ipsidixit.net » Site News http://www.ipsidixit.net A far off place Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:30:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 lighttpd http://www.ipsidixit.net/2009/07/22/lighttpd/ http://www.ipsidixit.net/2009/07/22/lighttpd/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:03:24 +0000 sgroarke http://www.ipsidixit.net/?p=148 This site now runs on lighttpd! Apache2 was used previously. It’ a fine web-server, but lighttpd is so much, er, lighter. About 30% lower memory consumption for the same performance. Also, as a side benefit, the config is simpler too.

It does, for me at least, everything Apache2 can do:

Multiple virtual hosts HTTPS [...]]]> lighttpd_logoThis site now runs on lighttpd! Apache2 was used previously. It’ a fine web-server, but lighttpd is so much, er, lighter. About 30% lower memory consumption for the same performance. Also, as a side benefit, the config is simpler too.

It does, for me at least, everything Apache2 can do:

      • Multiple virtual hosts
      • HTTPS
      • WebDav (both unencrypted and SSL encrypted)
      • PHP (and fast too!)

The only limitation I have is the very same one I also had with Apache2: HTTPS only fully works for one on the virtual hosts. If you host a.com, b.com and c.com then you can only have a certificate active for one of them with the correct identify. Say you have a certificate for a.com: if you visit https:/b.com you’ll get a warning that the certificate is only valid for a.com. Of course you can choose to override this and still encrypt the session, but it’s a nuisance. Must be something very fundamental to SSL, given that both Apache and lighttpd have this issue.

So, lighttpd comes highly recommended!

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