About webserver configuration

[batence]

Sorry first but I cant found a "Poll" button in forum.

About Web Server Configuration:
- Apache
- Nginix + Varnish (http accelerator)
- Apache + Varnish (http accelerator)
- Apache + Nginx (proxy reverse)
- Apache + Nginx (proxy reverse) + Varnish (http accelerator)

I just wonder which configuration you will choose and why?

Thanks!

[Heater]

None of the above.

I build all my web services out of node.js and Javascript. Makes it much easier to get from serial port / GPIO / other interface to web page and maintain continuous, real-time, updates between the two when running on an embedded system like the Pi. Who wants to mess with Apache and PHP to do such simple things?

I may put nginx in front of many such node services to proxy requests to the right place.

On actual server systems, think google/amzon cloud instances I might use nginx to provide load balancing but that is somewhat out of scope here I think.

[DougieLawson]

What about Lighttpd?

What's your web server going to run? How much traffic do you expect? Why do you think you need a reverse proxy?

[Heater]

Indeed. What about Lighttpd?

We have no idea of the requirement here.

Do we want to serve up tons of static HTML documents, images and so on?

Do we want to run some PHP application nightmare?

Do we expect real-time communication from service to browser?

Is there one expected user, or a million, or a billion?

I mean really. It would be great if people would sometimes think about the questions they ask.

Sorry, I'm a bit grumpy, I mean well.

[DougieLawson]

It's exactly what we get everyday on this forum. Nobody searches before posting, nobody posts a coherent question asking about stuff that a simple search doesn't reveal.

My eight raspberries run a mixture of web servers.
A+: Nginx
Eagle: Lighttpd
Apollo: Apache2
Odyssey: Lighttpd
Saturn: Lighttpd
Raspberry: Nginx
Pi: Lighttpd
Raspberrypi: Apache2
that's mainly so I can field the questions that turn up on here. It's Apollo running Apache2 that's directly open to the public internet.

[Heater]

Dougie,

This question is particularly interesting. It asks in detail about the merits of Apache, Nginix, Varnish, http accelerators, reverse proxy, whatever. With seemingly no comprehension of why anyone would want any of those things. Or not want them.

Sorry batence if I am not understanding you correctly.

[DougieLawson]

This question is particularly interesting. It asks in detail about the merits of Apache, Nginix, Varnish, http accelerators, reverse proxy, whatever. With seemingly no comprehension of why anyone would want any of those things. Or not want them.

Exactly, because it doesn't give any context. All that stuff can be run on any Linux system, whether it's sensible to run it on a Raspberry depends on too many variables that the OP hasn't given us. So in true form the answer is, of course, "It depends.".

[Heater]

When I said "Sorry batence if I am not understanding you correctly." It was an invitation for you to clear up any misunderstanding I have about what you were asking and why.

I was not expecting that tantrum in response.

[mahjongg]

I have given Batence a warning, and deleted 3 posts filled with rants, and bad language by him.
such an attitude will not be tolerated here!
Batence, please calm down, these people are trying to help!

[r3d4]

I just wonder why you ' just wonder which configuration i will choose and why?'

What about Lighttpd? ...

Dont forget about BusyBox HTTP Daemon (httpd) [1]

#http://git.busybox.net/busybox/tree/networking/httpd.c

[1] - http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/http.httpd

+ build script
http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux ... d/build.sh