LightTPD - Webserver alternative.

Just a thought for those who want DA+lighttpd. I know lighttpd supports reading configuration from output by a command.
Like:

include_shell "/usr/local/bin/somebinary /etc/a_configuration_file.conf"

I think it would be possible to write a binary/script to convert apache httpd.conf to a lighttpd equivalent. Not painless of course but I think it's feasible.
 
You'd also have to have a way to convert all the included files, and to rerun the conversion each time a domain is added, deleted, changed.

Non-trivial, I'd think.

Jeff
 
Or, we could just ask the DirectAdmin staff to build the functionality into the new custombuild script. I really have to give my vote to LightTPD. I've seen some really great things. This article is another example of why this should be a change worth considering:

http://www.vmunix.com/mark/blog/archives/2006/01/02/fastcgi-scgi-and-apache-background-and-future

Apache + modules = poor reliablity. The memory consumption of httpd is just bad. I had a client with a dedicated server who was running millions of page views a day. His (cluster) of about 3 servers were all running out of memory trying to process mod_PHP + Apache requests. So, I moved him to *one* server, with LightTPD and a CGI version of PHP, and his server had like 80% of its memory available, with faster responses.

It's the wave of the future, guys. Surf it! ;)
 
lxadmin control panel support lighttpd, you can use lxadmin if you want lighttpd.
 
jackc said:
lxadmin control panel support lighttpd, you can use lxadmin if you want lighttpd.
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That's not a very good alternative for those of us who have spent hundreds, if not thousands on their licensing costs. Therefore, we need some kind of solution for the LightTPD (or other, e.g., LiteSpeed) web servers.
 
voxxitdesigns said:
You've made that quite clear. Congratulations. However, it was posted earlier in this thread that DA heavily relies on specific configuration files with Apache, and therefore it would be rather difficult to make any other web server the default (and only) web server on the machine.
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Not if the web server can read and interpret Apache configuration :)
 
It's no longer a debate.

LiteSpeed had hijacked the thread. So I did some surgery.

LiteSpeed is now in it's own thread under 3rd Party Software, which is what it is.

And since it's a commercial product and presumably works with DirectAdmin without any changes, I'm not sure what there is to debate.

Jeff
 
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