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Web servers

hiawatha

  • suitable for servers with old hardware
  • security features not in other webservers (webservers are notouriously bugged)

  • easy to install and configure (true?)

  • dev ended in 2019 wirth ‘the final version”

  • nauwelijks in gebruik ==> kleine user communicty

Nginx

-most used webserver ( quid apache)

Nginx versus hiawatha

Self-hosting a website usually costs more than paying for a hosting service. This is because your server will be needing to run 24/7 to make sure the site is always available. The cost of electricity when running a small blog is generally higher than what you would pay for someone else to host it.

So themajority of people hosting a site on only one server
are likely either enthusiasts,
or ==trying to avoid dealing with hosting services ToS== .