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web server interface for Ocaml ( like rack, wsgi, ...)?

ben kuin
- Michael Ekstrand
- Jake Donham
  - Paolo Donadeo
    - Dario Teixeira
      - Michael Ekstrand
        
        Vincent Balat
        
        Paolo Donadeo
        
        Paolo Donadeo
      - Paolo Donadeo
        
        StÃ©phane Glondu
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        Gerd Stolpmann
        
        Martin Jambon

Date:	-- (:)
From:	Michael Ekstrand <michael@e...>
Subject:	Re: [Caml-list] web server interface for Ocaml ( like rack, wsgi, ...)?

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 15:04 -0700, Dario Teixeira wrote:
> Could you expand on the reasoning a little?  I mean, what is for you
> the advantage of running Eliom over Ocamlnet as opposed to over the
> Ocsigen server?

Running Eliom over OCamlNet lets it integrate a bit more closely with a
third-party web server via FastCGI.  Standard functions such as absolute
URL construction and SSL checking that depend on the host, port, and
connection type have a knack for breaking when run behind a reverse
proxy.  So, if you're trying to integrate an Eliom web service into a
larger site running Apache/nginx/lighttpd/whatever, FastCGI can be a
huge benefit.

OTOH, if Ocsigen had a FastCGI extension, that could alleviate the need
for another web server in some cases.

- Michael

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