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Add to SafariWhen comparing Lighttpd vs Traefik, the Slant community recommends Lighttpd for most people. In the question“What are the best web servers?” Lighttpd is ranked 3rd while Traefik is ranked 6th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Simple setup for static content
Pro 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).
Pro Highly efficient memory use
With a small memory footprint compared to other web-servers, effective management of the cpu-load.
Pro Free and open source
Pro Lightweight
Lighttpd offers a more basic set of functions out of the box compared most web servers. Extra functionality can be added via modules.
Pro Quite easy to setup and configure
Pro Auto-discovery
You just add labels to your Docker, Swarm or K8s containers and they get proxied automagically, If you set up everything correctly.
Pro Easy to set up
Add your docker network and labels to your services and get it running fast.
Cons
Con Http/Https only
E.g. doesn't allow you to route IMAP/SMTP traffic.
