Using Web Server Plug-Ins with WebLogic Server
The following sections describe how to install and configure the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In:
The Apache HTTP Server Plug-In proxies requests from an Apache HTTP Server to a WebLogic Server cluster or instance. The plug-in enhances an Apache installation by enabling WebLogic Server to handle load-balancing or requests that require the dynamic functionality of WebLogic Server. You target a WebLogic Server instance using the WebLogicHost and WebLogicPort parameters in the plug-in configuration file. You target a WebLogic Server cluster or group of non-clustered servers using the WebLogicCluster parameter. For information about setting plug-in parameters, see Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins.
The plug-in is intended for use in an environment where an Apache Server serves static pages, and another part of the document tree (dynamic pages best generated by HTTP Servlets or JavaServer Pages) is delegated to WebLogic Server, which may be operating in a different process, possibly on a different host. To the end user—the browser—the HTTP requests delegated to WebLogic Server still appear to be coming from the same source.
HTTP-tunneling, a technique that gives HTTP requests and responses access through a company's firewall, can operate through the plug-in. See Editing the httpd.conf File.
The Apache HTTP Server Plug-In operates as an Apache module within an Apache HTTP Server. An Apache module is loaded by Apache Server at startup, and then certain HTTP requests are delegated to it. Apache modules are similar to HTTP servlets, except that an Apache module is written in code native to the platform.
Version 1.3x of the Apache HTTP Server has several limitations that affect the WebLogic Server plug-in. These limitations do not exist in later versions.
Version 1.3.x of the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In creates a socket for each request and closes the socket after reading the response. Because Apache HTTP Server is multiprocessed, connection pooling and keep-alive connections between WebLogic Server and the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In cannot be supported.
The Apache HTTP Server has a multi-process architecture, and the state of the plug-in cannot be synchronized across multiple child processes. The following types of problems may occur:
DynamicServerList
is not current in all plug-in processes. DynamicServerList=ON
works with a single Apache server (httpd daemon process), but for more than one server, such as StartServers=5
, the dynamic server list will not be updated across all httpd instances until they have all tried to contact a WebLogic Server instance. This is because they are separate processes. This delay in updating the dynamic server list could allow an Apache httpd process to contact a server that another httpd process has marked as dead. Only after such an attempt will the server list will be updated within the proxy. One possible solution if this is undesirable is to set the DynamicServerList
to OFF.
To temporarily correct inconsistencies of this type, restart or send a HUP signal (kill -HUP
) to the Apache server to refresh all plug-in processes.
To avoid these issues, upgrade to Apache 2.0.x and configure Apache to use the multi-threaded and single-process model, mpm_worker_module
. An example httpd.conf
configuration for this module:
<IfModule worker.c>
StartServers 1
MaxClients 75
MinSpareThreads 25
MaxSpareThreads 75
ThreadsPerChild 25
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
ServerLimit 3
</IfModule>
For information about this module, see Apache MPM worker.
Version 2.0 of the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In improves performance by using a reusable pool of connections from the plug-in to WebLogic Server. The plug-in implements HTTP 1.1 keep-alive connections between the plug-in and WebLogic Server by reusing the same connection in the pool for subsequent requests from the same client. If the connection is inactive for more than 30 seconds, (or a user-defined amount of time) the connection is closed and returned to the pool. You can disable this feature if desired.
The Apache HTTP Server Plug-In is supported on the Linux, Solaris, AIX, Windows, and HPUX11 platforms. Plug-ins are not supported on all operating systems for all releases. For information on platform support for specific versions of Apache, see Platform Support for WebLogic Server Plug-ins and Web Servers in Supported Configurations for WebLogic Server 8.1.
You install the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In as an Apache module in your Apache HTTP Server installation. There are two ways that this module can be compiled and linked to Apache—as a statically linked module (available only for Apache version 1.3.x), or as a Dynamic Shared Object (DSO).
Keep the following in mind when selecting which type of module to use:
The Apache plug-in is distributed as a shared object (.so
) for Solaris, Linux, Windows, AIX and HPUX11 platforms. WebLogic supplies versions of shared object files that vary according to platform, to whether or not SSL is to be used between the client and Apache, and to the SSL encryption strength (128-bit versions are only installed if you install the 128-bit version of WebLogic Server).
Table 2-1 shows the directories of your WebLogic Server installation that contain shared object files for various platforms (where WL_HOME is the top-level installation directory for the WebLogic platform).
Table 2-2 identifies the WebLogic Server Apache Plug-In modules for different versions of Apache HTTP Server and different encryption strengths.
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Warning: If you are running Apache 2.0.x server on HP-UX11, set the environment variables specified below before you build the Apache server. Because of a problem with the order in which linked libraries are loaded on HP-UX, a core dump can result if the load order is not preset as an environment variable before building. Set the following environment variables before proceeding with the Apache
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Choose the appropriate version of the plug-in shared object from the following table.
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To install the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In as a dynamic shared object:
The Apache HTTP Server Plug-In will be installed in your Apache HTTP Server installation as an Apache Dynamic Shared Object (DSO). DSO support in Apache is based on a module mod_so.c
, which must be enabled before mod_wl.so is loaded. If you installed Apache HTTP Server using the script supplied by Apache, mod_so.c
is already enabled. Verify that mod_so.c
is enabled by executing the following command:
APACHE_HOME
\bin\apache -l
(Where APACHE_HOME
is the directory containing your Apache HTTP Server installation.)
This command lists all enabled modules. If mod_so.c
is not listed, you must rebuild your Apache HTTP Server, making sure that the following options are configured:
...
--enable-module=so
--enable-rule=SHARED_CORE
...
See Apache 1.3 Shared Object (DSO) Support at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/dso.html.
weblogic_module
by issuing this command (note that you must have Perl installed to run this Perl script):
perl
APACHE_HOME\bin\apxs -i -a -n weblogic mod_wl.so
This command copies the mod_wl.so
file to the APACHE_HOME
\libexec
directory. It also adds two lines of instructions
for weblogic_module
to the httpd.conf
file and activates the module. Make sure that the following lines were added to your APACHE_HOME
/conf/httpd.conf file in your Apache 1.x server installation:
LoadModule weblogic_module libexec/mod_wl.so
AddModule mod_weblogic.c
For information about the Apache utility apxs
(APache eXtenSion) see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/programs/apxs.html).
mod_wl_20.so
file to the APACHE_HOME
\modules
directory and adding the following line to your APACHE_HOME
/conf/httpd.conf file manually:LoadModule weblogic_module modules/mod_wl_20.so
httpd.conf
, define any additional parameters for the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In as described in Configuring the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In.The Apache HTTP Server Plug-In recognizes the parameters listed in General Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins.
/weblogic/
", which should bring up the default WebLogic Server HTML page, welcome file, or default servlet, as defined for the default Web Application on WebLogic Server. For example: http://myApacheserver.com/weblogic/
To install the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In as a statically linked module:
tar -xvf apache_1.3.x.tar
Each library file is distributed as a separate version, depending on the platform and the encryption strength for SSL (128-bit versions are only installed if you install the 128-bit version of WebLogic Server). The library files are located in the following directories of your WebLogic Server installation.
Note: You also need to set the following environment variable: |
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Warning: If you are running Apache 2.0.x server on HP-UX11, set the environment variables specified below before you build the Apache server. Because of a problem with the order in which linked libraries are loaded on HP-UX, a core dump can result if the load order is not preset as an environment variable before building. Set the following environment variables before proceeding with the Apache
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Choose the appropriate shared object from the following table.
If you are using the Gnu C Compiler (gcc), gcc 2.95.x is the recommended version.
Makefile.libdir, Makefile.tmpl
from the lib
directory of your WebLogic Server installation to src\modules\weblogic
.libweblogic.a
(use libweblogic128.a
instead, if you are using 128 bit security.) from the same directory containing the linked library file to src\modules\weblogic
.configure --activate-module=src\modules\weblogic\libweblogic.a
If you are using 128-bit encryption, execute the following command (on a single line) from the Apache 1.3 home directory:
configure--activate-module=
src\modules\weblogic\libweblogic128.a
make
make install
After installing the plug-in in the Apache HTTP Server, configure the WebLogic Server Apache Plug-In and configure the Apache server to use the plug-in. This section explains how to edit the Apache httpd.conf
file to instruct the Apache server to load the WebLogic Server library for the plug-in as an Apache module, and to specify the application requests that should be handled by the module.
Edit the httpd.conf
file in your Apache HTTP server installation to configure the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In.
This section explains how to locate and edit the httpd.conf
file, to configure the Apache server to use the WebLogic Server Apache Plug-In, to proxy requests by path or by MIME type, to enable HTTP tunneling, and to use other WebLogic Server plug-in parameters.
The file is located at APACHE_HOME
\conf\httpd.conf
(where APACHE_HOME
is the root directory of your Apache HTTP server installation). See a sample httpd.conf
file at Template for the Apache HTTP Server httpd.conf File.
httpd.conf
file when you ran the apxs
utility, or add them manually:LoadModule weblogic_module libexec\mod_wl.so
AddModule mod_weblogic.c
httpd.conf
file:LoadModule weblogic_module modules\mod_wl_20.so
MatchExpression
line to the IfModule
block. Note that if both MIME type and proxying by path are enabled, proxying by path takes precedence over proxying by MIME type. For example, the following IfModule
block for a non-clustered WebLogic Server specifies that all files with MIME type .jsp
are proxied:
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
WebLogicHost myweblogic.server.com
WebLogicPort 7001
MatchExpression *.jsp
</IfModule>
You can also use multiple MatchExpressions
, for example:
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
WebLogicHost myweblogic.server.com
WebLogicPort 7001MatchExpression *.jsp
MatchExpression *.xyz
</IfModule>
If you are proxying requests by MIME type to a cluster of WebLogic Servers, use the WebLogicCluster
parameter instead of the WebLogicHost and WebLogicPort parameters. For example:
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
WebLogicCluster w1s1.com:7001,w1s2.com:7001,w1s3.com:7001MatchExpression *.jsp
MatchExpression *.xyz
</IfModule>
Location
block and the SetHandler
statement. SetHandler
specifies the handler for the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In module. For example the following Location block proxies all requests containing /weblogic
in the URL:<Location /weblogic>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
PathTrim /weblogic
</Location>
The PathTrim parameter specifies a string trimmed from the beginning of the URL before the request is passed to the WebLogic Server instance (see General Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins).
weblogic.jar
, add the following Location block to the httpd.conf
file:<Location /HTTPClnt>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
</Location>
wlclient.jar
, add the following Location block to the httpd.conf
file:<Location /iiop>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
</Location>
The Apache HTTP Server Plug-In recognizes the parameters listed in General Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins. To modify the behavior of your Apache HTTP Server Plug-In, define these parameters either:
Location
block, for parameters that apply to proxying by path, or IfModule
block, for parameters that apply to proxying by MIME type.
For Apache 1.x,
APACHE_HOME\bin\apachect1 configtest
For Apache 2.0.x,
APACHE_HOME\bin\Apache -t
/weblogic/
", which should bring up the default WebLogic Server HTML page, welcome file, or default servlet, as defined for the default Web Application on WebLogic Server. For example: http://myApacheserver.com/weblogic/
If you want to keep several separate configuration files so that you can quickly switch among different stored configurations, you can define parameters in a separate configuration file called weblogic.conf
file, and invoke specific weblogic.conf
files by using the Apache Include
directive in an IfModule
block in the httpd.conf
file:
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
# Config file for WebLogic Server that defines the parameters
Include conf/weblogic.conf
</IfModule>
The syntax of weblogic.conf
files is the same as that for the httpd.conf
file.
This section describes how to create weblogic.conf
files, and includes sample weblogic.conf
files.
Be aware of the following when constructing a weblogic.conf
file.
weblogic.conf
file is, through the Apache Include
directive. Thus you can not use both SSL and weblogic.conf
files.PARAM_1 value1
PARAM_2 value2
PARAM_3 value3
MatchExpression
in an IfModule
block and a path specified in a Location
block, the behavior specified by the Location
block takes precedence.CookieName
parameter , you must define it in an IfModule
block. <VirtualHost>
block, you must include all configuration parameters (MatchExpression
, for example) for the virtual host within the <VirtualHost>
block (see Apache Virtual Host documentation).<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
WebLogicCluster agarwalp02:8005,agarwalp02:8006
Debug ON
WLLogFile c:/tmp/global_proxy.log
WLTempDir "c:/myTemp"
DebugConfigInfo On
KeepAliveEnabled ON
KeepAliveSecs 15
</IfModule>
<Location /jurl>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
WebLogicCluster agarwalp01:7001
</Location>
<Location /web>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
PathTrim /web
Debug OFF
WLLogFile c:/tmp/web_log.log
</Location>
<Location /foo>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
PathTrim /foo
Debug ERR
WLLogFile c:/tmp/foo_proxy.log
</Location>
MatchExpression
statement instead of the <files>
block.The following examples of weblogic.conf
files may be used as templates that you can modify to suit your environment and server. Lines beginning with # are comments.
# These parameters are common for all URLs which are
# directed to the current module. If you want to override
# these parameters for each URL, you can set them again in
# the <Location> or <Files> blocks. (Except WebLogicHost,
# WebLogicPort, WebLogicCluster, and CookieName.)
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
WebLogicCluster w1s1.com:7001,w1s2.com:7001,w1s3.com:7001
ErrorPage http://myerrorpage.mydomain.com
MatchExpression *.jsp
</IfModule>
####################################################
In this example, the MatchExpression
parameter syntax for expressing the filename pattern, the WebLogic Server host to which HTTP requests should be forwarded, and various other parameters is as follows:
MatchExpression [filename pattern] [WebLogicHost=host] | [paramName=value]
The first MatchExpression
parameter below specifies the filename pattern *.jsp
, and then names the single WebLogicHost
. The paramName=value
combinations following the pipe symbol specify the port at which WebLogic Server is listening for connection requests, and also activate the Debug option. The second MatchExpression
specifies the filename pattern *.http
and identifies the WebLogicCluster
hosts and their ports. The paramName=value
combination following the pipe symbol specifies the error page for the cluster.
# These parameters are common for all URLs which are
# directed to the current module. If you want to override
# these parameters for each URL, you can set them again in
# the <Location> or <Files> blocks (Except WebLogicHost,
# WebLogicPort, WebLogicCluster, and CookieName.)
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
MatchExpression *.jsp WebLogicHost=myHost|WebLogicPort=7001|Debug=ON
MatchExpression *.html WebLogicCluster=myHost1:7282,myHost2:7283|ErrorPage=
http://www.xyz.com/error.html
</IfModule>
# These parameters are common for all URLs which are
# directed to the current module. If you want to override
# these parameters for each URL, you can set them again in
# the <Location> or <Files> blocks (Except WebLogicHost,
# WebLogicPort, WebLogicCluster, and CookieName.)
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
WebLogicHost myweblogic.server.com
WebLogicPort 7001
MatchExpression *.jsp
</IfModule>
# VirtualHost1 = localhost:80
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/test/VirtualHost1"
ServerName localhost:80 <IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
#... WLS parameter ...
WebLogicCluster localhost:7101,localhost:7201
# Example: MatchExpression *.jsp <some additional parameter>
MatchExpression *.jsp PathPrepend=/test2
</IfModule>
</VirtualHost>
# VirtualHost2 = 127.0.0.2:80
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.2:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/test/VirtualHost1"
ServerName 127.0.0.2:80
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
#... WLS parameter ...
WebLogicCluster localhost:7101,localhost:7201
# Example: MatchExpression *.jsp <some additional parameter>
MatchExpression *.jsp PathPrepend=/test2
#... WLS parameter ...
</IfModule>
</VirtualHost> <IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
You must define a unique value for 'ServerName'or some Plug-In parameters will not work as expected.
This section contains a sample httpd.conf
file for Apache 1.3. You can use this sample as a template and modify it to suit your environment and server. Lines beginning with # are comments.
Note that Apache HTTP Server is not case sensitive.
####################################################
APACHE-HOME/conf/httpd.conf file
####################################################
LoadModule weblogic_module libexec/mod_wl.so
AddModule mod_weblogic.c
<Location /weblogic>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
PathTrim /weblogic
ErrorPage http://myerrorpage1.mydomain.com
</Location>
<Location /servletimages>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
PathTrim /something
ErrorPage http://myerrorpage1.mydomain.com
</Location>
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
MatchExpression *.jsp
WebLogicCluster w1s1.com:7001,w1s2.com:7001,w1s3.com:7001
ErrorPage http://myerrorpage.mydomain.com
</IfModule>
Use perimeter authentication to secure WebLogic Server applications that are accessed via the Apache Plug-In.
A WebLogic Identity Assertion Provider authenticates tokens from outside systems that access your WebLogic Server application, including users who access your WebLogic Server application through the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In. Create an Identity Assertion Provider that will safely secure your Plug-In as follows:
Set clientCertProxy
to True in the web.xml
deployment descriptor file for the Web application (or, if using a cluster, optionally set the Client Cert Proxy Enabled
attribute to true for the whole cluster in the Administration Console). This parameter can be used with a third party proxy server such as a load balancer or an SSL accelerator to enable 2-way SSL authentication. For more information about the clientCertProxy
attribute, see context-param in Developing Web Applications for WebLogic Server.
clientCertProxy
, be sure to use a connection filter to ensure that WebLogic Server accepts connections only from the machine on which the Apache Plug-In is running. See Using Network Connection Filters in Programming WebLogic Security. See Identity Assertion Providers in Developing Security Providers for WebLogic Server.
You can use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to protect the connection between the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In and WebLogic Server. The SSL protocol provides confidentiality and integrity to the data passed between the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In and WebLogic Server. If you use weblogic.conf
files, you cannot use SSL (see Including a weblogic.conf File in the httpd.conf File).
The Apache HTTP Server Plug-In does not use the transport protocol (http
or https
) specified in the HTTP request (usually by the browser) to determine whether or not the SSL protocol is used to protect the connection between the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In and WebLogic Server.
Although two-way SSL can be used between the HTTP client and Apache HTTP server, note that one-way SSL is used between Apache HTTP Server and WebLogic Server.
Note: Using the <Location> tag in Red Hat Apache 2.0.x, results in a core dump. Instead, use the MATCH expression to proxy requests by path or MIME type.
To use the SSL protocol between Apache HTTP Server Plug-In and WebLogic Server:
WebLogicPort
parameter in the httpd.conf
file to the WebLogic Server SSL listen port configured in step 2. httpd.conf
file that define information about the SSL connection. For a complete list of the SSL parameters that you can configure for the plug-in, see SSL Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins.keytool
utility to export a trusted Certificate Authority file from the DemoTrust.jks
keystore file that resides in BEA_HOME/weblogic81/server/lib
.The following are known issues that may arise when you configure the Apache plug-in to use SSL.
* Select the root CA (at the top)
* Detail and then copy this certificate to a file using the Coded "Base
* Save the file, for example, to ýMyWeblogicCAToTrust.cerý
(which is also a
<Location>
tag. The following configuration is incorrect:
<Location /weblogic>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
</Location>
<IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
WebLogicHost localhost
WebLogicPort 7001
PathTrim /weblogic
</IfModule>
The following configuration is the correct setup:
<Location /weblogic>
SetHandler weblogic-handler
PathTrim /weblogic
</Location>
Include
directive does not work with Apache SSL. You must configure all parameters directly in the httpd.conf
file. Do not use the following configuration when using SSL: <IfModule mod_weblogic.c>
MatchExpression *.jsp
Include weblogic.conf
</IfModule>
modssl
and Apache using the following configuration settings../Configure solaris-sparcv8-gcc -fexceptions
--prefix=/home/egross/solaris/ssl shared
make
make install
modssl
and Apache:cd ..
cd mod_ssl-2.8.12-1.3.27
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/egross/solaris/ssl/lib
./configure "--with-apache=../apache_1.3.27"
"--with-ssl=/home/egross/solaris/ssl" "--prefix=/usr/local/apache_so"
"--enable-rule=SHARED_CORE" "--enable-shared=ssl" "--enable-module=so" "$@"
cd ../apache_1.3.27
make
make install
When the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In attempts to connect to WebLogic Server, the plug-in uses several configuration parameters to determine how long to wait for connections to the WebLogic Server host and, after a connection is established, how long the plug-in waits for a response. If the plug-in cannot connect or does not receive a response, the plug-in attempts to connect and send the request to other WebLogic Server instances in the cluster. If the connection fails or there is no response from any WebLogic Server in the cluster, an error message is sent.
Figure 2-1 demonstrates how the plug-in handles failover.
Failure of the WebLogic Server host to respond to a connection request could indicate the following problems:
Failure of all WebLogic Server instances to respond could indicate the following problems:
Under load, an Apache plug-in may receive CONNECTION_REFUSED errors from a back-end WebLogic Server instance. Follow these tuning tips to reduce CONNECTION_REFUSED errors:
AcceptBackLog
setting in the configuration of your WebLogic Server domain. See Tuning Connection Backlog Buffering.KeepAlive
directive in the httpd.conf
file to On. For example: # KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
# one request per connection). Set to "Off" to deactivate.
#
KeepAlive On
See Apache HTTP Server 2.0 documentation at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/.
TcpTimedWaitDelay
on the proxy and WebLogic Server servers to a lower value. Set the TIME_WAIT interval in Windows NT by editing the registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\TcpTimedWaitDelay
If this key does not exist you can create it as a DWORD value. The numeric value is the number of seconds to wait and may be set to any value between 30 and 240. If not set, Windows NT defaults to 240 seconds for TIME_WAIT
.
TcpTimedWaitDelay
by editing the registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
: SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
tcp_time_wait_interval
to one second (for both the WebLogic Server machine and the Apache machine, if possible):$ndd /dev/tcp
param name to set - tcp_time_wait_interval
value=1000
limit
(.csh
) or ulimit
(.sh
) directives, you can make a script to increase the limit. For example:#!/bin/sh
ulimit -S -n 100
exec httpd
If you are running only a single WebLogic Server instance the plug-in only attempts to connect to the server defined with the WebLogicHost parameter. If the attempt fails, an HTTP 503
error message is returned. The plug-in continues trying to connect to that same WebLogic Server instance until ConnectTimeoutSecs is exceeded.
When you use the WebLogicCluster
parameter in your httpd.conf
or weblogic.conf
file to specify a list of WebLogic Servers, the plug-in uses that list as a starting point for load balancing among the members of the cluster. After the first request is routed to one of these servers, a dynamic server list is returned containing an updated list of servers in the cluster. The updated list adds any new servers in the cluster and deletes any that are no longer part of the cluster or that have failed to respond to requests. This list is updated automatically with the HTTP response when a change in the cluster occurs.
When a request contains session information stored in a cookie or in the POST data, or encoded in a URL, the session ID contains a reference to the specific server instance in which the session was originally established (called the primary server) and a reference to an additional server where the original session is replicated (called the secondary server). A request containing a cookie attempts to connect to the primary server. If that attempt fails, the request is routed to the secondary server. If both the primary and secondary servers fail, the session is lost and the plug-in attempts to make a fresh connection to another server in the dynamic cluster list. See Figure 2-1 Connection Failover.
Note: If the POST data is larger than 64K, the plug-in will not parse the POST data to obtain the session ID. Therefore, if you store the session ID in the POST data, the plug-in cannot route the request to the correct primary or secondary server, resulting in possible loss of session data.
Figure 2-1 Connection Failover
The HTTP error code thrown by the plug-in depends on the situation. Plug-in will return the HTTP error code 500 in the following conditions:
WebLogicCluster
nor WebLogicPort
was specified in the httpd.conf
file.WebLogicHost
parameter specified in the httpd.conf
file.WebLogicPort,
in the httpd.conf
file, exceeds 65535.PathTrim
property.POST
data from client.POST
data to the temp file.POST
data from the temp file.POST
timed out.trustedCAFile
.On the other hand, the HTTP error code 503 is returned when: