[mythtv-users] alt lightweight web servers for MythTV?

[Karl Newman]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 6:27 AM, James Miller <gajs-f0el at dea.spamcon.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015, Rich Freeman wrote:
>
>  I've never actually used it.  I'd read up on the docs for
>> webapp-config with nginx in general.
>>
>
> Thanks for bringing webapp-config to my attention, Rich. I've looked over
> the wiki article and it looks like that application might be helpful: the
> fact that webapp-config is said to handle ownership/permissions issues is
> certainly an attractive feature. But I've gotten a bit confused by
> statements made toward the beginning of the article, to the effect that
> "webapp-config . . . is used for automatic setup of web applications in
> virtual hosting environments" and "webapp-config is aimed at providing the
> package management functionality that web server administrators need when
> running multiple web sites off of the same computer (virtual hosting)."
> These statements do not describe my scenario: I will run only one site from
> my FE/BE machine, and that will (hopefully) be MythWeb. There is no virtual
> hosting, so far as I can grasp that concept, in place here. Given that no
> virtual hosting is in play, will webapp-config really be applicable to my
> situation?
>

Yes, webapp-config is used for all web app setup as far as I can tell. By
default Gentoo is set up for virtual hosts, even if you only have one
called localhost. It makes it easy to add virtual hosts later without
having to move stuff around. That's why the files end up in
/var/www/localhost/htdocs instead of just /var/www/html like many other
distros. If you had another vhost it might be installed as /var/www/
www.mywebsite.com/htdocs (for example). Normally if you don't specify
anything webapp-config assumes you have only localhost and will
auto-install a newly emerged webapp (such as mythweb) into
/var/www/localhost/htdocs.

Karl
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