# lightTPD vs Apache?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-vs-apache/109677>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 17, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-vs-apache/109677 "2007-07-17T20:01:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![rails.impaired](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@rails.impaired](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails.impaired)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-vs-apache/109677/1 "2007-07-17T20:01:58Z")

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I am working on a project and we are trying to decide on a good  
production environment. The current line of thinking is LightTPD,  
FastCGI, and Rails running on CentOS 5. However, I was wondering if  
anyone had any experience with this combination or had a suggestion as  
to a better environment (Apache, etc.)

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![rails.impaired](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@rails.impaired](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rails.impaired)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/lighttpd-vs-apache/109677/2 "2007-07-17T21:06:20Z")

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On Jul 17, 2007, at 11:00 AM, rails.impaired wrote:

> I am working on a project and we are trying to decide on a good  
> production environment. The current line of thinking is LightTPD,  
> FastCGI, and Rails running on CentOS 5. However, I was wondering if  
> anyone had any experience with this combination or had a suggestion as  
> to a better environment (Apache, etc.)

Let me be the first to recommend nginx + mongrel. 🙂

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