From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RPfey-0005zy-5J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:24:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD8E921C1D7; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:23:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D798321C02C for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:23:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyg19 with SMTP id 19so1812105wyg.40 for ; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:23:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=dK1T7KI8nOpw+XQuR97uvnbM4/a4rKrPF9mdpVQrbFQ=; b=k8J1aRWU/U/wyMESDkHteUwJoZPwJ3lEVxuBmhgTZlt/O3UKQTkDO+8X7tQzlCPQd9 +ZWTJzDsfbsRKb/nWuPVbwgzx8501RAj1QbHz/7SZlrum/HT4m/AaadlIi3MkBbVvkEp HEas4KnIWwYjS5/yUpTH1rjJQsrg81M60a+8U= Received: by 10.180.77.42 with SMTP id p10mr22767530wiw.66.1321212186086; Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:23:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j5sm10921896wix.20.2011.11.13.11.23.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:23:05 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The SIMPLEST web server to config (this time - just for serving video files) ? Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:22:50 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.0.6-gentoo; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart8162247.MsxXLHlSPE"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201111131923.06668.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: e150233b-7b27-4286-aace-fe8793572701 X-Archives-Hash: 9ead595cc3132e806378578ecf9f2035 --nextPart8162247.MsxXLHlSPE Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sunday 13 Nov 2011 18:21:17 Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > Pandu asked a similar question a few days ago about serving up > files, but mostly for distfiles IIRC. It got me thinking about doing > the same sort of thing, but this time to serve up MP4 video files for > my Kindle Fire as well as other computers on _only_ my home network. > Sort of an in-house Mark's Watch Instantly setup. I've now got a few > hundred gigabyte of mp4 files ripped with Grant's suggested app > Handbrake. They look good on my desktop playing in xine. When the > Kindle Fire arrives I'd like to have a web server running on my > private network that Silk (Amazon's KF broswer) could access, possibly > presenting nothing but the alphabetical folders that the video files > are in, and then if I select one it starts streaming that file. >=20 > My main issue isn't really the lightest in terms of memory or CPU > usage, but rather something that's VERY easy to setup the config so > that I don't have to spend much time reading manuals. >=20 > From browsing around a lot of pages on the web it seems that there > are a number of small & light servers (in terms of memory anyway) in > portage. Some names: fnord, thttpd, boa, monkeyd & cherokee. Does > anyone know if one of those would fit my main need of just being > extremely simple to setup and keep running for this one purpose? >=20 > Thanks in advance, > Mark Both thttpd and boa that I am using are extremely simple to configure - jus= t a=20 few lines in their config files and your iptables rules to allow access fro= m=20 your LAN, or from a particular IP address. Apache is also not *too*=20 complicated, although it is more work for sure and much more demanding on=20 resources. Certainly an overkill for your needs. lighttpd is another feature rich alternative, not as small footprint, but i= n=20 some tests marginally faster than thttpd. monkeyd also quite fast. If your priorities are low demand on resources on the host PC and a high=20 response/throughput speed for single threads, then I'd say give boa a spin.= =20 If you will be connecting in parallel with multiple clients check lighttpd,= or=20 thttpd. If you are keen on exotica consider nginx, or G-WAN, but their configuratio= n=20 may be more involved. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart8162247.MsxXLHlSPE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk7AGRoACgkQVTDTR3kpaLayCwCgrjICV0jmgvoTLCUroEjPKO12 oQ0An2VliOc/Wp9GWa6H/IosXT5TlfPc =10Bs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart8162247.MsxXLHlSPE--