Why aren't more ppl using lighttpd?
STyL3 - June 13, 2008 - 13:27
Now I'm no server guru or anything of the like. I've only really done about 20 hours of research on lighttpd as well, but from everything i READ it outperforms Apache by a very large margin. Is anyone running Drupal 6 successfully on lighttpd, without the hiccups of cleanurls and the fact that you can't use mod_rewrite?
Also, if you are using Apache, is there a reason you use it over lighty? (is it just b/c there isn't the extra headache of getting it to work with Drupal, or simply b/c of it's popularity?)
I'd be interested to hear some of your thoughts. Thanks.
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I think most people use
I think most people use apache because that is what most shared hosting providers use. Also I do not think many people have the problems resolved by useing lighttpd. You should also look at Nginx and lightspeed (commercial product) http://litespeedtech.com
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Litespeed seems interesting but...
I'd prefer to stay open source. Not to mention I'll be hosting my own server at home instead of using a shared host. Your point is definitely a valid one though. I believe i read somewhere that over 50% of web servers are running Apache...I'm just curious as to why?
And I guess when I ask why, I'm curious as to not only why users choose apache, but also why the shared hosts choose it. Although I don't really expect you to be able to answer that unless you run your own hosting company. ;-)
mod_rewrite is the whole point
There are very few sites on the Internet that would not benefit from SEO, and from what I understand (which is admittedly not a whole lot) not having clean URLs absolutely kills a site's SEO. Performance boosts hardly matter if users can't find your site.
Of course, lighttpd has its place, and I'd be interested in hearing how people use it. I'm just sure it won't be as your typical Drupal site.
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Just found this...
I just happened to find this and was thinking that this would render the SEO argument invalid. Would you agree? (if of course it can indeed be implemented, although it looks like he's done it based on his URL's)
http://realize.be/drupal-lighttpd-clean-urls-made-easy
Interesting solution. But
Interesting solution.
But most people install rewrite rules that work fine.
There are a couple of threads here that have rewrite rules. Read them through as they might be dated and incomplete.
Here is a good one:
http://drupal.org/node/50243#comment-127659