Dk Jack
2018-10-17 21:15:40 UTC
Hi,
I am looking at the hostdb configuration and I need some clarification on
the configuration. In particular I have questions about these two
configuration parameters.
proxy.config.hostdb.host_file.path
proxy.config.hostdb.strict_round_robin
I am trying to understand how hostdb round_robin configuration works. In my
setup, I am trying to reach multiple origin servers. I am using the same
domain name for all my origin servers. In my remap, I am using this name.
Since each of my origin servers has a different IP, I was hoping to use the
strict_round_robing configuration to distribute the load amongst the origin
servers.
The documentation for the first says that the format for host_file.path is
similar to 'hosts' file. However as per the answers for this query...
https://serverfault.com/questions/429839/assign-multiple-ips-to-1-entry-in-hosts-file
The hosts file doesn't support having multiple IPs for the same domain.
Does ATS hostdb behave differently i.e. similar to a DNS server. I am
asking this, because ATS has the hostdb round robin configuration.
BTW, this configuration works with an DNS server with strict round robing
enabled for my origin server domain. I am trying to get the same thing
working with hostdb since I want to avoid DNS round trip because my IPs are
fairly fixed.
Thanks for the help.
Dk.
I am looking at the hostdb configuration and I need some clarification on
the configuration. In particular I have questions about these two
configuration parameters.
proxy.config.hostdb.host_file.path
proxy.config.hostdb.strict_round_robin
I am trying to understand how hostdb round_robin configuration works. In my
setup, I am trying to reach multiple origin servers. I am using the same
domain name for all my origin servers. In my remap, I am using this name.
Since each of my origin servers has a different IP, I was hoping to use the
strict_round_robing configuration to distribute the load amongst the origin
servers.
The documentation for the first says that the format for host_file.path is
similar to 'hosts' file. However as per the answers for this query...
https://serverfault.com/questions/429839/assign-multiple-ips-to-1-entry-in-hosts-file
The hosts file doesn't support having multiple IPs for the same domain.
Does ATS hostdb behave differently i.e. similar to a DNS server. I am
asking this, because ATS has the hostdb round robin configuration.
BTW, this configuration works with an DNS server with strict round robing
enabled for my origin server domain. I am trying to get the same thing
working with hostdb since I want to avoid DNS round trip because my IPs are
fairly fixed.
Thanks for the help.
Dk.