Apache and Nginx Together

This article is basically food-for-thought for those who wish to use Nginx either side-by-side or in front of the Apache (httpd) HTTP Server. Within covers tweaking the two to work with each other as well as some configuration scenarios.

Mimic Apache mod_geoip in Nginx

Maxmind makes a variety of APIs and tools to use their geolocation database and one such tool is the mod_geoip module for Apache. This article will show you how to setup Nginx's own geoip module and mimic the same variables presented to PHP like Apache does.

Apache to Nginx Migration Tips

Nginx currently holds shy of 6.5% of the known webserver market, which is just roughly shy of 13 million servers. This little lightweight webserver created by a sole Russian developer has been gaining a great deal of popularity over the last few years and is used by sites such as Wordpress, Texts from Last Night and Hulu. This guide will provide you with common migration tips to move from an Apache server to an Nginx configuration.

Migrating Cpanel to DirectAdmin

One of the most frustrating thing someone can do involving their websites is moving them from one hosting provider to another. It's increasingly more difficult if your hosting was based on a control panel such as Cpanel, and try to migrate to a different kind of control panel or none at all. This article will show you how to migrate the two most important parts (files and database) from Cpanel to another control panel such as DirectAdmin.

My Nginx Configuration

I'm creating this page on popular request, as I've had to paste my configuration for people a number of times especially on IRC. Below is an example configuration of how kbeezie.com is setup with some comments.