tree 0b5a9c14622379623020d8221c8f41999e7546d5
parent 9c3a55209a731004c2f8bd79e91b398ee195cc67
author Ed Tanous <ed.tanous@intel.com> 1538169349 -0700
committer Brad Bishop <bradleyb@fuzziesquirrel.com> 1549030959 -0500

meta-ibm: remove nginx from IBM platforms.

Nginx on OpenBMC has a number of issues that matter to openbmc.

1. It increases the binary size.  This is an issue given that OpenBMC
targets a relatively minimal flash footprint.
2. It increases the runtime overhead.  Running nginx as a reverse proxy
to the application servers causes a runtime overhead, and context switch
for every single page load, as well as an extra socket.
3. nginx doesn't implement any kind of authentication, so auth needs to
be implemented in every application server.  This removes a lot of the
advantages of the reverse proxy, and duplicates a lot of code amongst
multiple application servers
4. A number of nginx parameters run from the nginx config file.  Some of
these parameters (like cipher suite support) are desired to be changed
at runtime, rather than fixed at compile time.

Related to commit here to move system to bmcweb:
https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/#/c/openbmc/meta-phosphor/+/12933/

(From meta-ibm rev: b6639a209f0089864bef4fc86dcad97880bce682)

Change-Id: I21848eb3a8dfa85968c6c96d6a78f5145402db1d
Signed-off-by: Ed Tanous <ed.tanous@intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit 699e296eb0dbd421bcb2fff4be9d446f47ae7195)
Signed-off-by: Brad Bishop <bradleyb@fuzziesquirrel.com>