… legacy applications. Use Reverse proxy in front. You may configure other Apache server to use as reverse proxy, you may also use Squid, Lighttpd, Nginx etc…, setting them to be directly services by reverse proxy servers could be enough. The note about LigHTTPD – I like this one in particular…
Post: Lighttpd as reverse proxy
June 17, 2008 By 28 Comments
… this file with htpasswd utility from apache. and finally make changes related to proxy 1. Move apache from 80 port to another, e… path lighttpd=”/usr/local/lighttpd/sbin/lighttpd” and add script to autostart chkconfig –add lighttpd chkconfig –level 2345 lighttpd on That’s all. For complex apache…
Comment: Lighttpd as reverse proxy
June 18, 2008 By 28 Comments
We use Apache with threaded MPM as reverse proxy (and for static files) and Apache prefork MPM for serving PHP files. Big advantage of… and so) for both webservers. Threaded MPM Apache has decent memory consumption and almost same performance as lighttpd with sendfile network module.
Comment: Lighttpd as reverse proxy
June 18, 2008 By 28 Comments
… the impression of a single domain surely using Squid in reverse proxy mode is the simplest? Get one httpd to serve both… a dedicated domain for static content, which is served by lighttpd. Apache then hosts the dynamic. sent from: fav.or.it [FID179790…
Comment: Lighttpd as reverse proxy
June 17, 2008 By 28 Comments
Here, we use “HAproxy” in front for reverse proxy and load balancing. It’s VERY fast to parse HTTP … it : send all static content requests to lighttpd and all dynamic content to apache. If you have a lot of traffic, you…
Comment: Lighttpd as reverse proxy
June 17, 2008 By 28 Comments
This is interesting – we actually do the opposite 
– apache as reverse proxy + mod_security + static file handling in front of the lighttpd/fcgi.
Comment: Pitfall of proxying HTTP requests through Lighttpd
November 23, 2007 By 12 Comments
Do you think this problem would exists if the setup was reversed? Meaning, let Apache be your prime server and do the proxy forward for the static content to the lighttpd! In that case, lighttpd will not consume as much memory and will do its job efficiently.
