Hi All,
Just forwarding on the below as it was suggested the developer list would
be a more appropriate place for this query.
Kind regards
Ben
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Daniel Ferradal <dferradal@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 at 17:34
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] mod proxy hcheck not observing timeout value
To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
Hello,
Perhaps the dev list is a more appropriate place to bring this up. Cheers
El mar, 22 nov 2022 a las 9:39, Codeweavers (<apache-list@codeweavers.net>)
escribió:
> Hey Daniel,
>
> Would you be able to advise how I might push to get this change into
> 2.4.55? Or if there is someone I should be asking?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ben
>
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 at 08:56, Codeweavers <apache-list@codeweavers.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> We initially had trouble as this patch seems from our testing to require
>> the timeout value set on the BalancerMember line of the configuration,
>> which to us was not immediately obvious (many parts of the configuration
>> seem to take a timeout that from the documents seem like it would
>> represent the same setting), though looking at the code that is patched and
>> the documentation I can see that the BalancerMember lines do represent
>> workers which I presume corresponds with the worker object code looks to be
>> pulling the value from.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 at 18:35, Daniel Ferradal <dferradal@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I initially reported this in April 2021 and @Yann Ylavic quickly made a
>>> patch out of it. I am not sure why it didn't make it.
>>>
>>> You can see the conversation here for reference:
>>>
>>> https://httpd.markmail.org/message/xteh3uw53inl25gx?q=mod_proxy_hcheck+response+timeout%3F
>>>
>>> I also agree it is a good patch and although I initially had issues with
>>> it it was probably due to some problem on my part.
>>>
>>> Your confirmation may be good enough to validate it and propose it for
>>> next release perhaps?
>>>
>>> Thanks for bringing this back.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El jue, 17 nov 2022 a las 17:26, Benjamin Davis (<
>>> benjamindavis@codeweavers.net>) escribió:
>>>
>>>> Hey All,
>>>>
>>>> we have apache2 2.4.54 setup as a load balancer for our IIS backend
>>>> servers. We would like to be able to carry out health checks using
>>>> mod_proxy_hcheck and check that the backend server is serving a webpage. We
>>>> have successfully set this up however in the event that a health check
>>>> request to the backend hangs, apache never reaches a timeout and therefore
>>>> the healthcheck doesn't fail.
>>>>
>>>> We have found a commit
>>>> https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/ab2b9dbfb74049ad207a91c45971948127dde893 that
>>>> fixes this issue, we have verified this by building apache with this change
>>>> applied and confirmed that when a timeout is provided in the apache
>>>> balancer configuration, specifically on the BalancerMember line, the
>>>> healthcheck(s) will timeout and put the backend into a failed state.
>>>>
>>>> This code is not in the latest apache release, does anyone have any
>>>> idea if this will be part of a future release? Or can advise regarding this
>>>> issue.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Ben Davis
>>>>
>>>> Infrastructure Engineer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Website: www.codeweavers.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Barn 4, Dunston Business Village, ST18 9AB. Registered in England and
>>>> Wales
>>>>
>>>> No. 04092394 VAT registration no. 974 9705 63
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Daniel Ferradal
>>> HTTPD Project
>>> #httpd help at Libera.Chat
>>>
>>
>
>
--
Daniel Ferradal
HTTPD Project
#httpd help at Libera.Chat
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Just forwarding on the below as it was suggested the developer list would
be a more appropriate place for this query.
Kind regards
Ben
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Daniel Ferradal <dferradal@apache.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 at 17:34
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] mod proxy hcheck not observing timeout value
To: <users@httpd.apache.org>
Hello,
Perhaps the dev list is a more appropriate place to bring this up. Cheers
El mar, 22 nov 2022 a las 9:39, Codeweavers (<apache-list@codeweavers.net>)
escribió:
> Hey Daniel,
>
> Would you be able to advise how I might push to get this change into
> 2.4.55? Or if there is someone I should be asking?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ben
>
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2022 at 08:56, Codeweavers <apache-list@codeweavers.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> We initially had trouble as this patch seems from our testing to require
>> the timeout value set on the BalancerMember line of the configuration,
>> which to us was not immediately obvious (many parts of the configuration
>> seem to take a timeout that from the documents seem like it would
>> represent the same setting), though looking at the code that is patched and
>> the documentation I can see that the BalancerMember lines do represent
>> workers which I presume corresponds with the worker object code looks to be
>> pulling the value from.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 at 18:35, Daniel Ferradal <dferradal@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I initially reported this in April 2021 and @Yann Ylavic quickly made a
>>> patch out of it. I am not sure why it didn't make it.
>>>
>>> You can see the conversation here for reference:
>>>
>>> https://httpd.markmail.org/message/xteh3uw53inl25gx?q=mod_proxy_hcheck+response+timeout%3F
>>>
>>> I also agree it is a good patch and although I initially had issues with
>>> it it was probably due to some problem on my part.
>>>
>>> Your confirmation may be good enough to validate it and propose it for
>>> next release perhaps?
>>>
>>> Thanks for bringing this back.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El jue, 17 nov 2022 a las 17:26, Benjamin Davis (<
>>> benjamindavis@codeweavers.net>) escribió:
>>>
>>>> Hey All,
>>>>
>>>> we have apache2 2.4.54 setup as a load balancer for our IIS backend
>>>> servers. We would like to be able to carry out health checks using
>>>> mod_proxy_hcheck and check that the backend server is serving a webpage. We
>>>> have successfully set this up however in the event that a health check
>>>> request to the backend hangs, apache never reaches a timeout and therefore
>>>> the healthcheck doesn't fail.
>>>>
>>>> We have found a commit
>>>> https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/ab2b9dbfb74049ad207a91c45971948127dde893 that
>>>> fixes this issue, we have verified this by building apache with this change
>>>> applied and confirmed that when a timeout is provided in the apache
>>>> balancer configuration, specifically on the BalancerMember line, the
>>>> healthcheck(s) will timeout and put the backend into a failed state.
>>>>
>>>> This code is not in the latest apache release, does anyone have any
>>>> idea if this will be part of a future release? Or can advise regarding this
>>>> issue.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Ben Davis
>>>>
>>>> Infrastructure Engineer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Website: www.codeweavers.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Barn 4, Dunston Business Village, ST18 9AB. Registered in England and
>>>> Wales
>>>>
>>>> No. 04092394 VAT registration no. 974 9705 63
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Daniel Ferradal
>>> HTTPD Project
>>> #httpd help at Libera.Chat
>>>
>>
>
>
--
Daniel Ferradal
HTTPD Project
#httpd help at Libera.Chat
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