Re: [gentoo-user] OT: webserver reccomendations

[Mick]

On Sunday 28 Jun 2015 05:23:01 Jean-Christophe Bach wrote:
> * Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> [28.06.2015. @05:45:37 +0800]:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > 	over the years when I need a web-server I have just used Apache.  I am
> >
> > in the process of consolidating my separate services VM's for various
> > things into LXC containers and am looking for something a bit lighter if
> > its worthwhile.
> >
> > I am currently using Apache for internal and external http/https static
> > pages, webdav and radicale (dav/wsgi calendar) sometimes using vhosts.
> >
> > Is there something else much lighter weight than Apache for (each) of
> > these tasks? - doesn't have to be the same application as I want to
> > separate the tasks rather than have one huge complex Apache
> > configuration serving an extremely light load.
> >
> > Nginx is an alternative for radicale (is it worth changing from one
> > large application to one almost as heavy?) but what else can do wsgi/dav?
> >
> > BillK
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> I am "self-hosting" a lighttpd server with a cal/card dav sever: Baikal
> [1]. I also added a web (js) interface for it, in case of I would need
> it: CalDavZAP [2] and CardDavMATE [3] which were unified by InfCloud
> [4].
> I chosed lighttpd because Apache became to heavy and to complex to
> admin for a simple personal server.
>
> Hope it will help you,
>
> JC
>
> [1] http://baikal-server.com
> [2] https://www.inf-it.com/open-source/clients/caldavzap/
> [3] https://www.inf-it.com/open-source/clients/carddavmate/
> [4] https://www.inf-it.com/open-source/clients/infcloud/

I am using apache, nginx, thttpd, boa.

I have also used lighttpd in the past.

For speed and features I would go with nginx.  Small footprint single threaded 
boa is also extremely fast.  YMMV.

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Regards,
Mick