Example configuration that enables mod_proxy_balancer with mod_lbmethod_bybusyness # Enable mod_proxy and mod_proxy_balancer LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so LoadModule lbmethod_bybusyness_module modules/mod_lbmethod_bybusyness.so LoadModule lbmethod_byrequests_module modules/mod_lbmethod_byrequests.so LoadModule lbmethod_bytraffic_module modules/mod_lbmethod_bytraffic.so LoadModule proxy_balancer_module modules/mod_proxy_balancer.so LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.so # Make sure to disable mod_cluster when mod_cluster is used # LoadModule proxy_cluster_module modules/mod_proxy_cluster.so # LoadModule cluster_slotmem_module modules/mod_cluster_slotmem.so # LoadModule manager_module modules/mod_manager.so # LoadModule advertise_module modules/mod_advertise.so ProxyPass /test/ balancer: //mycluster/test/ ProxyPassReverse /test/ balancer: //mycluster/test/ <Proxy balancer: //mycluster> BalancerMember http: //node1:8080 route=node1 BalancerMember http: //node2:8080 route=node2 ProxySet stickysession=JSESSIONID|jsessionid # ProxySet lbmethod=byrequests # <- OK ProxySet lbmethod=bybusyness # <- not work as expected # ProxySet lbmethod=bytraffic # <-not work as expected </Proxy> <Location "/balancer-manager" > SetHandler balancer-manager </Location> Start two back-end JBoss EAP servers (node1 and node2) with a test application that contains a simple JSP page that sleeps for a while (30 seconds): <% out.println( "request starting: " + System .currentTimeMillis()); out.println( "<br>" ); out.println( "jboss.node.name: " + System .getProperty()); out.println( "<br>" ); try { long ms = 30000L System .out.println( "sleeping " + ms + " ms" ); Thread .sleep(ms); System .out.println( "sleep done" ); } catch (Exception ignore) { } out.println( "request completed: " + System .currentTimeMillis()); out.println( "<br>" ); %> Send several requests to the above JSP: curl -v http: //localhost/test/example.jsp Check the busyness of each backend worker from the "busy" value inside the "balancer-manager" page ( http://localhost/balancer-manager ). Even if the above JSP is still running, you will see the statistics including "busy" becomes 0 after a new child httpd process is created. So, a new request mainly goes to node1 in such cases.