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Re: converting my local site to be https only access

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On Tuesday 02 May 2017 17:13:44 Jonathan Dowland wrote:

> On Tue, May 02, 2017 at 01:24:42PM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > I don't understand that: do you find Apache's config worse, or
> > lighttpd's or nginx's?
>
> Sorry I was unclear: I meant I find Apache's config the worst. It was
> the first HTTPD I used, and I spent many years supporting it
> professionally. I only switched to lighttpd for personal stuff because
> it was much easier to get FastCGI working. But then the scales fell
> from my eyes; and I wondered why I hadn't considered alternatives
> sooner. The logic in professional web hosting circles was that Apache
> HTTPD was the only serious HTTPD to use for "real" web pages (at least
> back then); but the configuration language was always a nightmare, I
> just didn't know better.
>
> > At work, Apache (they want it badly and it's not mine anyway). At
> > home, lighttpd (it's mine, after all).
>
> I still use lighttpd for my main web server but I've been
> investigating nginx for my home NAS web server (which does much more
> proxying to web apps inside containers and suchlike, rather than
> serving content itself). I found some limitations with lighttpd's
> reverse-proxying and rewriting things.

I've been looking at nginx myself, and wondering if it was any easier to 
setup. Apache2 can be a mutant bear with 6 sore paws.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
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 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-29 05:40 +0200
  Re: converting my local site to be https only access Felix Dietrich <felix.dietrich@sperrhaken.name> - 2017-04-29 10:30 +0200
    Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-29 15:10 +0200
      Re: converting my local site to be https only access Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2017-04-29 20:30 +0200
        Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-29 20:50 +0200
          Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-04-30 23:10 +0200
            Re: converting my local site to be https only access Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com> - 2017-04-30 23:50 +0200
            Re: converting my local site to be https only access Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> - 2017-05-01 00:00 +0200
            Re: converting my local site to be https only access davidson@freevolt.org - 2017-05-01 02:20 +0200
              Re: converting my local site to be https only access Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-05-01 03:00 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-01 03:40 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access davidson@freevolt.org - 2017-05-01 21:50 +0200
              Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-01 03:40 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-05-01 15:30 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-01 16:10 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-05-01 17:20 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-01 19:00 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-05-01 21:00 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-05-01 21:00 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access davidson@freevolt.org - 2017-05-02 01:40 +0200
                Re: converting my local site to be https only access Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2017-05-03 18:40 +0200
  Re: converting my local site to be https only access Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-05-02 12:40 +0200
    Re: converting my local site to be https only access <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-05-02 13:30 +0200
      Re: converting my local site to be https only access Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-05-02 23:20 +0200
        Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-02 23:40 +0200
          Re: converting my local site to be https only access <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-05-03 11:30 +0200
            Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-03 14:40 +0200
              Re: converting my local site to be https only access <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-05-03 15:30 +0200
    Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-02 22:50 +0200
      Re: converting my local site to be https only access Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-05-02 23:20 +0200
        Re: converting my local site to be https only access Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2017-05-02 23:50 +0200

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