LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoA server and a web server are different things ?message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down13
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareA server and a web server are different things ?LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squaregreyscale@lemmy.grey.ooolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·3 days agoThe server is the machine, from e.g dell, or a virtual machine subdividing a real piece of equipment The webserver is a piece of software it runs that responds mostly to HTTP requests. e.g Apache, Nginx, Traefik, Caddy. All webservers are running on a server. Not all servers run webserver software, they might be a fileserver running samba or nfs.
minus-squareLoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.ccOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoSamba reminds me of the flamboyant Brazilian dance😆😆😆
The server is the machine, from e.g dell, or a virtual machine subdividing a real piece of equipment
The webserver is a piece of software it runs that responds mostly to HTTP requests. e.g Apache, Nginx, Traefik, Caddy.
All webservers are running on a server. Not all servers run webserver software, they might be a fileserver running samba or nfs.
Samba reminds me of the flamboyant Brazilian dance😆😆😆