Author: rjung Date: Thu Jan 28 19:47:58 2010 New Revision: 904234 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=904234&view=rev Log: Clarify our statements about the relation of balance_workers and worker.list and make them consistent on the various pages.
Modified: tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/loadbalancers.xml tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/workers.xml tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/reference/workers.xml Modified: tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/loadbalancers.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/loadbalancers.xml?rev=904234&r1=904233&r2=904234&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/loadbalancers.xml (original) +++ tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/loadbalancers.xml Thu Jan 28 19:47:58 2010 @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ items, please consult the worker <a href="../reference/workers.html">reference</a>. The comprehensive status management features of the load balancer together with the status worker, makes its use an interesting option, even if only combined with a single "real" worker. -<warn>The workers that are member of load balancer do not need to appear in the -<b>worker.list</b> directive.</warn> +<warn>As long as the "real" workers should only be used via the load balancer worker, +there is no need to also put them into the <b>worker.list</b> property.</warn> </p> <subsection name="lb Worker properties"> Modified: tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/workers.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/workers.xml?rev=904234&r1=904233&r2=904234&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/workers.xml (original) +++ tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/generic_howto/workers.xml Thu Jan 28 19:47:58 2010 @@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ The overall result is that workers managed by the same lb worker are load-balanced (based on their lbfactor and current user session) and also fall-backed so a single Tomcat process death will not "kill" the entire site. The following table specifies some properties that the lb worker can accept: <ul> -<li><b>balance_workers</b> is a comma separated list of workers that the load balancer need to manage. -These workers should not appear in the worker.list property. This directive can be used multiple times for the same load balancer.</li> +<li><b>balance_workers</b> is a comma separated list of workers that the load balancer need to manage. +As long as these workers should only be used via the load balancer worker, +there is no need to also put them into the worker.list property. +This directive can be used multiple times for the same load balancer.</li> <li><b>sticky_session</b> specifies whether requests with SESSION ID's should be routed back to the same Tomcat worker. Set sticky_session to False when Tomcat is using a Session Manager which can persist session data across multiple instances of Tomcat. By default sticky_session is set to True.</li> Modified: tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/reference/workers.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/reference/workers.xml?rev=904234&r1=904233&r2=904234&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/reference/workers.xml (original) +++ tomcat/jk/trunk/xdocs/reference/workers.xml Thu Jan 28 19:47:58 2010 @@ -437,10 +437,9 @@ <p>Load balancer is a virtual worker that does not really communicate with Tomcat workers. Instead it is responsible for the management of several "real" workers. The worker is supposed to be a load balancer if it's worker type is <b>lb</b>. -See worker's <b>type</b> directive. The workers that -are member of load balancer must not appear in the <b>worker.list</b> directive. +See worker's <b>type</b> directive. </p> -<p>Loadbalancer directives defines the parameters needed to create a workers that are +<p>Loadbalancer directives define the parameters needed to create the workers that are connecting to a remote cluster of backend Tomcat servers. Each cluster node has to have a worker defined. </p> @@ -494,7 +493,8 @@ This directive replaces old <b>balanced_workers</b> directive and can be used only with mod_jk versions 1.2.7 and up. </p> -<warn>These workers should <b>not</b> appear in the worker.list property!</warn> +<warn>As long as these workers should only be used via the load balancer worker, +there is no need to also put them into the <b>worker.list</b> property.</warn> </directive> <directive name="sticky_session" default="True" required="false"> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org