# Redirecting http requests to 5 different apache servers

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirecting-http-requests-to-5-different-apache-servers/200577>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [December 16, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirecting-http-requests-to-5-different-apache-servers/200577 "2010-12-16T13:52:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@Dobai-Pataky\_BSSSSl](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dobai-Pataky_BSSSSl)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirecting-http-requests-to-5-different-apache-servers/200577/1 "2010-12-16T13:52:45Z")

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Hello,

i’m running 5 apache webservers (ex: [www1.mysite.com](http://www1.mysite.com), [www2.mysite.com](http://www2.mysite.com),  
[www3.mysite.com](http://www3.mysite.com), [www4.mysite.com](http://www4.mysite.com), [www5.mysite.com](http://www5.mysite.com)) with same content.  
It’s  
possible make some king of round-robin/loadbalancer with a ngix  
installation  
as a fronted of this 5 servers?

Best Regards,\*\*\*\*\*\*

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**Author:** ![Eduardo\_Silvestre](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@Eduardo\_Silvestre](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Eduardo_Silvestre)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/redirecting-http-requests-to-5-different-apache-servers/200577/2 "2010-12-16T14:00:56Z")

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On 16 Dez 2010 12h51 WET, [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

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> Hello,
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> i’m running 5 apache webservers (ex: [www1.mysite.com](http://www1.mysite.com),  
> [www2.mysite.com](http://www2.mysite.com), [www3.mysite.com](http://www3.mysite.com), [www4.mysite.com](http://www4.mysite.com), [www5.mysite.com](http://www5.mysite.com))  
> with same content. It’s possible make some king of  
> round-robin/loadbalancer with a ngix installation as a fronted of  
> this 5 servers?

Cf. [GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com · GitHub](http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpUpstreamModule)

and [GitHub - nginxinc/nginx-wiki: ARCHIVED -- Source for the now archived NGINX Wiki section of https://www.nginx.com · GitHub](http://wiki.nginx.org/LoadBalanceExample)

— appa