On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:00:02 -0700 Adam Bragg <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to build as lean as an Apache as possible. Please > forgive my extended explanation. I only include all the excess here > so that I might find help that will remove the excess from my Apache > build. I am a web developer/designer who is great with Javascript and > decent with plsql and mysql. I can do a standard and modified install > of apache and configure the server to work well out to the real > world but I am not very experienced with Apache. > > MY GOAL is to build as lean of an Apache as possible with > functionality that will act as a pass through to the database from > the client. After some research I found that Nick Kew at Webthing > has created what I think I need but I am having difficulty > implementing the modules and component that follow: > 1. mod_form - http://apache.webthing.com/mod_form/ (to accept post > ajax calls) > 2. mod_upload - http://apache.webthing.com/mod_upload/ (to accept > images posted) > 3. mod_xmlns - http://apache.webthing.com/mod_xmlns/ (to support > mod_sql) > 4. mod_sql - http://apache.webthing.com/database/mod_sql.html (to > insert sql requests and replies from mysql) > 5. apr_dbd_mysql.c - http://apache.webthing.com/svn/apache/apr/ > apr_dbd_mysql.c (to connect to mysql) ( I placed it in httpNN/srclib/ > apr-util/dbd before the ./config) Please note that some of those modules are very experimental, and mod_sql in particular needs updating. Joachim Zobel's mod_sqil presents a more up-to-date alternative. But I guess you're expecting to have to put some work into this:-) > After reading the Apache documentation, I decided to attempt to load > all my needed modules during the configuration and install so that > Apache would run as efficiently as possible. Sounds like a waste of time & effort. > Some excess excess information: > I am trying to build a web server diminishing the middle tier as > much as possible. I code all day long writing ColdFusion, Javascript, > and PL/SQL, but I find myself relying on ColdFusion as just a > passthrough for my Ajax calls to the database. I am most often just > returning datasets to my Javascript on the client which is making > ColdFusion seem a bit bloated for my needs. So, I want to find an > architecture that will allow me to make requests to the database tier > and return preformatted results. Specifically, I want to return JSON > strings from my PL/SQL, which I already do, but use Apache to write > the strings in the reply to the request. You might want to add mod_cache to your toolkit! > In the end, after I have everything running, I want to write this up > as a recipe because I think this type of architecture will become > much more popular with the trend of more of the application moving > away from the middle tier to the front-end and to the back end. Good idea! -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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