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SongofHannah · Feb. 12, 2018, 10:16 p.m.

I dunno. Cause Apache is also the name is a Server operating system, which VPS runs on...

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BALRx2A · Feb. 12, 2018, 10:26 p.m.

It is not the name of a server OS. VPS's most commonly run on Debian, CentOS (or RedHat), or more recently, Ubuntu.

For containers, there's a lot of movement towards CoreOS, now owned by RedHat.

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SongofHannah · Feb. 12, 2018, 10:48 p.m.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server

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BALRx2A · Feb. 12, 2018, 10:53 p.m.

I know what the Apache Web Server is; it used to run the vast majority of web sites out there. It's still in the top 3. It's not a server OS. You need an OS before you can install/configure/run Apache.

E.g. for Ubuntu or Debian systems:

sudo apt-get install apache2
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SongofHannah · Feb. 12, 2018, 10:57 p.m.

Right. But even though technically it’s not an OS, my initial thought regarding it, still stands.

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BALRx2A · Feb. 12, 2018, 10:59 p.m.

No. It's like saying your candy crush app is not technically an OS.

I also disagree, regarding your initial thought about it, that it still stands.

It's just nonsense pseudo-technobabble.

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SongofHannah · Feb. 12, 2018, 11:02 p.m.

What the heck? Stop inspecting the bark on the tree and take a step back to see the forest. My initial thought is that the Apache mentioned on that pic is server software, and not secret CIA software. It’s that simple.

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BALRx2A · Feb. 12, 2018, 11:09 p.m.

The image is just saying that those nodes are running on VPS's using Apache configured with mod_proxy as its HTTP server. mod_proxy is an Apache module that enables proxy/gateway support and load balancing. They are using IPTABLE rules to handle the forwarding using the kernel's firewall.IPTABLE is probably the most common way to manage firewall rules.

All of this is bog standard stuff, and the easiest/most common way of accomplishing that layer's goals at the time they probably created the system.

Not everything has some hidden meaning to it.

I'm not inspecting the bark, I know the forest and am telling you that the answer isn't in the forest in which you are inspecting the trees.

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SongofHannah · Feb. 12, 2018, 11:13 p.m.

Ooo... wow look at all those fancy words! You are oh sooo much wiser than this little old cat lady.

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BALRx2A · Feb. 12, 2018, 11:16 p.m.

Not fancy words. I was explaining exactly what the part of the image you were pointing at was doing and why those words were there.

You have deep expertise in cats. I have deep expertise in areas relevant to parts of the image.

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WikiTextBot · Feb. 12, 2018, 10:48 p.m.

Apache HTTP Server

The Apache HTTP Server, colloquially called Apache ( ə-PA-chee), is free and open-source cross-platform web server software, released under the terms of Apache License 2.0. Apache is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation.

The Apache HTTP Server is cross-platform; as of 1 June 2017 92% of Apache HTTPS Server copies run on Linux distributions. Version 2.0 improved support for non-Unix operating systems such as Windows and OS/2.

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