[Asterisk-Users] Survey: what's the best HTTPd/TFTPd/FTPd to serve up configuration files to sets

[Rich Adamson]

> I would like to start a discussion centred around the various ways one
> might serve up configuration files from an Asterisk server (I know, it's
> better to use a secondary server for all this, but let's talk about a
> smaller system).
> 
> The types of things being served would include:
> - Logo image for sets that support that
> - XML directory files
> - XML or raw text configuration files
> - what-all-else
> 
> Seems to me that Apache is simply way too overpowered for all this, and
> thus would needlessly place load on the server.

Apache, like most other apps, only consumes resources when something
is interacting with it. It does use a little mem, but that's about it.

> I have heard that khttpd is pretty lightweight, but its use seems to
> have been deprecated, and it does not appear to be actively maintained.
> Is TuX the way to go?
> 
> As for tftpd and ftpd, I'm just not sure. Leightweight is the key, here.

Same thing; it doesn't consume any resource unless its in use. For
the very short period of time its actually used, doubtful one would
actually notice it.

Our small office system has Apache, Sendmail, tftp, Asterisk and a couple
of other non-gui oriented background apps running at all times. They
never show up on 'top', etc.

Our Cisco 7960's obtain their config files, logo, and xml directory
entries via this system.

So, all of the above are sort of like asterisk --- no calls being 
processed, no resources being consumed. But at what point/size does 
that approach fall apart? Don't know as yet. :)

Rich