On Tuesday 02 May 2017 17:13:44 Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 01:24:42PM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > I don't understand that: do you find Apache's config worse, or > > lighttpd's or nginx's? > > Sorry I was unclear: I meant I find Apache's config the worst. It was > the first HTTPD I used, and I spent many years supporting it > professionally. I only switched to lighttpd for personal stuff because > it was much easier to get FastCGI working. But then the scales fell > from my eyes; and I wondered why I hadn't considered alternatives > sooner. The logic in professional web hosting circles was that Apache > HTTPD was the only serious HTTPD to use for "real" web pages (at least > back then); but the configuration language was always a nightmare, I > just didn't know better. > > > At work, Apache (they want it badly and it's not mine anyway). At > > home, lighttpd (it's mine, after all). > > I still use lighttpd for my main web server but I've been > investigating nginx for my home NAS web server (which does much more > proxying to web apps inside containers and suchlike, rather than > serving content itself). I found some limitations with lighttpd's > reverse-proxying and rewriting things.
I've been looking at nginx myself, and wondering if it was any easier to setup. Apache2 can be a mutant bear with 6 sore paws. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
