Boa (web server)
Encyclopedia
Boa is an open-source
, small-footprint web server
that is suitable for embedded applications. Originally written by Paul Phillips
, it is now maintained by Larry Doolittle and Jon Nelson.
Slashdot
and Fotolog
use Boa to serve images.
As of January 2006, Boa has the following limitations
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
, small-footprint web server
Web server
Web server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver content that can be accessed through the Internet....
that is suitable for embedded applications. Originally written by Paul Phillips
Paul Phillips (poker player)
Paul Phillips is an American entrepreneur and poker player.-Programming:Phillips wrote the Boa web server while attending the University of California, San Diego, but no longer maintains it...
, it is now maintained by Larry Doolittle and Jon Nelson.
Slashdot
Slashdot
Slashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...
and Fotolog
Fotolog
Fotolog.com is a Web 2.0-based shared photoblog web site. With over 30 million registered users, it is one of the oldest and largest sites for sharing pictures through online photo diaries or photo blogs.-History:...
use Boa to serve images.
As of January 2006, Boa has the following limitations
- No access control features (HTTP Basic access authentication, etc.)
- No chrootChrootA chroot on Unix operating systems is an operation that changes the apparent root directory for the current running process and its children. A program that is run in such a modified environment cannot name files outside the designated directory tree. The term "chroot" may refer to the chroot...
option (planned) - No Server Side IncludesServer Side IncludesServer Side Includes is a simple interpreted server-side scripting language used almost exclusively for the Web.The most frequent use of SSI is to include the contents of one or more files into a web page on a web server...
(deemed incompatible with server performance goals) - No SSL support although there are some patches against 0.94.13 that introduce SSL support
See also
- Comparison of web serversComparison of web servers-Overview:-Features:- Operating system support :...
- Comparison of lightweight web serversComparison of lightweight web serversLightweight web servers are web servers which have been designed to run with very small resource overhead because of hardware, environment, or simply for the challenge of it....