On 19/03/10 23:38, Nigel Kersten wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Brice Figureau > <brice-pup...@daysofwonder.com> wrote: >> On 19/03/10 20:31, Michael DeHaan wrote: >>>> I vote that what we really need is a "Puppetmaster Server Options" >>>> page with a brief overview of the different options and the benefits >>>> of each. >>>> >>>> It's really quite complicated at the moment >>>> >>>> Webrick >>>> Apache with Passenger >>>> Apache with mod_proxy and mongrel >>>> Pound with mongrel >>>> Nginx with mongrel >>> >>> Yeah, if we generalized our mailing list advice now, it (correct me if >>> I'm wrong) seems to imply "start out with webrick and learn how it >>> works, if you can, upgrade to Passenger, and if you can't, use >>> Mongrel?). >>> >>> (Also ... Are many folks are using Pound and Nginx?) >> >> I do use nginx (and mongrel). I got some nginx patches accepted upstream >> for a complete support of CRL, so it is even easier to now use nginx for >> a master. Nginx also allows file content offloading relatively easily >> (see my blog for an example, more to come soon on this front). > > Where's this entry Brice?
Look for "File serving offloading": http://www.masterzen.fr/2010/01/28/puppet-memory-usage-not-a-fatality/ I plan to have another article today or tomorrow about more offloading to the web server. >>> I like choice, but I think it would be great if we could have a >>> favored option, for people who didn't want to do the research. >> >> I think the current consensus is for Passenger. But I'm wondering if >> it's because it's the REE companion or because it's superior to mongrel. > > For me it's because it is easier to manage and monitor. > > I'm not even using REE at the moment on Hardy, benchmarking isn't > showing enough of an improvement to justify maintaining the packages. REE is better on the memory front if you pass it the correct options. >> BTW, there is a well maintained Passenger module for nginx. >> >>> Right now that seems to be Apache+Passenger, but not saying we >>> couldn't change that later. >> >> Correct. >> >>> (and if perchance jruby is easier to use from distro packages and >>> meets requirements, more power to it? or no?) >> >> I'm able to run puppet on JRuby, but it seems I'm the only one :-) >> So, I guess it's not yet ready for showtime. > > I have made more progress since we last chatted, but got distracted > with other things at work. > > I don't have all functionality, but I have most things working fine, > and the bits that are seem *much* faster. Good :-) See my answers in puppet-dev. -- Brice Figureau My Blog: http://www.masterzen.fr/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
