On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't know much about Apache but I can't imagine it's anything like as > complicated as recent versions of IIS. I've heard the IIS 7 was a major re-write, so perhaps they have improved things. Perhaps. One of the big advantages I find with Apache is that the configuration is based in text files. Permissions, what modules to load, which directories have which functionality exposed. That said, a complex web site needs a complex configuration, and setting up some features can involve some obscure settings, like using regular expressions to redirect a web request. Or invoking strange commands like 'ForceType application/x-httpd-php' And figuring out the order of precedence: global settings file, website-specific file, local overrides, and how they interact with file owners and permissions can be challenging. Like any application, it's a learned experience, figuring out the language, commands, syntax and the logic of how the app models the domain. And, it's "a patchy server" so you'll find some pretty obscure stuff out on the edges. But there's a reason why the clear majority of the internet, by any measure, chooses it as their web server. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
