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Nginx
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Free and open source
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Fast and built for scalability
Nginx is event-driven, asynchronous, non-blocking and single threaded (one master process + worker processes). This allows nginx to be manage resources more efficiently compared to thread-based models (like Apache).
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Lightweight
Nginx offers a more basic set of functions out of the box compared most web servers. Extra functionality can be added via modules.
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Highly efficient memory use
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Highly efficient CPU use
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Advanced load balancing and caching
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Event Based Request Handling
Does not fork/thread per request.
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Easily configurable
Configuration files are concise and simple.
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Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD
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Lighttpd
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Simple setup for static content
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Fast and built for scalability
Lighttpd is event-driven, asynchronous, non-blocking and single threaded. This allows lighttpd to be manage resources more efficiently compared to thread-based models (like Apache).
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Highly efficient memory use
With a small memory footprint compared to other web-servers, effective management of the cpu-load.
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Free and open source
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Lightweight
Lighttpd offers a more basic set of functions out of the box compared most web servers. Extra functionality can be added via modules.
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Quite easy to setup and configure
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LiteSpeed Web Server
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Can handle thousands of concurrent clients with minimal memory and CPU usage
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Free version is limited
There is a RAM limit and a domain limit
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Great support
From my personal experience, the support is great.
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Fastest Cache System for Wordpress - Litespeed Cache
Litespeed Cache for WordPress is faster than any other cache mechanism available for WordPress, coupled with additional Optimization options provided for free by Litespeed with quic.cloud allows you to keep your WordPress websites fastest.
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Native Fast Cache Plugins for all major CMS'es
Litespeed has great cache plugins for Prestashop, Magento, Cscart and because of its caching implementation, it is the fastest way to speed up your CMS'es.
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HTTP/3 Support with Maximum Browsers
Litespeed's HTTP/3 Implementation supports most vast range of browsers.
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OpenLiteSpeed
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GUI
OpenLiteSpeed has a GUI for easier setup.
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Multiple steps
Some things require multiple steps, like creating a listener and a virtual host or a reverse proxy.
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Open Source
OpenLiteSpeed is the open source version of the LiteSpeed web server.
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Linux, Docker
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Traefik
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Auto-discovery
You just add labels to your Docker, Swarm or K8s containers and they get proxied automagically, If you set up everything correctly.
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Http/Https only
E.g. doesn't allow you to route IMAP/SMTP traffic.
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Easy to set up
Add your docker network and labels to your services and get it running fast.
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Linux
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MIT
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IIS
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PHP spport
PHP applications can be run using IIS. Simple to install and configure.
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1 website limit per server (also pre-7.0 client os limit)
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.NET and ASPX script support
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10 simultaneous connection limit on versions before 7.0 on client operating systems
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Supported by Microsoft
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Only runs on Windows
This Microsoft-proprietary web server software, can only run in the Windows operating systems for full support of it and all of its features. It is not capable of being run in a non-Windows environment without sacrificing some functionality and of course the support.
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Authentication (Anonymous, Basic, Digest, Integrated Windows Auth, UNC, .NET Passport (<6), Certificate)
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Proprietary
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IPv6 support (IIS 6+)
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Multiple websites can be run on 1 server
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HTTP/2, HTTP/2, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NNTP support
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Runs on literal NT 3.51
So you can boot up that ancient work computer and get IIS (Free addon at the time) for that computer
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Very fast
If you want a quick web server, use this, because i mean like, on my laptop, the first request is 1 or 2 seconds, after that, it becomes a split second!
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In-depth diagnostic tools
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Kestrel
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Built to be very fast, and it is
Kestrel is built to be fast. When tested on Windows Server 2012 against IIS and at a pipeline depth of 16, Kestrel pushed 1,188,521 requests per second compared to IIS' 57,792 requests per second. You can read the official benchmark here
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Due to security concerns, external use requires a reverse proxy in front of it
Kestrel is fairly new and doesn't yet have the full suite of security features that you might find in a more mature server. It's recommended to run IIS, Nginx, or Apache in front of it set as a reverse proxy to handle incoming connections. The connections are then passed off to Kestrel after preliminary handling. Because of Kestrels young age, it doesn't have a full defense against attacks which includes, but isn't limited to, appropriate timeouts, size limits, and concurrent connection limits.
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Cross Platform
Kestrel's initial goal was to find a way to get ASP.NET running on Linux. Developers can deploy their .NET app on either Windows or Linux, and Kestrel can be present on either one.
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Lacking in features
Kestrel was built to be fast, so the developers had to cut out some of the higher tier features. Kestrel was designed to push requests and that's it, so if you want additional features it's recommended to run a full-fledged web server in front of it. You can see a full feature list in the specs section of this recommendation.
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Integrated with Visual Studio
When you make a new project in VS, the project is automatically configured to work with Kestrel.
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Good option for internal servers
Kestrel itself is fast, but lacking in security and general features. This makes running Kestrel on its own a good option for servers that are only going to be accessed internally.
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Windows/Linux/Mac
HTTP Access Logs:
No
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