emga...@gmx.net (T. Ribbrock), 2015.12.29 (Mon) 14:30 (CET): > 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...
As I've understood it, there's no need to run -current to get a (fairly?) recent httpd(8): http://www.openbsd.org/errata56.html 009: RELIABILITY FIX: November 18, 2014 All architectures httpd was developed very rapidly in the weeks before 5.6 release, and it has a few flaws. It would be nice to get these flaws fully remediated before the next release, and that requires the community to want to use it. Therefore here is a "jumbo" patch that brings in the most important fixes. A source code patch exists which remedies this problem. http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/5.6/common/009_httpd.patch.sig Do you know of http://stable.mtier.org/ , especially "openup": http://www.mtier.org/index.php/solutions/apps/openup/ ? > 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! For just your own business, I'd do a) and deal with httpd(8) later. For our all benefit, please run httpd(8) now, reyk@ will love your reports and you'd raise our chances for httpd(8) in 5.7. Bye, Marcus > !DSPAM:54a157c8270671055614085!
