Comments on: Apache to Nginx Migration Tips http://kbeezie.com/view/apache-to-nginx/ There's no place like ::1 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:47:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Victoryhttp://kbeezie.com/view/apache-to-nginx/#comment-517 Victory Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:42:21 +0000 http://kbeezie.com/?p=325#comment-517 I have been using nginx as a reverse proxy to a paster's server to serve up my Pylons apps and its beautiful how easy it is on the hardware as compared to Apache.I still use Apache for a lot of stuff like wordpress, just because i am use to it, but when the big traffic comes, nginx really does shine. I have been using nginx as a reverse proxy to a paster’s server to serve up my Pylons apps and its beautiful how easy it is on the hardware as compared to Apache.

I still use Apache for a lot of stuff like wordpress, just because i am use to it, but when the big traffic comes, nginx really does shine.

]]> By: kbeeziehttp://kbeezie.com/view/apache-to-nginx/#comment-508 kbeezie Tue, 25 May 2010 19:58:49 +0000 http://kbeezie.com/?p=325#comment-508 I actually don't see Nginx's lack of a 'module' to be a disadvantage, its not a modular webserver like apache. And even though they may be 'swimming against the flow' per se, they still outperform Apache, and work great on low resource systems. I actually don’t see Nginx’s lack of a ‘module’ to be a disadvantage, its not a modular webserver like apache. And even though they may be ‘swimming against the flow’ per se, they still outperform Apache, and work great on low resource systems.

]]> By: Tomhttp://kbeezie.com/view/apache-to-nginx/#comment-507 Tom Mon, 24 May 2010 20:15:35 +0000 http://kbeezie.com/?p=325#comment-507 Great stuff but there are some disadvantages in this configuration. The biggest problem is nginx and it's lack of proper php module (and thus, slower processing). I tried nginx, then lighttpd and while they both are great pieces of software it's just swimming against the flow using any other webserver than apache.So i decided to go with it, there are many tutorials how to pimp it to better performance. And I did not stop there. I installed HTTP accelerator named Varnish in front of it. That way varnish takes care of static files and cache, and when PHP processing is needed, Apache takes over.Tom Great stuff but there are some disadvantages in this configuration. The biggest problem is nginx and it’s lack of proper php module (and thus, slower processing). I tried nginx, then lighttpd and while they both are great pieces of software it’s just swimming against the flow using any other webserver than apache.

So i decided to go with it, there are many tutorials how to pimp it to better performance. And I did not stop there. I installed HTTP accelerator named Varnish in front of it. That way varnish takes care of static files and cache, and when PHP processing is needed, Apache takes over.

Tom

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