Re: Does mod_backhand need the filebase ?

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On Jun 15, 2004, at 6:14 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> If I have a webserver with mod_backend installed, which passes 
> requests to backend-servers with also mod_backend installed, are the 
> scripts passed through, or does it need the same filebase (common 
> fileserver) ?

It's mod_backhand, not mod_backend.

> Example:
> Having a script which is generating images, how actualy does 
> mod_backhand work ? Are the images saved on the backend server, or on 
> the frontend which recieves the requests ?

It passes the request back just as mod_proxy would do in the reverse 
proxy scenario.  If it always passes the request back, you actually do 
not need the script on the front-end machine at all.  The script (or 
files) must present on whichever machine ultimately services the 
request.

// Theo Schlossnagle
// Principal Engineer -- http://www.omniti.com/~jesus/
// OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. -- http://www.omniti.com/
// Ecelerity: fastest MTA on Earth


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On Jun 15, 2004, at 6:14 AM, [email protected] wrote:

<excerpt><smaller>If I have a webserver with mod_backend installed,
which passes requests to backend-servers with also mod_backend
installed, are the scripts passed through, or does it need the same
filebase (common fileserver) ?</smaller> 

</excerpt>

It's mod_backhand, not mod_backend.


<excerpt><smaller>Example:</smaller> 

<smaller>Having a script which is generating images, how actualy does
mod_backhand work ? Are the images saved on the backend server, or on
the frontend which recieves the requests ?</smaller> <smaller>

</smaller></excerpt>

It passes the request back just as mod_proxy would do in the reverse
proxy scenario.  If it always passes the request back, you actually do
not need the script on the front-end machine at all.  The script (or
files) must present on whichever machine ultimately services the
request.


// Theo Schlossnagle

// Principal Engineer -- http://www.omniti.com/~jesus/

// OmniTI Computer Consulting, Inc. -- http://www.omniti.com/

// Ecelerity: fastest MTA on Earth



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