Norbert, On 09 Jan 2013, at 14:57, Norbert Hartl <norbert@hartl.name> wrote:
Am 09.01.2013 um 14:30 schrieb Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu>:
Since most proxies and load balancers, most notably Apache, don't handle the WebSocket protocol very well, the only solution is to arrange for direct connections to the Smalltalk image.
Who's interested in load balancing for websockets should look at HAProxy (http://haproxy.1wt.eu/)
FYI,
Norbert
Yeah, I knew that HAProxy seems to be able to do it, but I didn't want to learn how to deal with the complexity of yet another technology stack. There is also the fundamental question whether it makes sense to proxy/tunnel the semi-permanent WebSocket connections. You would consume twice the resources while gaining little. Have you used HAProxy ? For WebSockets too ? Sven