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Why not? And what’s the definition of a „web server“ anyway? In my opinion it’s about whether a software can process http requests on a configurable port - and
by Matthias247 5y ago
Why not? And what’s the definition of a „web server“ anyway?
In my opinion it’s about whether a software can process http requests on a configurable port - and envoy can for sure do that.
- pmlnr 5y agoA webserver, as bare minimum, should be able to serve static files from the disk - but you are correct, there is no such definition, so this is an opinion. Regardless, calling envoy a webserver is misleading: it's both more and less, than a "traditional" webserver. It's a proxy; call it a proxy, please.
- jrockway 5y ago> A webserver, as bare minimum, should be able to serve static files from the disk. You can configure routes with a `direct_response` handler from envoy.yaml that is read from disk ;)
- galoisgirl 5y agoIt's a function from request to response.