Re: Web Apps for VMS

From: Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr (winston_at_SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU)
Date: 07/31/03


Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 02:29:27 GMT

In article <Pine.LNX.4.50.0307302107470.19634-100000@Linux.monceaux.com>, Kevin
Monceaux <OwnedByDogs@grandecom.net> writes:

>I'm a little behind on reading my Info-VAX mail. Oddly enough today I was
>thinking about installing a web server on my VAX and then came across this
>thread. I have Apache/PHP/MySQL running on a couple of Linux boxes. It
>would be nice to have Apache available for the VAX architecture. One of
>these days I really should locate a previously loved Alpha so I can try
>out VMS for the Alpha paltform. Of the two web servers available for a
>VAX what are the differences and which would be a good one as a first try?
>

I think WASD is probably easier to get started with. OSU also runs very well,
but WASD has really excellent documentation and there's a certain amount of
stuff you'll only get on OSU from reading the code or asking on the support
list.

< shameless plug >

You can overcome some of the getting-started documentation woes by buying
my book: OpenVMS with Apache, OSU, and WASD: The Nonstop Webserver
(20% discount on this and other VMS-related titles from Digital Press if you
click through from the link on the www.openvms.compaq.com page).

</shameless plug>

If you want to run WASD, join info-WASD; if you want to run OSU, join
VMS-WEB-DAEMON. You can ask beginner or advanced questions in either place,
and get answers round-the-clock.

-- Alan

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