setup server from scratch (with or without apache?)

Bruno Desthuilliers bruno.42.desthuilliers at websiteburo.invalid
Mon Jun 21 06:00:12 EDT 2010


News123 a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> 
> So far I never really had to ask this question and this is also, why I
> am stil a little shaky on this topic:
> 
> So far the typical LAMP server existed already and contained already a
> lot of existing PHP web applications, which I couldn't remove.
> Therefore I just used mod_python to implement some minor functionality
> next to it.
> 
> Now I have the opportunity to setup a server from scratch.
> 90% of the content will be non visual content over https with client AND
> server certificates.
> Access privileges will depend on the client certificate.
> 
> I will only have one IP address and only port 443.
> 
> 1.) What alternatives would exist compared to apache / mod_python

wsgi + any wsgi-compatible web server.

> 2.) What disadvantage would I have using apache and mod_python compared
> to other solutions

Err... I guess you already got the most important answer on this !-)

> 3.) What's the stability / security aspect of other solutions,
> especially concerning client / server certificates

Can't tell, sorry.

> 4.) How could I prepare for the case, that customer might lateron
> require PHP? (not very probably, but who knows.

Just make sure you can run PHP with the web server you choose.




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