[svlug] Multiple Web Servers on One IP

[Sargun Dhillon]

Uhm. some VPS providers run modified kernels that you cannot add your
own swap under (even xen!). Also, swap is slow sucks, etc.. Swap
thrashes you.


Also from chris' prior email:

I do not want to use any non-80 ports, since I do not want to run into
a restrictive firewall.  I also don't want to run into any possible
issues that may be caused by serving non-SSL pages and files through
the SSL port (which would solve the problem and circumvent the wrath
of the firewalls, but I may need SSL later, too!)



On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Luke S Crawford <lsc at prgmr.com> wrote:
> "Chris Miller" <lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com> writes:
>> Luckily the software I'm using allows me to define another subdomain
>> to serve the files, which means another Apache virtual host.  The only
>> problem there is that even if I make it two vhosts, Apache still
>> interprets this as two vhosts for the memory-eating web application.
>> If  I try and download a file while serving a page it works just fine,
>> but add a third request and it's straight back to standing in line.
> ...
>
>> So I tried LigHTTPD.  It set up fine, and as far as I know it works
>> just fine for serving file requests.  It's independent from Apache, so
>> it doesn't have a problem allowing as many page requests (file
>> downloads) as there are requests, while apache is still limiting
>> itself to one request at a time like a good little webserver.
>>
>> However, I ran into a problem when starting LigHTTPD.  Apache is
>> monopolizing the only static IP I get.  I'm was using a name-based
>> domain system to get Apache to serve both domains throught the same
>> IP.  However, Apache and lighty cannot share the same IP.  I don't
>> want to buy another static IP because it costs money.
>
> run LigHTTPD on another port (perhaps 8080?)  and then specify the URL
> http://myhostname.com:8080/path/to/file
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> Alternately, get a xen-based vps that lets you add swap :)
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