On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM Zahid Rahman <zahidr1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The usual routine when hosting a website is :- > > One is given access to the apache webserver via filezilla whereby the > locally tested code from local machine is uploaded using ftp port 22. > > The code is then served by the apache webserver via port 80. > > If this is the routine followed by most hosting companies and front end > developers , > then are most apache webservers not acting as proxies but as webservers > ? > > > > > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶ > > <http://www.backbutton.co.uk> > > On Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 16:13 Frank Gingras, <thu...@apache.org> wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM Zahid Rahman <zahidr1...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Serving codebase directly means setting up an index.html file in the >>> config directory on the same disk as the apache install as per >>> these instructions >>> >>> >>> https://documentation.ubuntu.com/server/how-to/web-services/install-apache2/index.html >>> >>> >>> >>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>> ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶ >>> >>> <http://www.backbutton.co.uk> >>> >>> On Thu, 13 Mar 2025, 14:51 Frank Gingras, <thu...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM Zahid Rahman <zahidr1...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Do the majority of apache webservers made available by web hosting >>>>> companies at their data centres serve codebase directly or are the >>>>> majority act as proxy servers ? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advanced for sharing . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>>>> ♡۶♡ ۶♡۶ >>>>> >>>> >>>> What does "serve codebase directly" mean here, exactly? >>>> >>> >> In that case, it depends on how the administrator configured their server. >> >> In most cases, they will give you control over your content, and you can >> choose to proxy, or not. >> >> As well, some may use horizontal scaling or similar approaches; you will >> need to ask the hoster what they use. >> >> What is the actual question, or problem you're trying to solve here? >> > No, that's not what a proxy means. Proxying content means using another server/backend to serve the contents. What you are describing is just being a hosting provider.
