org.apache.catalina.ha.session

Class JvmRouteBinderValve

java.lang.Object

org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase

org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase

org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

org.apache.catalina.ha.session.JvmRouteBinderValve

All Implemented Interfaces:

MBeanRegistration, Contained, ClusterValve, JmxEnabled, Lifecycle, Valve

public class JvmRouteBinderValve
extends ValveBase
implements ClusterValve

Valve to handle Tomcat jvmRoute takeover using mod_jk module after node failure. After a node crashes, subsequent requests go to other cluster nodes. That incurs a drop in performance. When this Valve is enabled on a backup node and sees a request, which was intended for another (thus failed) node, it will rewrite the cookie jsessionid information to use the route to this backup cluster node, that answered the request. After the response is delivered to the client, all subsequent client requests will go directly to the backup node. The change of sessionid is also sent to all other cluster nodes. After all that, the session stickiness will work directly to the backup node and the traffic will not go back to the failed node after it is restarted!

Add this Valve to your host definition at conf/server.xml . Since 5.5.10 as direct cluster valve:

  <Cluster>
  <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.ha.session.JvmRouteBinderValve" />
  </Cluster>
 

Before 5.5.10 as Host element:

  <Host>
  <Valve className="org.apache.catalina.ha.session.JvmRouteBinderValve" />
  </Host>
 

A Trick:
You can enable this mod_jk turnover mode via JMX before you drop a node to all backup nodes! Set enable true on all JvmRouteBinderValve backups, disable worker at mod_jk and then drop node and restart it! Then enable mod_jk worker and disable JvmRouteBinderValves again. This use case means that only requested sessions are migrated.

Author:

Peter Rossbach

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle

Lifecycle.SingleUse

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected CatalinaCluster	cluster the cluster
protected boolean	enabled enabled this component
static Log	log
protected long	numberOfSessions number of session that no at this tomcat instanz hosted
protected String	sessionIdAttribute
protected static StringManager	sm The string manager for this package.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

asyncSupported, container, containerLog, next

Fields inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase

mserver

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Lifecycle

AFTER_DESTROY_EVENT, AFTER_INIT_EVENT, AFTER_START_EVENT, AFTER_STOP_EVENT, BEFORE_DESTROY_EVENT, BEFORE_INIT_EVENT, BEFORE_START_EVENT, BEFORE_STOP_EVENT, CONFIGURE_START_EVENT, CONFIGURE_STOP_EVENT, PERIODIC_EVENT, START_EVENT, STOP_EVENT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
JvmRouteBinderValve()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	changeRequestSessionID(Request request, String sessionId, String newSessionID) Change Request Session id
protected void	changeSessionID(Request request, String sessionId, String newSessionID, Session catalinaSession) change session id and send to all cluster nodes
CatalinaCluster	getCluster() Returns the cluster the cluster deployer is associated with
boolean	getEnabled()
protected String	getLocalJvmRoute(Request request) get jvmroute from engine
protected Manager	getManager(Request request) get ClusterManager
long	getNumberOfSessions()
String	getSessionIdAttribute() set session id attribute to failed node for request.
protected void	handleJvmRoute(Request request, String sessionId, String localJvmRoute) Handle jvmRoute stickiness after tomcat instance failed.
protected void	handlePossibleTurnover(Request request) handle possible session turn over.
void	invoke(Request request, Response response) Detect possible the JVMRoute change at cluster backup node..
void	setCluster(CatalinaCluster cluster) Associates the cluster deployer with a cluster
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled)
void	setSessionIdAttribute(String sessionIdAttribute) get name of failed request session attribute
protected void	startInternal() Start this component and implement the requirements of LifecycleBase.startInternal().
protected void	stopInternal() Stop this component and implement the requirements of LifecycleBase.stopInternal().

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.valves.ValveBase

backgroundProcess, getContainer, getDomainInternal, getNext, getObjectNameKeyProperties, initInternal, isAsyncSupported, setAsyncSupported, setContainer, setNext, toString

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleMBeanBase

destroyInternal, getDomain, getObjectName, postDeregister, postRegister, preDeregister, preRegister, register, setDomain, unregister

Methods inherited from class org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase

addLifecycleListener, destroy, findLifecycleListeners, fireLifecycleEvent, getState, getStateName, init, removeLifecycleListener, setState, setState, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.catalina.Valve

backgroundProcess, getNext, isAsyncSupported, setNext

Field Detail

log

public static final Log log

cluster

protected CatalinaCluster cluster

the cluster

sm

protected static final StringManager sm

The string manager for this package.

enabled

protected boolean enabled

enabled this component

numberOfSessions

protected long numberOfSessions

number of session that no at this tomcat instanz hosted

sessionIdAttribute

protected String sessionIdAttribute

Constructor Detail

JvmRouteBinderValve

public JvmRouteBinderValve()

Method Detail

getSessionIdAttribute

public String getSessionIdAttribute()

set session id attribute to failed node for request.

Returns:

Returns the sessionIdAttribute.

setSessionIdAttribute

public void setSessionIdAttribute(String sessionIdAttribute)

get name of failed request session attribute

Parameters:

sessionIdAttribute - The sessionIdAttribute to set.

getNumberOfSessions

public long getNumberOfSessions()

Returns:

Returns the number of migrated sessions.

getEnabled

public boolean getEnabled()

Returns:

Returns the enabled.

setEnabled

public void setEnabled(boolean enabled)

Parameters:

enabled - The enabled to set.

invoke

public void invoke(Request request,
                   Response response)
            throws IOException,
                   ServletException

Detect possible the JVMRoute change at cluster backup node..

Specified by:

invoke in interface Valve

Parameters:

request - tomcat request being processed

response - tomcat response being processed

Throws:

IOException - if an input/output error has occurred

ServletException - if a servlet error has occurred

handlePossibleTurnover

protected void handlePossibleTurnover(Request request)

handle possible session turn over.

Parameters:

request - current request

See Also:

handleJvmRoute(Request, String, String)

getLocalJvmRoute

protected String getLocalJvmRoute(Request request)

get jvmroute from engine

Parameters:

request - current request

Returns:

return jvmRoute from ManagerBase or null

getManager

protected Manager getManager(Request request)

get ClusterManager

Parameters:

request - current request

Returns:

manager or null

getCluster

public CatalinaCluster getCluster()

Description copied from interface: ClusterValve

Returns the cluster the cluster deployer is associated with

Specified by:

getCluster in interface ClusterValve

Returns:

Returns the cluster.

setCluster

public void setCluster(CatalinaCluster cluster)

Description copied from interface: ClusterValve

Associates the cluster deployer with a cluster

Specified by:

setCluster in interface ClusterValve

Parameters:

cluster - The cluster to set.

handleJvmRoute

protected void handleJvmRoute(Request request,
                              String sessionId,
                              String localJvmRoute)

Handle jvmRoute stickiness after tomcat instance failed. After this correction a new Cookie send to client with new jvmRoute and the SessionID change propagate to the other cluster nodes.

Parameters:

request - current request

sessionId - request SessionID from Cookie

localJvmRoute - local jvmRoute

changeSessionID

protected void changeSessionID(Request request,
                               String sessionId,
                               String newSessionID,
                               Session catalinaSession)

change session id and send to all cluster nodes

Parameters:

request - current request

sessionId - original session id

newSessionID - new session id for node migration

catalinaSession - current session with original session id

changeRequestSessionID

protected void changeRequestSessionID(Request request,
                                      String sessionId,
                                      String newSessionID)

Change Request Session id

Parameters:

request - current request

sessionId - original session id

newSessionID - new session id for node migration

startInternal

protected void startInternal()
                      throws LifecycleException

Start this component and implement the requirements of LifecycleBase.startInternal().

Overrides:

startInternal in class ValveBase

Throws:

LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that prevents this component from being used

stopInternal

protected void stopInternal()
                     throws LifecycleException

Stop this component and implement the requirements of LifecycleBase.stopInternal().

Overrides:

stopInternal in class ValveBase

Throws:

LifecycleException - if this component detects a fatal error that prevents this component from being used