[squid-users] http host rewrite for origin (reverse proxy)

[Antony Stone]

On Wednesday 09 March 2016 at 15:53:24, Amos Jeffries wrote:

> On 10/03/2016 3:33 a.m., Antony Stone wrote:
> > 
> > 2. Have you considered using Apache in reverse-proxy mode instead of
> > Squid? It will happily re-write headers for you, and also supports load
> > balancing around multiple servers, which would possibly give you a
> > high-availability solution as well.
> 
> What do you mean "and also" ?

I mean that it doesn't only have to point to a single server, and that if it 
points to multiple servers, it doesn't just send requests to all of them, no 
matter whether they're responding or not - it can spread the load based on 
availability, responsiveness, capacity etc.

> Apache 'proxy' behaviours are all copied from Squid one way or another. It
> is an origin shoehorned into doing proxy stuff.

It's another option which might be a solution for some people?


Antony.

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