httpd
- From:
- Ron DuPlain
- Date:
- 2010-01-26 @ 14:40
Looking for httpd opinions and any perspective on WSGI with nginx as a frontend.
I'm about to start a fresh slice on slicehost.com, and I'm thinking
about which httpd to use. I've used:
* Apache httpd - http://httpd.apache.org/
* lighttpd - http://www.lighttpd.net/
* nginx - http://nginx.org/
I'm interested in:
* simple virtual hosts (easiest on lighttpd, imo)
* small ruby on rails apps (Apache or nginx, not sure about lighty)
* small python apps, incl. trac (wsgi preferred)
* http proxy (easiest on nginx, imo)
My preference is with nginx since it is performant and proxying is
*really easy.* Simple virtual hosts are fairly straightforward in
nginx, and mod_rails is available for Apache and nginx. mod_wsgi
seems to have some issues on nginx.
Would it be crazy for me to host nginx on port 80 with proxy to
Apache+mod_wsgi on port 8080? At that point it seems as though I
should just invest some time in Apache config, fine tune memory usage,
and just use Apache.
-Ron
PS - When I pick up more server space, I'll gladly offer free trac
hosting etc to local friendly devs.