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 h1. The Proxy Interface 


 h2. Module: mod_proxy 


 .. contents:: Table of Contents 


 h3. Description 



 h3. Options 


 lighttpd provides the Proxy support via the proxy-module (mod_proxy) which provides 3 options in the config-file: 

 * proxy.debug: a value between 0 and 65535 to set the debug-level in the Proxy module. Currently only 0 and 1 are used. Use 1 to enable some debug output, 0 to disable it. Note: Use 'enable|disable' in v1.4.13. 
 * proxy.balance: might be one of 'hash', 'round-robin' or 'fair' (default). 
   'round-robin' chooses another host for each request, 'hash' is generating a hash over the request-uri and makes sure 
   that the same request URI is sent to always the same host. That can increase the performance of the backend servers 
   a lot due to higher cache-locality. 'fair' is the normal load-based, passive balancing. 
 * proxy.server: tell the module where to send Proxy requests to. Every file-extension can have its own handler. Load-balancing is done by specifying multiple handles for the same extension. 
  
 Structure of proxy.server section: 
  
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     ( <extension> =>  
       ( [ <name> => ] 
          
         ( "host" => <string> , 
           "port" => <integer> ), 
         ( "host" => <string> , 
           "port" => <integer> ) 
       ), 
       <extension> => ...  
     ) 
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 * <extension>: is the file-extension or prefix (if started with "/"); can be empty ("") to match all requests 
 * <name>:        optional name that shows up in the generated statistics of mod_status, useful for indicating which backend handler processed this extension 
 * "host":        is ip of the proxy server _*DO not* use hostnames here! only IP addresses_ 
 * "port":        is tcp-port on the "host" used by the proxy server (default: 80) 


 e.g.: 
  
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     proxy.server = ( ".jsp" => 
                        ( (  
                            "host" => "10.0.0.242", 
                            "port" => 81 
                          ) ) 
                      ) 

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 h3. Example 

 Using lighttpd + mod_proxy in front of 8 Squids which handle the caching of dynamic content for you. All requests for the host www.example.org should be forwarded to the proxy. All proxies listen on port 80 for requests. 

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   $HTTP["host"] == "www.example.org" { 
     proxy.balance = "hash" 
     proxy.server    = ( "" => ( ( "host" => "10.0.0.10" ), 
                               ( "host" => "10.0.0.11" ), 
                               ( "host" => "10.0.0.12" ), 
                               ( "host" => "10.0.0.13" ), 
                               ( "host" => "10.0.0.14" ), 
                               ( "host" => "10.0.0.15" ), 
                               ( "host" => "10.0.0.16" ), 
                               ( "host" => "10.0.0.17" ) ) ) 
   } 
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 If one of the hosts goes down the all requests for this one server are moved equally to the other servers. If you want to know more about the algorithm used here, "google" for 'Microsoft CARP'. 


 h3. Troubleshooting 

 If you are getting: 


   2007-05-02 09:45:48: (mod_proxy.c.397) connect failed: 8 Network is unreachable 101  
   2007-05-02 09:45:48: (mod_proxy.c.871) proxy-server disabled: blabla.com 80 8  
   2007-05-02 09:45:48: (mod_proxy.c.1229) no proxy-handler found for: / 

 Check if you have used an IP address for the proxy address. Hostnames are *not* allowed there!