The long life of Apache httpd 2.4

Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by networked on Saturday May 20, 2023 @06:47AM (#36010768)

I started using Apache again in 2019. I wanted to set up WebDAV file sharing on my home network, and Apache's implementation of WebDAV was more compatible than nginx's. Even with https://github.com/arut/nginx-dav-ext-module, I had problems with Windows clients on nginx. Caddy 2, my go-to HTTP server, lacked a WebDAV plugin at the time. So I tried Apache, and WebDAV worked everywhere. (Since then https://github.com/mholt/caddy-webdav has come out for Caddy. I plan to test it for compatibility, but I am happy with Apache and don't see a need to migrate.)

While setting up Apache 2.4, I came to like certain things about it. For example, https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_macro.html. Configuration seems in general less footgun-y than that of nginx (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30435282). I have also adopted https://tcl.apache.org/rivet/ and use it on the LAN server where someone else might reach for PHP. It is admittedly quite niche.

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Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by mikepurvis on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:11AM (#36011238)

The only time in the last ten years that I've reached for Apache was when I needed to put an LDAP auth reverse proxy on something— it looked like it was possible to do it with nginx, but would require running a separate script or dealing with Lua or something. On Apache it was batteries-included and a few lines of pasted-in config file.

I'd love to be shown a better way on that, but Apache did rack up a W for that one use case.

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Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by grepfru_it on Saturday May 20, 2023 @10:18AM (#36012123)

Traefik, bruv

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Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by jacooper on Saturday May 20, 2023 @12:33PM (#36013321)

Caddy, hands down the most sane webserver config for a reverse proxy.

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Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by mikepurvis on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:12PM (#36015677)

Thanks! That does look pretty reasonable: https://authp.github.io/docs/authenticate/ldap/ldap

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Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by pfsalter on Saturday May 20, 2023 @03:22PM (#36014767)

I often find random parts of nginx hidden behind their paywall, and then I'll reach for Apache. Especially when creating load balancers

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Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by paulddraper on Saturday May 20, 2023 @04:05PM (#36015084)

If you're on Linux, you could use haproxy

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Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4 by networked on Sunday May 21, 2023 @09:30AM (#36020666)

I got the Caddy part quite wrong. Let me correct myself.

> Since then https://github.com/mholt/caddy-webdav has come out for Caddy.

It turns out that Matt Holt published the WebDAV plugin a short time before the launch of Caddy 2. I didn't know this. I only found out about the plugin later.

> Caddy 2, my go-to HTTP server, lacked a WebDAV plugin at the time.

It wasn't, and it didn't. This was in 2019, and Caddy 2 launched in 2020. I was still only using Caddy 1 when I tested nginx and then Apache. Caddy 1 actually had an unofficial WebDAV plugin, https://github.com/hacdias/caddy-v1-webdav, which I remember finding a compatibility reason to not use.

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