FeatureComparison » History » Revision 2
Revision 1 (stbuehler, 2010-08-07 21:37) → Revision 2/8 (stbuehler, 2010-08-10 22:19)
h1. FeatureComparison
Compare Modules to lighttpd 1.4 / 1.5
|_. Module | 1.4.x | 1.5 | 2.0 | Comment |
| mod_accesslog | yes | yes | yes |
| mod_access | yes | yes | yes |
| mod_alias | yes | yes | yes |
| mod_auth | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: no auth-file reloading, not "md5" support, no "digest" method |
| mod_cgi | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: via FastCGI + [[fcgi-cgi:]] |
| mod_cml | yes | no | no | deprecated in favor of magnet |
| mod_compress | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: mod_deflate + mod_cache_disk_etag |
| mod_deflate | no | yes | yes |
| mod_dirlisting | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: + javascript sorting |
| mod_evasive | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: mod_limit |
| mod_evhost | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: mod_vhost |
| mod_expire | yes | yes | yes | |
| mod_extforward | yes | yes | no | |
| mod_fastcgi | yes | (yes) | yes | 2.0: no spawning yet |
| mod_flv_streaming | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: mod_flv |
| mod_indexfile | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: core function |
| mod_magnet | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: mod_lua, more powerful |
| mod_mysql_vhost | yes | yes | no |
| mod_postgresql_vhost | no | yes | no |
| mod_proxy | yes | (yes) | yes |
| mod_proxy_core (ajp13,fastcgi,http,scgi) | no | yes | (yes) | no "backlogging", no ajp13, no carp/static balancing |
| mod_redirect | yes | yes | yes |
| mod_rewrite | yes | yes | yes |
| mod_rrdtool | yes | yes | no | not really needed - mod_status can be polled instead |
| mod_scgi | yes | (yes) | yes |
| mod_secdownload | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: [[Howto_secdownload]] |
| mod_setenv | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: core functions, mod_lua |
| mod_simple_vhost | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: mod_vhost |
| mod_ssi | yes | yes | no | perhaps build a FastCGI app for this? |
| mod_staticfile | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: core function |
| mod_status | yes | yes | yes | |
| mod_trigger_b4_dl | yes | yes | no | |
| mod_uploadprogress | yes | yes | yes | 2.0: mod_progress |
| mod_userdir | yes | yes | yes | |
| mod_usertrack | yes | yes | no | |
| mod_webdav | yes | yes | no | |
New Modules in 2.0:
* [[mod_balancer]]:
* [[mod_cache_disk_etag]]: cache generated content on disk if etag header is set
* [[mod_debug]]: utilities to debug lighttpd
* [[mod_fortune]]: random quotes
* [[mod_limit]]: limit concurrent connections or requests per second
* [[mod_lua]]: more lua features
* [[mod_memcached]]: cache content on memcached servers
* [[mod_progress]]: tracking of connection progress/state (for upload progress bars e.g.)
* [[mod_vhost]]: virtual hosting