Re: [CentOS] Alternatives to apache for php based servers: Nginx
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 6:19 AM, Geoff Galitz ge...@galitz.org wrote: Anyone here using Nginx as alternative to apache in conjunction to php scripts? Care to share thoughts and caveats? Yes, we use nginx + PHP and also apache + nginx + PHP extensively and it works well. You can also look at lighttpd + PHP as another alternative that works well. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos You could also have a look at Hiawatha. The developer claims it's been built with PHP in mind. http://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Alternatives to apache for php based servers: Nginx
Hi, Anyone here using Nginx as alternative to apache in conjunction to php scripts? Care to share thoughts and caveats? I am reading that it is a good alternative but do not know the real life limitations, diferences to apache, which repo to fetch etc. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Alternatives to apache for php based servers: Nginx
On 3/11/2011 12:54 PM, robert mena wrote: Hi, Anyone here using Nginx as alternative to apache in conjunction to php scripts? Care to share thoughts and caveats? I am reading that it is a good alternative but do not know the real life limitations, diferences to apache, which repo to fetch etc. What problem are you trying to solve with apache? -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Alternatives to apache for php based servers: Nginx
On 03/11/2011 10:54 AM, robert mena wrote: Hi, Anyone here using Nginx as alternative to apache in conjunction to php scripts? Care to share thoughts and caveats? I am reading that it is a good alternative but do not know the real life limitations, diferences to apache, which repo to fetch etc. First off let me say that nginx is awesome. If you are running a LAMP stack and cannot use fastcgi with apache then you can put nginx in front of apache to handle static content requests. Result is dramatic decrease in memory footprint since you can reduce the number of concurrent apache procs. Nginx uses a more efficient request handling so you can serve thousands of clients in under 100MB. I think you can also use fastcgi with nginx. I haven't done it. Apache can achieve similar efficiencies with the alternate mpm models i.e. not prefork. -- Mark D. Foster m...@foster.cc http://mark.foster.cc/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Alternatives to apache for php based servers: Nginx
On 3/11/2011 4:38 PM, Mark Foster wrote: On 03/11/2011 10:54 AM, robert mena wrote: Hi, Anyone here using Nginx as alternative to apache in conjunction to php scripts? Care to share thoughts and caveats? I am reading that it is a good alternative but do not know the real life limitations, diferences to apache, which repo to fetch etc. First off let me say that nginx is awesome. If you are running a LAMP stack and cannot use fastcgi with apache then you can put nginx in front of apache to handle static content requests. Result is dramatic decrease in memory footprint since you can reduce the number of concurrent apache procs. Nginx uses a more efficient request handling so you can serve thousands of clients in under 100MB. I think you can also use fastcgi with nginx. I haven't done it. Apache can achieve similar efficiencies with the alternate mpm models i.e. not prefork. We use nginx for caching less-dynamic content as well - all our public pages are served up with the right caching headers and no cookies, which allows nginx to serve out of its own cache. We're running mod_perl, but the same principle works for php. This is in addition to all the static files (templates, js, css, design images) being served directly by nginx. It's taken us from falling over on 50 concurrent users a year ago to handling 2000 concurrent users without any slowdown. Once you get your public pages cached properly in nginx, apache no longer becomes your bottleneck... -- Jim Nelson Systems Administrator, Broadtime (888) 582-3229 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Alternatives to apache for php based servers: Nginx
Anyone here using Nginx as alternative to apache in conjunction to php scripts? Care to share thoughts and caveats? Yes, we use nginx + PHP and also apache + nginx + PHP extensively and it works well. You can also look at lighttpd + PHP as another alternative that works well. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
