The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx

Re:The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx by blakeyrat on Monday November 23, 2015 @04:13PM (#10617347)

I know it's probably not "open source-y" enough for you, but IIS just uses plain ol' XML files for configuration.

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Re:The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx by GlennS on Monday November 23, 2015 @05:38PM (#10617867)

So I'd say Nginx is actually the least annoying web-server to config of those I've used:

1. Nginx

2. IIS 6 (strange metabase thing)

3. Apache (XML, mostly)

4. IIS 7, 7.5 (XML, but with some of the files scattered through your Windows directory, and also some values aren't valid in some of the files).

5. Tomcat (XML plus madness).

I'd say the thing that makes all web-servers a pain is debugging which rules are passing/failing, and where are they sending their results to.

I think the thing which makes Nginx easier than the others is probably that it doesn't try to support the 'shared hosting' scenario, which adds a lot of mess.

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Re:The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Nginx by CrLf on Monday November 23, 2015 @04:31PM (#10617448)

Is that a positive thing? Of course, like in many other cases, IIS configuration is supposed to be generated from tools, but it always needs some tweaking and XML makes it a total pain to edit.

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