[geeks] Simple web server?

[Andrew Jones]

On 03/28/2013 12:29 AM, James Birdsall wrote:
> Apache has grown enormously and is now like using a whale to swat a fly
> if all you want to do is serve some static content. Surely somebody out
> there has written a web server that is small and simple to configure,
> for those with minimal needs. After thinking about it for a bit, I
> really only have three requirements: 1) virtual domains, 2) basic
> password control for a few directories, and 3) the ability to
> autogenerate a directory listing for directories which don't have an
> index.html.
>
> Does anybody have any recommendations?
>

Adding "virtual domains" and AAA to your requirements list pretty much 
blows away the "simple" part.

nginx is simpler than apache, but only just.  It's a schoolbus versus a 
semi tractor.