[wp-hackers] Question about WP on load balanced cluster

[Baki Goxhaj]

Just curious, Jason, what is wrong with sessions?

On 1/27/11, Potkanski, Jason <jpotkanski at tribune.com> wrote:
> Just to add...
>
> I've seen many a plugin developer try and slip sessions into their code.
> Make sure to grep your codebase for "session_start" or any other such
> silliness.
>
> That said, if you do end up in that trap, some load balancers allow for
> "stickiness." The solutions get more complex from there, and since you guys
> are using IIS (why oh why), none of it would apply.
>
> Jason Potkanski
> Release Lead, Application Developer
> Tribune Technology, Back-End Support
>
>
> On 27 Jan 2011, at 10:48, Adam Rifat wrote:
>
>> We are currently installing WP for use on our site. We have two web
>> servers running IIS with a load balancer. At the moment we are just
>> installing onto one server with the db on a separate server. I have
>> searched but cannot find any definitive advice on how to go about
>> configuring WP across two servers like this. The obvious problem is
>> sessions and maintaining sessions between two separate servers. Is this an
>> issue with WP and if so how can I resolve it? Is there a plugin or some
>> other solution?
>
> WordPress don't using sessions so you don't need to maintain them between
> servers.
>
> Running with a single database server and two web servers should be simple
> to setup - just using the same wp-config.php file on both.
>
> Cheers
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