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redirect/listen to port 8080 if 80 is unreachable, apache to lighttpd

i am running apache and lighty on different ports and want to redirect if apache is down. Do i have to use iptables ?

mod proxy_http is enabled, anything to enable something in lighty?

Are there any suggestions?

edit: FORWARD chain ?

Solution

  • You should use something like haproxy or lighttpd or nginx in front of Apache, and configure any of them to send the request to other backend hosts/server instances if Apache is down. (Apache has modules for this, too, so you could run Apache in front of Apache.)