Amaxter Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 A friend and I tried to get Solder running on my iMac some time ago, it involved a lot of wineskins and sweat, but we were never able to do it due to knowledge, but I'd think it would be possible. Anyone have any ways I can get an Apache server on a mac and set up the Solder API on it so I don't have to pay for a web host? Thanks. Quote
Neowulf Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Why not create a virtual machine on the soon to be server and install a lightweight linux distro on it? A little inefficient yes, but much easier to backup and mess around with. Quote
Amaxter Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 Good idea, Virtual Box seems good. Any recommendations for a Linux distro I could use? Or I might be able to set this up on my Raspberry Pi XD Quote
Neowulf Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Doing it with a Pi would be a much better idea. Once you got it working you could package up your own solder enabled distro for others to use. Quote
Amaxter Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 I think I'll try that, though do you think a RaspBerry Pi could handle the traffic of around 20 downloads a day if I hosted my files there? Quote
Neowulf Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 According to this a Pi can run an apache server can serve out pretty decently. It gets hurt by access overhead (anything under a single IP packet in size goes very slowly), but that's looking at hammering it with 200 concurrent connections. 20 download a day is a walk in the part for it apparently. Give it a try and see how it goes. Quote
Amaxter Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 Sounds good, thanks for the advice and I'll let people know how it goes! Quote
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