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Asked: 2026-05-25T20:52:06+00:00

Long ago I started some web applications using Delphi 2007 and WebBroker (TWebModule). At

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Long ago I started some “web applications” using Delphi 2007 and WebBroker (TWebModule). At the time I assumed you needed a webserver such as Apache or Microsoft IIS in order to create any sort of website. Additionally I don’t use most of the Apache features (except for Virtual Server so I can have multiple domains on a single ip address and SSL). So to me Apache is just an extra layer and makes makes debugging difficult.

Now enter Indy (TIdHTTPServer). If I understand correctly, Indy IS a webserver. So by using Indy I am no longer bound to use Apache or some other webserver. Is this correct?

Will I have any issues supporting the Virtual Servers in an Indy environment? And what about SSL. I have searched the literature and from what I can see it fully supports SSL certificates.

I am now in the process of porting some of my application from WebBroker to Indy. This mostly entails replacing within my code references of Request: TWebRequest with ARequestInfo: TIdHTTPRequestInfo and references to Response: TWebResponse with AResponseInfo: TIdHTTPResponseInfo.

Is there anyway to use the TWebModule architecture within Indy so that I don’t need to do all of this rewriting?

Lastly is there anything else I need to be concerned with? My goal is to take Apache out of the loop.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, you can use Indy’s TidHTTPServer as a webserver, but it’s much lower-level than IIS or Apache. There is no concept of virtual servers – this you would have to implement yourself.

    Indy does support SSL as well via the OpenSSL dll’s.

    I imagine the biggest concerns you will have will be security related…there are millions and millions of sites running Apache or IIS and there are a ton of people devoted to finding flaws in those platforms, with a bunch of people fixing some of those flaws as they come up. Not so with Indy… there’s one or two guys that respond on newsgroups to bugs that you discover. (One guy in particular, who will probably respond to your question here as well.)

    Now, I use Indy HTTP server (along with SecureBlackBox SSL support) and I find it to be great for my purposes.

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