Can a Mac be a full blown web server?

[Doug Easterbrook]

the *best* web serves are unix based.  (thats includes mac and linux).


you can install apache on mac.     We did it for 15 or so years - then we switched over to Nginx.    so, use whatever Omnis recommends or supports for app server.




windows and IIS … thats up to you.    its probably telling that the vast majority of web servesr in this world are NOT windows or IIS.











Doug Easterbrook
Arts Management Systems Ltd.
mailto:doug at artsman.com
http://www.artsman.com
Phone (403) 650-1978

> On June 25, 2020, at 11:50 AM, Das Goravani <das at Goravani.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I got my App Server licenses.. and I’m beginning the process of setting it up.
> 
> Right away I come to “What machine will I serve with”
> 
> I have Macintosh computers.. they can run Windows if I want to in a VM
> 
> I know that many of you use Windows and IIS.. does that have ongoing fees?
> 
> I wanted to set up my server on my Mac if possible. But I started researching installing Apache and I’m hitting this:
> 
> Most of the instructions are for setting up test or local web servers with Apache.. and one says dont use it as a full blown web server whatever that means..
> 
> I thought I had heard that a Mac can be a Web Server.. is it true?  What’s my chances of finding help in setting it up?
> 
> Or am I better off going with Windows? And IIS… ???
> 
> Do you HAVE TO host a website yourself to run the App Server? Or could you just have the web server running and a SSL certificate installed.. I really dont know what I’m doing yet.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Das Goravani
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