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HTTP Servers
HTTP (or Web) Servers frequently form the initial front end to a Ruby on Rails application. The Web server handles the initial request from a user, processes those requests for static content directly, dispatches requests for dynamic content to an application server, and often acts as a load balancing front end when handling increased traffic.Articles
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Apache+SSL Win32 HOWTO
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Windows + Apache 2.0 + Ssl
Setting up Apache and SSL on Windows (2003)
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mod_proxy_core got X-Sendfile Support
Using X-Sendfile with lighttpd and mod_proxy_core.
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X-Sendfile
How to use X-sendfile with lighttpd and FastCGI.
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Mod rewrite tutorials
An excellent series of tutorials on using mod rewrite, including writing efficient regular expressions.
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- Rails performance tip - using YSlow
Handy guide looking at the results of the Yahoo yslow FireFox plugin and how to handle some of the performance issues using Ruby on Rails or web server (nginx) configuration tricks. - Apache 2.2 Documentation
- Main - Nginx Wiki
Primary English documentation site for nginx. Contains many links to sample configuration files and other help. - Emiller's Guide to Nginx Module Development
A thorough technical guide to writing nginx modules in C.
Software (6)
- LiteSpeed Technologies
A web server alternative that claims twice the performance of Apache. - httperf
Httperf is a tool for measuring web server performance. It provides a flexible facility for generating various HTTP workloads and for measuring server performance. The focus of httperf is not on implementing one particular benchmark but on providing a robust, high-performance tool that facilitates the construction of both micro- and macro-level benchmarks. - mod_xsendfile
Apache 2 module that enables your application server to tell Apache when to send a static file. Use with Rails Xsendfile plugin. - Overview -- Phusion Passenger (a.k.a. mod_rails)
mod_rails is an Apache module that supports Rails applications without requiring a separate application server. This could be the biggest thing in Rails hosting since Mongrel. - Apache HTTP Server
The official site for the world's most widely used web server. - lighttpd fly light
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- Httperf Presentation
Presentation slides, recording, and quick reference for Httperf talk at www2007 conference.
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