2010/12/28 Igor Galić <i.ga...@brainsware.org>: > Hey folks, > > I'm looking for some inspiration on how to make good use of > mod_lua. Those familiar with its documentation, might find > it a little bit lacking in this regard.
My original aim (and what I still use mod_wombat for) is various small modules I don't want to be bothered using C for, but which need to run in a threaded MPM (making mod_python/mod_perl not viable options). Auth against a remote service, interaction with shared memory for some other things on the box, graylisting access control, etc. I know it has also been used in the wild for browser sniffing for mobile devices, which means updating things frequently. A very nice use case I have seen is basically using it as the initial impl for things that will eventually become conventional C modules, once the functionality is understood and stabilises enough to make it worth it. -Brian -Brian > > I've got an elaborate project plotted out, which I'll implement > real soon now, but what I'm chiefly looking for is what mod_lua > has promised us: A cure for mod_rewrite. > > Please share your particularly ugly, involved, unaesthetic or > otherwise /wrong/ solutions done with mod_rewrite because it > was the only hammer available for the screws at that time ;) > > To extend our gallery: > http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/WhenNotToUseRewrite > on one hand, and on the other to find inspiration to solve the > (more involved?) problems - if possible or sensible - in mod_lua. > > So long, > i > > -- > Igor Galić > > Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 > Mail: i.ga...@brainsware.org > URL: http://brainsware.org/ >
