I'll answer to this one, but I'll start with a big thanks to all who responded - some interesting points were made!
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 10:41:26PM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > apache-httpd-openbsd is a dead-end, it's not actively developed, ssl > support is poor, third-party documentation relating to use of webapps > with Apache has long since moved to Apache 2. It's mainly there to > provide a quick migration path for existing OpenBSD users and to > ease the pain in ports. In fact, the Apache 1 vs. 2 problem has already hit me in the past and forced me not to use a photogallery application I wanted to use. You make a very valid point here: Contrary to nginx, there is indeed nobody developing Apache 1 anymore (not even the OpenBSD developers who kept it running for so long). > > b) Migrate to nginx [...] > This might be a reasonable choice, especially if the CMS you're looking > at already documents how to use it with nginx. I had a quick look - CMS Made Simple (which is what I'm using) has aparently been used with nginx by some people, so there is some documentation around. phpGedView (which is another application I use) is no longer developed anymore and I was thinking about replacing it anyway, so this might be a good time. Same goes for the gallery I'm currently using. There will be some work involved, but this has been coming a long time now... Time for some clean-up work. > > c) Migrate to httpd [...] > Personally I don't think httpd is quite ready for use with a typical > PHP-based CMS yet (including -current). Two big issues for this type > of use: "clean urls" functionality in most CMS needs rewrite support > which httpd doesn't have. httpd's fastcgi support passes every url > matching a location block to the handler meaning there's no mitigation > for the issue described in > http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Passing_Uncontrolled_Requests_to_PHP > (which also affects naive nginx configurations). Thanks for those two insights. Based on what I've read so far, I will give nginx a try - that will at least place me on a server that is a) well known on OpenBSD and b) still under active development - that should buy me enough time to wait for the day that httpd can take over this job - given the track record of OpenBSD, I very much like to stay within base where possible. Thanks again! And now off to read up on how to use nginx with PHP etc.pp.... ;-) Cheerio, Thomas -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org/ "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come true!"
