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Apache Gets Booted From OpenBSD Base Over Being Too Bloated
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Originally posted by phoronix View PostThe Apache web server has been removed from the OpenBSD base operating system over being too bloated and server administrators are now being asked to switch to lighter-weight alternatives...]
I've also ended up building packages from source to avoid dependency chains including Apache. All this to avoid a server that I have not deployed on the public web since 2002. I'm sure that there are use cases where Apache is the best httpd. However, I strongly suspect that for the **vast** majority of installations, something between dark-httpd and Nginx are **ideal**. By best/ideal I refer to an optimal balance of resource utilization, ease of administration and security.
I certainly hope that Linux distros from Debian and RedHat to more experimental ones take note and follow along.
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Originally posted by Cthulhux View PostI, for one, would have preferred lighttpd; but I guess the OpenBSD devs had good reasons for their choice.
I also used to use thttpd and boa, I'm not really into bloated apache
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Originally posted by mercutio View PostI've been using lighttpd for years, but it seems Nginx is more popular.
Originally posted by mercutio View PostAnd I hear that Lighttpd's development has kind of stagnated, while Nginx has a lot of active development happening.
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Originally posted by Cthulhux View PostAlso, "migrating" from default Apache to default nginx is not much of an effort, right?
The only real problem is with the local site config files apache supports. While they're supported in NGINX afaik, if I remember the support was not as good as the one in apache. And that may be a problem for domain/isp providers.
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Originally posted by Pawlerson View PostLinux killed your bsd shit. You have to live with that. It doesn't matter if openbsd or some other bsd chooses to drop something, because it won't affect market share at all.
Including me.
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Originally posted by Cthulhux View Post
and lighttpd 1.5.0 was being talked about in 2007.
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