From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
Subject: Re: Is AWS a web server?
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:35:00 +0200
Date: 2015-07-31T22:35:00+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a8ucxdzf.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 73c252ea-aba3-497b-b53b-ebf6cfdba723@googlegroups.com
EGarrulo writes:
> This may seem a dumb question, but the documentation of AWS states
> that "AWS is not a Web Server like IIS or Apache, it is a component to
> embedded HTTP protocol in an application." On the other hand, the Gem
> #29 says that "Common usages [for AWS] are: - To develop a full Web
> application." Hence, can you employ AWS to develop a Web application
> that faces the Internet, or not? Any direct experiences and/or
> recommendations? Thank you.
AWS is *part* of a web server. You can use AWS to write a full
internet-facing web application; in this case AWS is embedded (or
dynamically linked) into your program and your program *is* the web
server.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-31 20:04 Is AWS a web server? EGarrulo
2015-07-31 20:35 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2015-08-01 9:51 ` Brian Drummond
2015-07-31 20:49 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-08-01 16:23 ` Pascal Obry
2015-08-01 17:55 ` Jeffrey R. Carter
2015-07-31 21:24 ` J-P. Rosen
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