On Oct 22, 2006, at 8:48 PM, Dave Amos wrote:
>My first advice would be to drop lighttpd and use mongrel plus pound
>or apache. Is there a reason you want to use lighttpd? Fastcgi?
I'm using lighttpd because I'm using Textdrive as a hosting
provider and they seem to strongly recommend it. They even have a
tutorial and everything, which I followed to the "T" and still had
problems. I'd switch to Mongrel, but since I've never deployed an
app before I kind of needed some serious handholding. What are the
reasons for choosing mongrel or apache over lighttpd? Apache would
be pretty convenient, actually, since I work for a website that
uses apache, so I can ask one of the developers for help.
Dave,
I think it would be in your best interest to investigate a HTTPd for
its merits regardless of the stellar RoR support before settling with
something. Mongrel may be nice for getting a fast start at deploying
your static content, but as soon as you are in need of a PHP app,
sublime access features, or even static pages, you will find yourself
making the choice all over again.
Really, unless you have a very good reason to go with another daemon,
learning Apache will serve you (yuk yuk) better generally and is
worth learning even if you don't use that as your choice for the RoR
application. Apache also has a very solid user community which will
give you access to a lot of well-done user documentation along with
tips and modifications which can enhance your application with very
little additional work (mod_security, for instance.)
--
Erik Hollensbe
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