nginx runs on windows xp, and should run on vista/7 too. I've even managed to compile a version on cygwin with an additionally patched module that allows for file upload progress tracking.
If anyone wants it, i can put it on github with a sample .conf file, but no strings attached at all. Cheers, AT On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Stuart Laughlin <stu...@bistrotech.net>wrote: > On Jan 12, 9:16 pm, Andres Reyes <armo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You mean that the webserver that Django itself recommends in > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/is not a good > > choice? > > > > When that documentation was written, apache/mod_wsgi was likely the > best, easiest, and most stable option. That combination still works > today and many people use it successfully. To that extent, it is a > good choice. > > However, I am saying it is not the best choice anymore -- at least not > for people who are just getting started and/or people who lack prior > apache experience. In this case I would recommend nginx or lighttpd or > cherokee for the web server and gunicorn or uwsgi for the application > server. By this time they are stable, and they are faster and easier > than apache/mod_wsgi. > > I wrote more about this in a reply to this thread where I changed the > subject to "Web Servers for Django Projects". > > If I recall correctly, I have heard some of the core devs mention > updating the docs to include some of these other options. I wonder if > anyone has submitted a patch for those doc updates. If not, maybe I've > found my weekend project. > > A final thought that I did not consider until just now -- cross- > platform compatibility might be a factor. I use linux for everything, > so that's all I care about. To be frank I have no idea whether nginx / > lighttpd / cherokee / gunicorn / uwsgi run on Windows or Mac. If they > do not then that can tend to complicate the docs somewhat. > > > --Stuart > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
