Re: caching reverse proxy config+init scripts

2007-11-08 Thread Clinton Gormley
Although, I would go for something like pound doing the proxying for me, instead of mod_proxy I can't agree more! Pound (http://www.apsis.ch/pound/index_html) is light-weight, easy to configure, fast, stable, and makes the whole SSL and load balancing dead easy. Pound++ Clint

Re: caching reverse proxy config+init scripts

2007-11-08 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
On Nov 8, 2007, at 5:50 AM, Clinton Gormley wrote: Pound (http://www.apsis.ch/pound/index_html) is light-weight, easy to configure, fast, stable, and makes the whole SSL and load balancing dead easy. I can disagree -- nginx does everything that pound does, plus will handle your vanilla

Re: caching reverse proxy config+init scripts

2007-11-08 Thread Octavian Rasnita
From: John ORourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Seriously though, it looks as though there are 5-10 good front end server options which support the following to various degrees: - reverse proxy - caching - load balancing - static file serving There is no clear choice since our setups range from single

Re: caching reverse proxy config+init scripts

2007-11-08 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
On Nov 8, 2007, at 1:40 PM, John ORourke wrote: Pound (http://www.apsis.ch/pound/index_html) is light-weight, easy to I can disagree -- nginx does everything that pound does, plus will handle your vanilla FLAME WAR!!!1!1! well its not meant to flame... your options are this:

caching reverse proxy config+init scripts

2007-11-07 Thread John ORourke
Hi folks, I'm about to write a generic set of init scripts and config files to make setting up dual apache servers (one light proxy/cache/ssl, one heavy mod_perl) easy. Am I reinventing the wheel? If not I'll post a link here when I'm done. cheers John

Re: caching reverse proxy config+init scripts

2007-11-07 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
John == John ORourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Hi folks, John I'm about to write a generic set of init scripts and config files to make John setting up dual apache servers (one light proxy/cache/ssl, one heavy mod_perl) John easy. John Am I reinventing the wheel? John If not I'll post a

Re: caching reverse proxy config+init scripts

2007-11-07 Thread deepfryed
Randal is the master wizard, so you might wanna read that article in detail. Although, I would go for something like pound doing the proxying for me, instead of mod_proxy I like to run apache on an unprivileged port, so that's an added bonus, plus pound will take care of ssl too. On 11/8/07,