<quote who="Erik de Castro Lopo"> > Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > > > Apache, boa, lighttpd, something else? > > Rob Collins on irc suggested Apache so I installed that from an Ubuntu > Hardy package. The setup was much easier than I remember it being. > Standard HTTP and CGI worked out of the box. > > I would still be interested in hearing about people using other servers > and their reasons.
In this case, given your requirements (CGI + SSL), Apache is probably the easiest choice (particularly the Debian/Ubuntu packaging, which is nicely set up and very helpful). I've been playing with nginx in front of Apache recently, and aside from the minor problem of nginx not doing keepalive to backends, it has been great. Easy setup, really easy SSL, and for CGI I generally pass back to Apache or boa (which is a lovely little server, particularly for embedded use cases -- but it won't do SSL for you). nginx 0.7.x (which I track in my PPA) does front-end caching too, which is very handy. Just some thoughts. :-) - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2010: Wellington, NZ http://www.penguinsvisiting.org.nz/ Toothpaste is the most important meal of the day. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
