sticky session with apache web server and tomcat servers

Question

I am using apache web server as a load balancer for two tomcat instances behind apache. When the first request goes to node A and second request from the same client goes to no

Answer 1

For apache httpd to keep your sessions tied to the same backend, it needs to know which cookie keeps the session ID. For java, this is (usually) JSESSIONID.

If you're using the ProxyPass directive, use

ProxyPass /example http://backend.example.com stickysession=JSESSIONID

To be found in the excellent apache httpd documentation.