[Info-vax] Using VMS for a web server

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2015-06-03 17:00:35 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:

> *Of course* you don't select VMS out of the blue, *only* becuse you 
> want to run a web server!

Most folks will not select OpenVMS out of the blue.   At all.  
Irrespective of a web server.

>  There are probably better web-only server platforms, if you are 
> starting an web-server operation from scratch.

Probably?    Even if the configuration is not starting from scratch, 
and even if OpenVMS is in use, it's still common to use some other 
platform for the "front-end" web services.

> The question is rather what web server should I run on my VMS system to 
> complement my applications and offer another option for user interface 
> to the users. In that case it might
> be more flexible to run on the same environment as where your (old or 
> otherwise) applications are running.

OP still should learn more about other platforms, as those are what 
even OpenVMS sites are going to be looking at, and what they're going 
to be expecting, and what sort of ease-of-use or integration might be 
involved.  Because it's not just the web server that folks are going to 
be looking for.  They're probably going to be looking for Apache or 
maybe nginx, too.  Not WASD.



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