Mod proxy byrequests Load Balancing Method

External

• https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_lbmethod_byrequests.html

Internal

• mod_proxy Concepts - Load Balancing

Overview

This method performs weighted request counting.The load balancer counts requests and distributes the requests among the members based on a configured “loadfactor”. By default, all members have equal load factors.

ProxyPass / balancer://mycluster/ 

<Proxy balancer://mycluster>
    BalancerMember http://node1 loadfactor=1 
    BalancerMember http://node2 loadfactor=2 # node2 has twice as many resources as 1
    BalancerMember http://node3 loadfactor=3 # node3 has twice as many resources as 1
    ProxySet lbmethod=byrequests
    ...
</Proxy>