Comments on: Another comparison of HAProxy and Nginx http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/ Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:35:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ryan http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-43 ryan Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:35:25 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-43 see http://four.livejournal.com/955976.html for another comparison of haproxy and nginx. see http://four.livejournal.com/955976.html for another comparison of haproxy and nginx.

]]> By: José Antonio http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-35 José Antonio Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:39:34 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-35 "Can HAProxy serve static files though without involving Mongrel?" -No. but you can configure an ACL filter and move all static request to another server (i.e. ligthttpd, apache, nginx) # Static content acl url_static path_beg /javascripts /stylesheets /images acl url_static path_end .jpg .jpeg .gif .png .ico .pdf .js .css .flv .swf acl host_static hdr_beg(host) -i static0. static1. static2. static3. use_backend static if host_static or url_static # Default to dynamic content default_backend dynamic “Can HAProxy serve static files though without involving Mongrel?”

-No. but you can configure an ACL filter and move all static request to another server (i.e. ligthttpd, apache, nginx)

# Static content
acl url_static path_beg /javascripts /stylesheets /images
acl url_static path_end .jpg .jpeg .gif .png .ico .pdf .js .css .flv .swf
acl host_static hdr_beg(host) -i static0. static1. static2. static3.

use_backend static if host_static or url_static

# Default to dynamic content
default_backend dynamic

]]> By: Alexander http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-34 Alexander Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:44:17 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-34 No. HAProxy is a pure load balancer — it doesn't know how to map URLs to files. You need a web server such as Nginx or Lighttpd. (I wouldn't use Mongrel.) No. HAProxy is a pure load balancer — it doesn’t know how to map URLs to files. You need a web server such as Nginx or Lighttpd. (I wouldn’t use Mongrel.)

]]> By: Tommy Tiddlekins http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-33 Tommy Tiddlekins Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:03:13 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-33 Can HAProxy serve static files though without involving Mongrel? Can HAProxy serve static files though without involving Mongrel?

]]> By: daeltar http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-31 daeltar Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:30:20 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-31 @Alexander - sorry - I have read it in previous article after this one. @Alexander – sorry – I have read it in previous article after this one.

]]> By: Alexander http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-30 Alexander Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:48:39 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-30 @Morten: So serve them with Nginx and proxy back into HAProxy. @daeltar: This comparison <i>is</i> with the fair proxy module. @Morten: So serve them with Nginx and proxy back into HAProxy.

@daeltar: This comparison is with the fair proxy module.

]]> By: daeltar http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-29 daeltar Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:02:00 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-29 Interesting comparsion. Do you think that Nginx with fair proxy module will have similar results as HAproxy? Interesting comparsion. Do you think that Nginx with fair proxy module will have similar results as HAproxy?

]]> By: Morten http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-28 Morten Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:14 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-28 Nginx to serve files, doing that in Rails would be unhealthy - google rails send_file mem Nginx to serve files, doing that in Rails would be unhealthy – google rails send_file mem

]]> By: Alexander http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-27 Alexander Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:51:06 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-27 Rails can accept/emit the appropriate authentication headers. Why involve Nginx? Rails can accept/emit the appropriate authentication headers. Why involve Nginx?

]]> By: Morten http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/another-comparison-of-haproxy-and-nginx/#comment-25 Morten Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:13:55 +0000 http://affectioncode.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-25 How would you handle serving files that require authentication (via the Rails app) in such a setup? Allow nginx to also call Rails for authentication which then returns the X-Accel-Redirect for nginx? How would you handle serving files that require authentication (via the Rails app) in such a setup? Allow nginx to also call Rails for authentication which then returns the X-Accel-Redirect for nginx?

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