Apache is always a great choice. Apache 2 is extremely modular and allows for some mind boggling configuration arrangements. The configuration is somewhat intimidating, but debian has packaged it up to make it much more convenient (and possibly less intimidating). If ubuntu has borrowed this arrangement then the same will be true for ubuntu.
Its worth considering that lighttpd, boa etc have significantly less features than apache (how many of these features are in the 80% commonly used 20% rare ratio is of course debatable). So you may find yourself setting up non-apache now, then finding yourself having to convert to apache later, or implement something in an awkward way that apache would do elegantly. I would certainly advocate something like nginx as a load balancer or ssl reverse proxy if the website warranted it. Dean On 5/17/2009, "Erik de Castro Lopo" <[email protected]> wrote: >Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > >> Apache, boa, lighttpd, something else? > >Rob Collins on irc suggested Apache so I installed that from an >Ubuntu Hardy package. The setup was much easier than I remember >it being. Standard HTTP and CGI worked out of the box. > >I would still be interested in hearing about people using other >servers and their reasons. > >Cheers, >Erik >-- >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Erik de Castro Lopo >http://www.mega-nerd.com/ >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
