Wow, finally auth_request is an official module. Thank you!
Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
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Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Generally speaking, nginx is lighter/faster/less flexible (though no less powerful). It really shines on low-RAM VPSes where the RAM eaten up by a big list of httpd processes really adds up. For example, here are numbers from Apache+mod_passenger on my dev box: VSW RSS root 20050 0.0 0.1 416524 21020 ? Ss Apr18 0:13 /usr/sbin/httpd root 13370 0.0 0.0 217068 1984 ? Ssl Apr21 0:00 \_ PassengerWatchdog root 13373 0.0 0.…
Nginx is also non-blocking which is the main difference from Apache. I don't agree Nginx is less flexible, from my own experience it's quite the other way around - try configuring Apache as a reverse proxy, you'll see how "flexible" it really is.
By "flexible", I primarily mean Apache's module system vs nginx's "compile all the things" approach. Upgrading a component in nginx means recompiling the whole webserver, whereas Apache modules can be managed separately from the httpd executable.
I'm curious about the reverse proxy comment, though; mod_proxy_balancer generally does the job just fine. I do agree that nginx is easier to set up as a reverse proxy, though.
Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#13Slightly OT: Does anyone know if packages for Ubuntu 14.04 are coming soon? We're using the official (mainline) repository[1] on Ubuntu 12.04, but Trusty doesn't seem to be supported yet.
I've always preferred the official repository because I didn't want to start compiling nginx just for stuff like SPDY support.
Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Generally speaking, nginx is lighter/faster/less flexible (though no less powerful). It really shines on low-RAM VPSes where the RAM eaten up by a big list of httpd processes really adds up. For example, here are numbers from Apache+mod_passenger on my dev box: VSW RSS root 20050 0.0 0.1 416524 21020 ? Ss Apr18 0:13 /usr/sbin/httpd root 13370 0.0 0.0 217068 1984 ? Ssl Apr21 0:00 \_ PassengerWatchdog root 13373 0.0 0.…
Nginx is also non-blocking which is the main difference from Apache. I don't agree Nginx is less flexible, from my own experience it's quite the other way around - try configuring Apache as a reverse proxy, you'll see how "flexible" it really is.
As of 2.4 Apache also supports event-driven serving thanks to the event MPM.
Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Generally speaking, nginx is lighter/faster/less flexible (though no less powerful). It really shines on low-RAM VPSes where the RAM eaten up by a big list of httpd processes really adds up. For example, here are numbers from Apache+mod_passenger on my dev box: VSW RSS root 20050 0.0 0.1 416524 21020 ? Ss Apr18 0:13 /usr/sbin/httpd root 13370 0.0 0.0 217068 1984 ? Ssl Apr21 0:00 \_ PassengerWatchdog root 13373 0.0 0.…
Nginx is also non-blocking which is the main difference from Apache. I don't agree Nginx is less flexible, from my own experience it's quite the other way around - try configuring Apache as a reverse proxy, you'll see how "flexible" it really is.
What's so complicated about:
ProxyPass url1 url2
ProxyPassReverse url1 url2
Of course, if you need to fine tune it for performance you are in the advanced category and should know what you are doing, but these two lines are all it gets to configure reverse proxy with sensible defaults.
Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#16Wow, finally auth_request is an official module. Thank you!
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Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#17I'm currently running apache 2.2.22 on my Ubuntu 12.04 servers. It works fine. I'll be moving them to 14.04 and thus getting apache 2.4.7. I mostly use it for mod_passenger webapps and static sites. 14.04 includes nginx 1.4.6 but I'm sure the phusion guys will package 1.6 soon so I can easily upgrade to that. Is there any killer feature in nginx that I'm missing, staying with apache 2.4?
Generally speaking, nginx is lighter/faster/less flexible (though no less powerful). It really shines on low-RAM VPSes where the RAM eaten up by a big list of httpd processes really adds up. For example, here are numbers from Apache+mod_passenger on my dev box: VSW RSS root 20050 0.0 0.1 416524 21020 ? Ss Apr18 0:13 /usr/sbin/httpd root 13370 0.0 0.0 217068 1984 ? Ssl Apr21 0:00 \_ PassengerWatchdog root 13373 0.0 0.…
I would add "less bloated", but it might be a tastes matter
Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#18The big feature, imo, is it finally implements a new version of SPDY (as Chrome and Firefox are discontinuing the version 1.4.x implements).
Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#19I figure this is as good of place as any to ask my question: Where can I find someone to hire that is able to write Nginx cofigs well. I have spent literally 40ish hours trying to create a Nginx conf that holds up to my OCD. I have been told numerous times on IRC that I am too picky and clean urls are a challenge to write. I am college student and System Administration isn't even my job! Help!
Re: Nginx 1.6.0 stable released
#20Most of the best features are in the paid version. I am leaning towards replacing Nginx with Haproxy for the reverse proxying part, unless they move at least the advanced load-balancing features to the free version.