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Sergei Basharov
Sergei Basharov

Reputation: 53850

Is Erlang's httpd a good solution to host a webapp?

I am learning Erlang and found out it contains httpd which I managed to configure and make serve to my needs for creating an API service.

I know there are other solutions like mochiweb and Cowboy which must be undoubtedly great choice but I want to begin lean and bare bones.

When I decide to release my project, will it be a good plan to use Erlang's httpd regarding performance and HTTP features like HTTPS, HTTP/2, performance, or should I choose another server?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 163

Answers (1)

Limmen
Limmen

Reputation: 1457

httpd is powerful webserver and a perfectly valid choice for production, as long as it fits your needs. I think the main reason to go for other alternative webservers is that you find that some functionality is missing in httpd that you find somewhere else. For example, I don't think httpd supports websockets, however websockets are supported by for instance cowboy and yaws.

When I decide to release my project, will it be a good plan to use Erlang's httpd regarding performance and HTTP features like HTTPS, HTTP/2, performance, or should I choose another server?

I can't find any benchmarks comparing httpd with the other solutions that you mention, like cowboy and mochiweb, but I've not heard any complaints about the peformance of httpd and I would guess that it's as good as cowboy and mochiweb for production. The fact that it's shipped with the erlang language is a good reason for assuming that the code is performant and battle-tested, if you want to go in depth you can always:

  1. look at the source: https://github.com/erlang/otp.

  2. Make your own benchmarks.

Upvotes: 1

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