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Revision 2 (stbuehler, 2010-08-10 22:19) → Revision 3/8 (nitrox, 2011-01-22 13:13)

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 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_balance]]: [[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