FeatureComparison » History » Revision 5

« Previous | Revision 5/8 (diff) | Next »
stbuehler, 2014-02-02 12:58

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 "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_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

Files (0)