How to set up a reverse proxy in Nginx on Ubuntu Give your home lab some sweet new skills Nginx is a fantastic program for anyone who wants to expand their home lab and learn some production skills.

However, the RAM footprint of the Nginx+php-fpm set up is considerably smaller than the large Apache prefork configuration I had originally, and the CPU utilization while servicing a dozen or so ...

Open source Apache HTTP Server, frequently referred to as just “Apache” by those in the know, has long been a leader in the web server market.

When it comes to Web servers, the big two are Apache and Internet Information Server, but their faster, more nimble rival, NGINX is catching up with them.

Nginx is releasing a commercial edition of its namesake open source Web server software, called Nginx Plus, which it will market as a software alternative to application delivery controllers (ADCs).