Re: Executing lua script on webserver

[Michael Gerbracht <smartmails@...>]

Hi Etine,

In article
   <CAGYVmNizBvM6HOY5tzy2OJ6OYQdLp8Ty9ypyPS1eBPuGUYJnBA@mail.gmail.com>,
   Etiene Dalcol <dalcol@etiene.net> wrote:
> There are many webservers that allow running lua scripts. The top 2 that
> come to mind are Apache and NginX. However they don't allow the execution
> of lua scripts by default, on Apache you need to configure it using a
> --enable-lua flag and then enable the mod_lua module. You can find more
> about it here: http://modlua.org. And for NginX there's an extension called
> OpenResty (http://openresty.org/). There's also a webserver in lua called
> Xavante (http://keplerproject.github.io/xavante/). As for running then on
> your host service, I guess you would need to contact them!

thank for your answer (and  all the other answers in this thread). I will
probably try to use Apache and enable lua since I need Apache anyway for
WordPress. 

> 2015-02-06 16:37 GMT+01:00 Michael Gerbracht <smartmails@arcor.de>:
> > I don't know whether it is possible to run a lua script on a webserver.
> > Can you give me some hint whether this is possible and what it required
> > to get it running? Also, is it likely that my hoster (domainfactory.de)
> > will allow me to run a lua script on my website?

Michael