Apache HTTP Server

“It comes with the kitchen sink and has plenty of add-ons for all those extra cases you might want.”

“Its lack of progress, lack of features, poor performance and lack of security makes me never consider it again.”

“Apache strips out the response body for 5xx HTTP codes for security, and it's not configurable”

“I can rely on gifts to the world like Linux, Debian, PostgreSQL, Apache, Nginx, Caddy, and Yggdrasil without any problems for decades.”

“i like having an apache server just running on the internet with a page on it”

“I've had several outages because PHP developer dropped some Apache config to "fix" something”

“Nginx, Caddy, Apache, etc have found and fixed a million edge cases you'd never think of”

“nginx/apache and other prebaked servers are even slower, at 100k req/s”

“Apache, Twitter's Bootstrap, Pull to Refresh, React, Kubernetes, all innovative, all delivered real business value.”

“There are a few projects that can be generally trusted with internet exposure”

“Apache and NGINX busted pissed me off when creating simple ultra fast proxies”

“The precise reason I build my sites on top of Linux and Apache and Postgres is because I can switch hosts at any time.”

“Apache software is reliable in a way that many modern things are not”

“that memory issue doesn't take down the site or server, it's just the one request that dies”

“If you're using nginx/apache/literally anything that does reverse proxying correctly, this shouldn't be a problem”

“The big three C-based servers: Apache, Nginx, and lighttpd are all pretty solid”

“The fact they both survived with their market share for so long is a good sign”

“This is because of a deeply annoying default in Apache, where for "security reasons" the underlying script doesn't get to see auth details”

“Throw it on a debian box running nginx or apache and you'll probably be set”

“There are ways to run virtual hosts under different user IDs, providing isolation using more traditional Unix techniques.”

“I'm pretty sure I set up most of what "Simple S3" using with Apache2 and WebDAV at least fifteen years ago.”

“how much better Apache was than IIS when it came to operational and security issues”

“the default apache configs probably put a web developer in violation of the GDPR”

“it can also function as a reverse proxy and doesn't have the weird configuration issues”

“Plain apache or nginx with webdav, basic auth(proven code, minimal attack surface)”

“happily delivers a billion hits a month w/o breaking a sweat”

“Apache2 would fail to return 304 when also compressing some of the resources”

“Nginx and Apache are free and both can be trivially automated with ACME bot.”

“this was a pleasant discovery when I had to pick up an old Ant based project recently”

“Two other advantages of Ant that MSBuild lacks in a sane way to this day, are macros, and proper documentation.”

“If you understood the paradigm, you could write branches in Ant files simply using properties and guards on properties”

“More cost effective Apache systems were very widely being used by start-ups on tighter budgets.”

“I have used apache and nginx directory and file listing functionality with ease.”

“What killed Apache for me were the complexity of various rules and how challenging it is to define a proxy for a WebSocket connection.”

“it has never been a problem from a performance point of view”

“Some use Apache for a tighter integration with some modules such as PHP”

“It works, has been running for over a decade, and no one has ever complained about the speed.”

“shared hosting services offer Apache web server by default”

“In my Docker Swarm clusters I just use a regular Apache2 image in front of everything”

“a Caddyfile is very short, much shorter than a typical Apache or nginx configuration”