diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.html.en b/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.html.en index 91bc5bc744..c6ce3190a1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.html.en @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
Clusters and Balancers
Balancer and BalancerMember configuration
Failover
Balancer Manager
+ One of the most unique and useful features of Apache httpd's reverse proxy is
+ the embedded balancer-manager application. Similar to
+ mod_status, balancer-manager displays
+ the current working configuration and status of the enabled
+ balancers and workers currently in use. However, not only does it
+ display these parameters, it also allows for dynamic, runtime, on-the-fly
+ reconfiguration of almost all of them, including adding new BalancerMembers
+ (workers) to an existing balancer. To enable these capability, the following
+ needs to be added to your configuration:
+
<Location "/balancer-manager"> + SetHandler balancer-manager + Require host localhost +</Location>+ + +
Do not enable the balancer-manager until you have secured your server. In + particular, ensure that access to the URL is tightly + restricted.
+
+ When the reverse proxy server is accessed at that url
+ (eg: http://rproxy.example.com/balancer-manager/, you will see a
+ page similar to the below:
+

+ This form allows the devops admin to adjust various parameters, take + workers offline, change load balancing methods and add new works. For + example, clicking on the balancer itself, you will get the following page: +
+
+ Whereas clicking on a worker, displays this page: +
+
+ To have these changes persist restarts of the reverse proxy, ensure that
+ BalancerPersist is enabled.
+
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diff --git a/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.xml b/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.xml
index 991c5a601f..6aca0229a0 100644
--- a/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/howto/reverse_proxy.xml
@@ -216,4 +216,59 @@ ProxyPassReverse "/images" "balancer://myset"
+
+ One of the most unique and useful features of Apache httpd's reverse proxy is
+ the embedded balancer-manager application. Similar to
+ Do not enable the balancer-manager until you have secured your server. In
+ particular, ensure that access to the URL is tightly
+ restricted.
+ When the reverse proxy server is accessed at that url
+ (eg:
+ This form allows the devops admin to adjust various parameters, take
+ workers offline, change load balancing methods and add new works. For
+ example, clicking on the balancer itself, you will get the following page:
+
+ Whereas clicking on a worker, displays this page:
+
+ To have these changes persist restarts of the reverse proxy, ensure that
+ http://rproxy.example.com/balancer-manager/, you will see a
+ page similar to the below:
+ 

