In more or less the same boat, without php as our virtual sites are simple display only.
However for future business developement we have wondered the same. I am inn agreement with your choice of (1) as that would be ours pending feedback here from those who know. On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 7:30 AM, T. Ribbrock <emga...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm finally getting round to updating my home server (gets a fresh 5.6 > install). > > Of course, there were a lot of changes over the past versions, one of > them being the whole apache -> nginx -> httpd migration. My webserver > has a CMS running which requires PHP and MySQL, plus a few more > PHP-applications. Also, I have two or three virtual sites running and > I'm currently considering having a look at something like Owncloud > and/or Citadel. > > Given the current state of development in OpenBSD, I'm now wondering > what the best way forward is for me: > > a) Install apache-httpd-openbsd from ports and keep my configuration > basically as is > Advantage: Less work to get everything running - I've done OpenBSD > re-installs like that several times over the past years > Disadvantage: I guess that the new httpd will get a lot more > developer attention, so this does not seem the ideal option longterm, > but I could always migrate to httpd later, e.g. when upgrading to 5.7 > or (more likely) 5.8 > > b) Migrate to nginx > This seems to be the least interesting option - not only do I have to > migrate now, but once more in the future, as nginx is also on the way > out (so, the same "developer attention" caveat applies as with > apache) > > c) Migrate to httpd > From what I've gathered so far from this list, this would basically > require me to switch to -current, as the 5.6 version is too fresh and > too many changes have happened since - or am I being pessimistic > here? I've never run -current before, hence, I'm a bit hesitant... > > I tend to go for a) because I do not want to migrate twice - but maybe > somebody else has some interesting points that I have not considered > yet? I'd appreciate the input! > > Regards, > > Thomas > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Ribbrock http://www.ribbrock.org/ > "You have to live on the edge of reality - to make your dreams come > true!"
