lighttpd + proxy + page cache

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi,

I am considering using a proxy solution (whether be it lighttpd-mod_proxy_core or Pen or Pound) alongside with Mongrel. But I also like caching pages into static html files and serving them directly with lighttpd (when using fcgi as 404-error-handler).

Can I do this 404 method alongside with proxy? If yes how?

Thanks in advance, Onur Turgay

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Hey Onur-

  You may want to look at nginx. Its a fast web server with a good proxy module. It works great as a front for mongrel clusters. And it will do the right thing and serve static and rails page cached files directly.

http://brainspl.at/articles/2006/09/12/new-nginx-conf-with-rails-caching

-Ezra