Access particular server behind load-balanced tomcat

Question

I'm building production configuration where 2 tomcats are sitting behind the apache with load-balancer and mod_proxy. What I need is the script which checks whether particular instance of tomcat is running. The problem is I use AJP connector in tomcat. Is it possible to issue HTTP request to apache somehow that I make sure only needed instance of tomcat will respond?

Answer 1

Take a look at mod_proxy_balancer But most parts of balancer are documented in mod_proxy

If you revers proxy to a balancer, the balancer will choose a backend which is available.