Embedded linux httpd

That does not sound like "lightweight" :)

-Michael

Hi Emmanuel

Look at:

Alekto; DIN RAIL mountable:

This ARM platform might be interesting - also has GSM, wi-fi, GPRS (can of course be turned off), USB-port and UPS (Li-ion battery!). There is no ethernet port, so the network connection has to be made over wi-fi or USB. Openmoko uses the Linux kernel 2.6 but the distribution is not debian:

It is also possible to buy a auxiliary debug-board.

More about Openmoko Neo Freerunner:

Schematics:

GTA02 Hardware Component Selection:

CAD program (stp-format):

regards,

Glenn

Unfortunately these are my clients requirements... :-( I also find them to be rather heavy...

Hi Glen.

Thanks for you help. Unfortunately the target platform will most certainly be more lightweight than the one you are proposing. I won't be having 1Gb of disk space available for the OS. I'd say 10-20 megabytes would be the maximum.

Do you know about lighttpd?

Regards,

Hi Emmanuel

The former proposed hardware does not require 1GB of memory - or disks, SD-cards. They run on a flashed image.

I have not heard about lighttpd, but I have read about this very small OS (with webserver) for many platforms:

Sourcecode for Contiki with IPv6 support, can now be downloaded:

Then this hardware?:

From somewhere in a pdf or from the site: "Encryption for secure communications - 256-bit AES US Government approved Rijndael. 300 bps to

Digi Connect ME: NetSilicon NS7520 32-bit ARM Microprocessor.

regards,

Glenn

The hardware and target OS are provided by the client and I don't have any control over what is chosen. This is why I need a lightweight HTTP server for Linux.

Thanks.

You might want to check out Cherokee -- I have no idea if it works for all the above, but its lighter than apache, and I've used it in embedded ARM-Linux systems before.

Cliff

OK. I'll give it a try. Thanks.

Hi Emmanuel

It seems to be this one:

regards,

Glenn

Hi Emmanuel

I have found some more:

Comparison of lightweight web servers:

Web Servers:

Tiny web servers:

https support hint:

Web Servers Survey (Total Domains) - by Netcraft.com:

October 31, 2006 Lightweight fnord serves HTTP admirably:

SHTTPD (Simple HTTP Daemon):

The Fastest free Web Server out there!:

regards,

Glenn

Am Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:15:21 -0800 schrieb snipped-for-privacy@webdyn.com:

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Hi Emmanuel,

I do run lighttpd on my NSLU2 since 2 years. It serves some static pages for myself and a dokuwiki for a local group (php via fastCGI). Rocksolid

First install was on an unmodified NSLU2, 32 MB RAM, runnig OpenSlug

I have no experience with SSL and lighttpd.

Vitus

Thanks everyone ! All these links are very interesting and give me food for thought! :-)

I've got some reading to do... ;)

It's a really good idea to request features and decide about the resources independently of that :) :) :)

-Michael

Thanks everyone.

It appears that nignx and lighttpd seem to very appropriate for my needs. I think I'm going to fall for nignx.

Cheers.

Been using lighttpd in our embedded linux system for 3 years. It works well, very robust and we do use for ssl connections. It seems pretty thrifty and does not spawn multiple threads.

We also use the embedded lighttpd server as a proxy to connect (transparently to the end user) to a second web server (also lighttpd) on a different system.

We have been unable to use lighttpd to connect via the proxy using ssl. We are still using 1.4.13 and this may have been fixed in a later release (currently 1.4.20).

There is a new lighttpd 1.6.0 release coming soon, a complete rewrite.

We are currently evaluating nginx (nginx.net) which includes a mail proxy server.

--regards mikeb