mod_proxy_gluster

Modified mod_proxy_gluster supporting large files, ISO8601 times, and icons in much the same manner as the normal mod_autoindex from Apache. This module has been tested on both Apache 2.2 and 2.4.

New location

This code has since been migrated to the official Gluster project GitHub area. See https://github.com/gluster/mod_proxy_gluster for the latest version.

SYNOPSIS

mod_proxy and related modules implement a proxy/gateway for Apache HTTP Server, supporting a number of popular protocols as well as several different load balancing algorithms.

This module adds support for accessing Gluster Volumes without the need to mount them with glusterfs-fuse or NFS. The purpose is to serve static contents. Files are returned without passing through any interpreters. mod_proxy_gluster is not intended to be used for storing web-applications (written in languages like PHP).

DOCUMENTATION

This source was cloned from https://forge.gluster.org/mod_proxy_gluster See the Gluster Forge for more documentation for more details on mod_proxy_gluster. mod_proxy and its configuration directives are explained in the Apache HTTP Server documentation at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_proxy.html.

See the mod_proxy_gluster.conf.example file for configuration directives.

For allowing unpriviledged users (like a webserver) to access the Gluster Volumes, some preparations on the Gluster Storage Servers need to be taken care of:

1. Allow non-root users to connect to glusterd In /etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol add this option:

   option rpc-auth-allow-insecure on

   Restart the glusterd service after making this change.

2. Allow non-root users to connect to the bricks in the volume, the example below uses the volume called bigfiles

   gluster volume set bigfiles server.allow-insecure on

   Note: Some versions of Gluster require the volume to be stopped and started after changing server.allow-insecure. Gluster 3.6 and newer should not need that.

BUILDING

There are three ways to build this module:

1. Run make and copy the resulting .so from the .libs

2. Manually run

   apxs -c $(pkg-config glusterfs-api --cflags-only-I --libs-only-l) mod_proxy_gluster.c

   Copy the resulting .so file from the .libs build directory to the Apache modules directory

CONTACT

General Gluster questions should be directed to the Gluster Users mailing list [email protected].

Niels de Vos [email protected] is the main developer of mod_proxy_gluster. For most suggestions and discussions send an email to the Gluster Developers Discussion List [email protected] and add Niels on CC.

David Jericho [email protected] extended the source for a mirroring service.