Re: Jetty6 proxy handler

Silvio Bierman wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I read some messages about the upcoming Jetty proxyhandler.

yes it is still upcoming... struggling to find time, but it is near top
of the priority heap.

> Is this a handler that will enable me to write a reverse proxy? I am using
> Pound as a HTTP load-balancer at this point but I need something where I
> have more detailed control over which backend receives what.

yes

> In particular I need a reverse proxy that selects a beackend based on:
>
> -the HTTP URL (URI?)

sure

> -the HTTP Host header

yep

> -the presence/absence of a HTTP session cookie

no problem

> The latter is the most tricky: I need sessions to stick to the backend and I
> need to be able to "soft-turn-off" a backend so it will continue serving
> existing sessions but will not be selected for new sessions. This is
> something Pound can not do.

have you looked at mod_proxy_balancer?

even still, that will not handle async requests like jetty will do.

> Is this anywhere near what the upcoming ProxyHandler is targeted at? If not
> I may need to start for a Pound replacement but I would prefer to have
> complete control over the proxy logic.

Doing smart proxying is exactly what it is targetted at.

I just wish I could find time to finish it!


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