catalani wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've read that squid can balance the requests when used as a reverse proxy
> > using stickiness over srcIP.
> >
> > On http://devel.squid-cache.org/old_projects.html#rproxy it is described
as
> > beta.
> >
> > I could not find any info on how to configure squid using sticky load
> > balancing. Can anyone help me?
>
> This function is not yet in mainline Squid, but can be found in the rproxy
> patch at the location above..
>
>
> > with stickiness on srcIP: every request from the same IP must be
satisfied
> > (if not in cache) from the same WebServer.
>
> Please note that there are perfectly valid situations where a client may
> change source IP address in the middle of a session. You can not assume
> the source IP is the clients IP. The client may be connecting to your site
> via a mesh of cache servers, and different requests during the same
> session may travel different paths in this cache mesh.
>
> One simple example is a company having two cache servers in a load
> balanced manner. Another example is companies having more than two cache
> servers or peering with other cache servers.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 22 2003 - 09:45:15 MDT