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Coverage

Here you will find instructions for downloading the software and the related documentation.

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Perl

Perl is most likely already installed on your machine, but you should at least check the version you are using. It is highly recommended that you have at least Perl version 5.004. You can get the latest perl version from http://www.perl.com/ . Try the direct download link http://www.perl.com/pace/pub/perldocs/latest.html . You can get Perl documentation from the same location.

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Apache

Get the latest Apache webserver and documentation from http://www.apache.org . Try the direct download link http://www.apache.org/dist/ .

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mod_perl

Get the latest mod_perl sources and documentation from http://perl.apache.org . Try the direct download link http://perl.apache.org/dist/ .

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Squid - Internet Object Cache

http://squid.nlanr.net/

Squid Linux 2.x Redhat RPMs : http://home.earthlink.net/~intrep/linux/

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thttpd - tiny/turbo/throttling HTTP server

http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/

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mod_proxy_add_forward

Ask Bjoern Hansen has written a mod_proxy_add_forward.c module for Apache that sets the X-Forwarded-For field when doing a ProxyPass, similar to what Squid can do. His patch is at: http://modules.apache.org/search?id=124 or at ftp://ftp.netcetera.dk/pub/apache/

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httperf - webserver Benchmarking tool

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/David_Mosberger/httperf.html

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ab - ApacheBench

Comes with the Apache distribution.

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High-Availability Linux Project

You will find the definite guide to load balancing techniques at the High-Availability Linux Project site -- http://www.henge.com/~alanr/ha/

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Apache::Request

Get it from CPAN at $CPAN/authors/id/DOUGM/libapreq-x.xx.tar.gz or from http://perl.apache.org/dist/libapreq-x.xx.tar.gz . (replace x.xx with the current version)

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Your corrections of either technical or grammatical errors are very welcome. You are encouraged to help me to improve this guide. If you have something to contribute please send it directly to me.
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