Harald Klimach([email protected]) on 2014.11.30 11:32:33 +0100:
> Hello,
> I am trying to substitute a nginx proxy by relayd and would like to
> forward connections to different backends, based on the path in the
> request.
> In the Paper "Recent work in OpenBSD relayd" from 2013 there is an
> example with: match request path "/images" relay-to 10.1.1.1
> Basically I need that and a second statement with
> match request path "/app" relay-to 10.1.1.2
> But, the relay-to option apparently is gone by now, and the filter
> need to be put into the protocol section. I tried to use to relays
> with the same listen on statement, but this results only in the
> second one overwriting the first one. Is it still possible with the
> new syntax to achieve conditional relays to different servers based
> on the request path? If so, how? I think, I somehow need to get
> some information from the protocol section into the relay to base the
> forward to decision on, but I have no clue how to achieve that.
>
> Thanks a lot for any pointers!
> Harald
Hi,
on case this was not answered yet:
Use the following in your protocols section:
match request path "/some/path/**" forward to <extratable>
You need something like
forward to <extratable> port www mode roundrobin \
check http "/" code 200 timeout 1000
in your relay section as well.
/Benno
