# Rails with Lighttpd or Apache

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50455>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 16, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50455 "2005-12-16T15:29:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rawn027)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50455/1 "2005-12-16T15:29:52Z")

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I am doing a clean install of FreeBSD and was wondering the best  
webserver to use rails with. This will be strictly a remote deployment  
and devlopment box. I am also thinking about install gentoo or another  
linux distro. I haven choosen which linux yet.

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**Author:** ![rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@rawn027](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rawn027)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-with-lighttpd-or-apache/50455/2 "2005-12-16T22:00:23Z")

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Rawn027 wrote:

> I am doing a clean install of FreeBSD and was wondering the best  
> webserver to use rails with. This will be strictly a remote deployment  
> and devlopment box. I am also thinking about install gentoo or another  
> linux distro. I haven choosen which linux yet.

lightTPD is absolutely the way to go unless you are  
for some reason obligated to use Apache. See all the  
docs at

[http://www.lighttpd.org](http://www.lighttpd.org)

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