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Apache Module mod_proxy_balancer

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Description:mod_proxy extension for load balancing
Status:Extension
Module Identifier:proxy_balancer_module
Source File:mod_proxy_balancer.c
Compatibility:Available in version 2.1 and later

Summary

This module requires the service of mod_proxy and it provides load balancing for all the supported protocols. The most important ones are:

The Load balancing scheduler algorithm is not provided by this module but from other ones such as:

Thus, in order to get the ability of load balancing, mod_proxy, mod_proxy_balancer and at least one of load balancing scheduler algorithm modules have to be present in the server.

Warning

Do not enable proxying until you have secured your server. Open proxy servers are dangerous both to your network and to the Internet at large.

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