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title: Switching web servers using Build Configs
date: 2024-04-03
permalink: daily/2024/04/03/switching-web-servers-using-build-configs
tags:
  - software-development
  - build-configs
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  Today, I used my Build Configs tool to easily switch a project from one web server to another.
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Have you been in a situation where you needed to switch something in a project, like the type of database or a payment provider?

Today, I decided to switch a project from NGINX to Apache.

Usually, this would involve using a different base Docker image, creating new configuration files, and changing things like the root directory for my project.

But, because I'd built this into [Build Configs], I was able to change a few lines in one file, and when I re-generated the configuration files, this project was running Apache.

This is an excellent example of why I built this tool: to save time and reduce duplication across my projects.

For this change, it did both.

[build configs]: {{site.url}}/talks/building-build-configs