upstream module question

[Avleen Vig]

On Jun 3, 2009, at 9:42, Jérôme Loyet <jerome at loyet.net> wrote:

> 2009/6/3 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>:
>> On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 10:05:21AM +0200, J?r?me Loyet wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> with the upstream module, in default mode (WRR), what is the best  
>>> way
>>> to disable a server from the pool ?
>>>
>>> 1- simply remove the line
>>
>> This is.
>
> So the others just don't work ?

I expect they do, but nginx still has to parse the line, maintain the  
entry in memory, etc.

I just comment out the line when I take a server out, and put a  
comment in the file as to why I did it :)

>>> 2- add the "down" keyword to the server
>>> 3- set server weight to 0 to disable it
>>>
>>> Thx for the answers.
>>>
>>> ++ jerome
>>
>>
>> --
>> Igor Sysoev
>> http://sysoev.ru/en/
>>
>>
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