Building a Lightweight Apache
Intro
The original Apache
while beeing a robust workhorse has lots of features that
most of us will hardly ever need and this rich featureset comes with a bunch of
disadvantages:
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It excessively consumes resources.
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Lots of expensive maintenance is needed.
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You need well trained personal.
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The original Apache is subject to rigid export restrictions
Thus we need a more lightweight alternative. Fortunately, there are
modified versions available from various sources. Here I will show how to build to
smallest Apache I am aware of.
Get the source package
It is hard to get the source directly from the vendor, so use your local mirror
instead.
Verify that your package is complete
Read the build instructions
Build
Finally you end up with the probably lightest Apache in the world ;-)
Coming next: Building a lightweight Tomcat...