Has anyone done this or currently running this setup? to try it with my directadmin server first but havent found very good documentation or howtos. Ive looked the last week or so and havent really found anything helpful. So if anyone is running such a setup Id like to know how you did it and how much better if any it is.
View 0 RepliesCan Lighttpd be installed with DirectAdmin in this fashion:
Lighttpd - port 80
DirectAdmin on Apache - port 999
OR
Is there any performance decrease in
Apache - Port 80
Lighhttpd - port 81 (proxy between Apache)
DirectAdmin on Apache - port 999
is it possible to remove or reset Apache Usage Log in DirectAdmin?
because it takes large space on my server and it increase heavily everyday
any idea , I can't find anything on DA forums!
my php.ini had some changes (/etc/php.ini). Today i have switch from apache to lighttpd, do i need to edit another php.ini file ? Apache and lighttpd use the same php.ini ( /etc/php.ini)?
View 5 Replies View RelatedUntil recently, it seemed like everything I read about a server indicated that Apache was king. I have never read anything that has given me any reason not to use Apache.
However, about a year ago when I discovered Django, I discovered Lighttpd. From everything I've been able to read, Lighttpd seems to be a better web server, but still don't know very much at all about Lighttpd.
I'm fairly comfortable with Apache, although I've never cared much for it. I have a feeling that I'll like Lighttpd quite a bit more from the very little that I do know about it. I'm wondering if I should even consider switching.
For one, it seems that everyone knows how to work with Apache and Lighttpd seems to be far less common. Apache also seems to be much more established which leads me to believe that it's a safer choice. Nonetheless, I still really want to give Lighttpd a shot. And, judging from what I've seen about Django and Lighttpd, Lighttpd seems to be a better choice when working with Django.
What do you think? Should I stick with Apache since I already know how to use it? Is Lighttpd worth the time to learn or is Apache just too good?
I wanted to know what do you prefer as server apache or lighttpd , though I am running lighttpd and have no issue except that there is too much work for mod rewrite and it effects search engine, so I was thinking to use apache instaed of it will it be possible to install apache over lighttpd or will I have to go for fresh install.
View 14 Replies View RelatedFor a year now I've been running my server with Lighttpd. It's worked out well so far, but now that I have a new box I'm reconsidering.
Lighttpd does not support .htaccess files which is a bit of a pain, and doesn't have the same support by apps like Apache does. Given that I get very little traffic to my box (it sits idle most of the time) I am considering Apache.
How is security between Apache and Lighttpd? I know Apache has things like mod_security and mod_evasive, but I've never really checked how Lighttpd compared.
Is it possible to do this scenario:
[url]
[url]
So basically anything that comes out of "upload" directory will be served by apache and both on port 80 from the end-users point of view.
which web server you recommend for a vb forum? apache 2.2.x or lighttpd?
performance and resource usage....
i want to Migrate from apache to lighttpd and i found out hypervm can do it, just click Update. But i'm noob here and i need help.
- Does i need to check something to make sure Migrating from apache to highttpd without problem?
- Can i switch back later ( withou problem )?
We've been thinking about writing our own hosting control panel for our own
"tight" hosting setup, so that can alter the panel just to our needs without relying on updates from anybody else.
To read new configurations in Lighttpd or Apache, as far as I know, requires the software to be restarted (for example service apache restart). Are there any negative effects of this, I'm assuming that whilst being restarted there is a small amount of time during which the software is "down" and websites can't be accessed during that period (probably <1 second). Am I correct?
What is the best way to reload configurations into these http servers without service interruption? I notice that DirectAdmin seems to just restart Apache on any function that alters the configuration file - for example adding a new user.
I was recently inroduced to lighttpd being able to run on apache with a different port. So I setup my lighttpd that way.
lighttpd.conf
Code:
server.modules = (
"mod_access",
"mod_fastcgi",
"mod_cgi",
"mod_accesslog" )
server.document-root = "/var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/lighttpd/"
server.errorlog = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
index-file.names = ( "index.php", "index.html",
"index.htm", "default.htm" )
and my httpd.conf
Code:
ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass /lighttpd http://0.0.0.0:81/
ProxyPassReverse / http://0.0.0.0:81/
Now when I created a folder on my server's httpdocs /lighttpd/
everything runs smooth so I got the lighty to work for me.
Okay now that i figure it works I wanted to run one of my subdomain on lighty so that I can reduce the load on the server. Does anyone know how I can setup one of my subdomain to open with lighttpd and keep everything else on apache?
I've hired *name* to take care of my server, but it's just getting so frustrating, as it seems they can't fix my server/optimize it correctly.
I just want some input as to what the problem is here.
I got them to install lighttpd along with xcache.
After about 15-18 hours, the server's CPU slowly increases to be using 90-90%, giving me the 500 Internal Server Error.
I've asked them to optimize xcache and lighttpd, but I keep getting these responses:
Quote:
The should be pretty optimized. Xcache has limited optimization features.
Quote:
Lighttpd itself is pretty optimized, the problem is php. Php runs as its own binary and theres not many parameters that can be tweaked.
Is that even correct?
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So I got them to enable apache, and disable lighttpd.
This time, it's the other way around.
My ram get's completely used up, forcing the server to use Swap; making the load shoot to 50+. CPU usage is fine the entire way.
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This has been going back and forth, enabling/disabling lighttpd and re-enabling apache but a problem always comes up each time.
Am I asking for too much?
Server specs;
Intel C2D E6400
4GB Ram
There is only one IPB board on this server - nothing else.
Average users is 70-200 users within 15 minutes.
This is what I'm getting when lighttpd is on:
Code:
top - 22:56:02 up 18:46, 1 user, load average: 23.38, 22.84, 22.44
Tasks: 117 total, 17 running, 100 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
Cpu(s): 95.0%us, 4.3%sy, 0.0%ni, 0.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.2%hi, 0.5%si, 0.0%st
Mem: 4147196k total, 1346888k used, 2800308k free, 203144k buffers
Swap: 2907756k total, 0k used, 2907756k free, 712584k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
2401 mysql 15 0 318m 107m 3868 S 44 2.6 49:02.02 /usr/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/my.cnf --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib
3279 root 15 0 27712 15m 2900 S 12 0.4 10:33.81 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3272 root 16 0 29752 16m 2908 R 11 0.4 10:15.94 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3266 root 15 0 27536 14m 2920 S 11 0.4 10:40.14 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3270 root 16 0 27624 14m 2908 R 11 0.4 10:36.71 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3267 root 16 0 27796 14m 2972 R 10 0.4 10:35.22 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3268 root 15 0 28148 15m 3112 S 10 0.4 10:49.86 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3276 root 16 0 27696 15m 2900 R 10 0.4 10:29.73 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3269 root 16 0 28312 15m 2916 R 10 0.4 10:23.57 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3274 root 16 0 27924 15m 2912 R 10 0.4 10:44.51 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3275 root 16 0 29368 16m 2928 R 9 0.4 10:41.84 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3278 root 15 0 29432 16m 2876 S 9 0.4 10:28.52 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3271 root 16 0 26784 14m 2900 R 9 0.3 10:41.61 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3277 root 16 0 27156 14m 2928 R 9 0.4 10:31.07 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3265 root 15 0 28408 15m 2880 S 8 0.4 10:46.89 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3280 root 16 0 27036 14m 2880 R 8 0.3 10:43.20 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3273 root 15 0 24676 12m 2952 R 8 0.3 10:43.57 /usr/local/lighttpd/bin/php-cgi
3262 root 15 0 13356 11m 632 R 3 0.3 3:04.27 /usr/local/lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd.conf
1 root 15 0 2032 648 552 S 0 0.0 0:00.36 init [3]
2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [migration/0]
3 root 34 19 0 0 0 R 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksoftirqd/0]
4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [watchdog/0]
5 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [migration/1]
6 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [ksoftirqd/1]
7 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [watchdog/1]
8 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [events/0]
9 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [events/1]
10 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [khelper]
11 root 11 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kthread]
15 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kblockd/0]
16 root 10 -5 0 0 0 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 [kblockd/1]
at Lighttpd, and after trying for 2 hours to convert/rewrite apache's rewriterule into Lighttpd format, I became extremely confused.
Here's what I have in apache's rewriterule:
Code:
RewriteCond %{IS_SUBREQ} ^false [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^basic [NC]
RewriteCond /root/to/a/folder/%{REMOTE_USER} -f
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/your_username_is_blocked.html
How do I configure Lighttpd to serve images/javascript/css files that are littered about my websites? Can I just input the paths of all the directories that I want Lighttpd to serve from?
For example, I have 4 separate websites with each having a message board, main page etc... Could I have lighty serve the files from:
/var/www/html/site1/images
/var/www/html/site2/images
/var/www/html/site3/images
/var/www/html/site4/images
/var/www/html/site1/javascript
etc....
and have Apache serve the files from all the other directories?
I get the following error when let my site connect to my database: Access denied for user 'apache'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
But when im running lil test script which connect to my localhost with the same passwords and it gives the status 'Connection OK' (im running on admin account, made a MySQL account with DA)
Code:
<?php $link = mysql_connect('localhost','admin_removed','removed'); if (!$link) { die('Could not connect to MySQL: ' . mysql_error()); } echo 'Connection OK'; mysql_close($link); ?>
I'm running both Apache (on port 81) and Lighttpd (port 80) on my VPS. I would like to have Apache run CGI/Perl scripts only for virtual hosts in the Lighttpd.conf. My Lighttpd.conf already has fastCGI enabled though.
View 3 Replies View RelatedThere are 2 different domains with the same IP being served by Apache. I want one of the domains to be served by lighttpd, is it possible without having to change the IP of that domain?
View 11 Replies View Relatedsomebody know is possible on some way route traffic before come to web server (apache or lighttpd)?
I want to setup lighttpd on port 80 and apache on port 81 and I want visitors to go direct to apache or lighttpd without url:81 and that must work on this way if somebody visiting url1.domain.com that go to lighttpd on port 80 and if somebody visiting url2.domain.com that go to apache on port 81 and something must route it before lighttpd and apache (and get/post must work), is this possible on some way?
I know that lighttpd and apache can do it but I don`t need it on that way!
I'm trying to decide what panel to get, I've used cPanel and DirectAdmin before so trying to figure out which is best suited for me.
Obviously cPanel has more features but uses more ram. Do I really need all the features of cPanel or can I get by using DirectAdmin?
The server I'm going to get will have 8GB RAM so does it matter that cPanel uses more memory because there is so much ram anyway?
If you were looking for a web host, which control panel do you want?
cPanel or DirectAdmin?
I know most will choose cPanel, but I want to find out how many choose DA and how many choose cPanel.
i am swtiching the hosting package from company A to company B. Company A is using directadmin and company B using cpanel.
How can i transfer all my mail to cpanel?
On average, how much memory does cpanel use when compared to a standard directadmin setup?
I've never had a chance to use directadmin before, but I've been reading quite a bit about it around the web and that it uses much less memory than cpanel.
Anyone used both? Which is better for VPS hosting?
I have been using cPanel for long and some custom panels like DreamHost and Site5 provide.
I have seen DirectAdmin a couple of times but never used it. Now my question is that:
Why we should we use cPanel instead of DirectAdmin, when:
* DA is cheaper than cPanel.
* People says DA support is better.
* DA have nearly all features cPanel have.
* DA looks prettier than cPanel.
I could be able to state more if I have been using DA.
Now, please list your REAL world reason to not use DA but cPanel. Lets keep it on topic.
My reason, as of now, is:
* Transferring site from cPanel to cPanel is easier than cPanel to DA.
I really need at least 10 reasons for not choosing DA.
I have a direct admin server and I am planning to take backup of all the accounts in my DA server to my friend server. This is just for safety precautions.
My friend server is Cpanel.
I wanted a move 1 accounts from cPanel to DirectAdmin server platform. I know it has to be done manually. But this one account has 800MB.
So the question is:
Is it possible to tar public_html while keeping every permission & folder ownership at it's correct setting?
(Sql is not a problem for me)
I have heard that Direct Admin is much faster then cpanel & require much less resources then cpanel... I was just wondering if I get vps with 128 ram with Direct admin on it, would it be better than vps with 256 ram with cpanel installed... I am running 3 websites with almost 10 to 20 users at a time (at max 50).... I like both cpanel & directadmin but was thinking if 128 ram with DirectAdmin can give more speed on 128 then I won't spend more money on 256 with cpanel... If anybody have an opinion then please put it here...
View 14 Replies View Relatedlike know the difference mainly between cpanel and directadmin;
So is important that the host have all the plans :
one with cpanel and one with directadmin (if have plesk and others is also better but not fundamental )
Is important also to have server in europe ;
For your experience are both stable the panels and which are the principal difference?
I have a reseller account that is hosted at ns1 / ns2.mydomain.com and it is configured via cPanel / WHM and is accessed by mydomain.com
I recently purchased a dedicated server and would like the dedicated server to have a ns3 / ns4.mydomain.com I also would like that the dedicated server be accessed by another domain (other than mydomain.com). Is this possible?
If that is not possible, what way is a good way of doing this?
I receive my server tha preinstall diectadmin. May I know is it possible I remove the directmin adn install the cpanel without format the drive?
View 7 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to transfer (migrate) an account from cPanel to DirectAdmin?
And the other way, DirectAdmin -> Cpanel?