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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place)
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:29:50
Message-Id: CAN0CFw2K6=e8zN_-HMxNNG=F9e3G-EG90XqvY4XtQ0thg2YKyA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place) by Alan McKinnon
1 >>>>>> Changing completely from a user-facing apache to a user-facing nginx
2 >>>>>> sounds fraught with peril.
3 >>>
4 >>> The last time I set this up was for one of our e-commerce sites on Centos.
5 >>>
6 >>> It went like this:
7 >>>
8 >>> install nginx
9 >>> vi config file
10 >>> change obvious stuff
11 >>> tweak location of nginx and backend web server
12 >>> restart stuff
13 >>> stuff worked
14 >>>
15 >>> Even the SSL certs was mind-bogglingly easy. Copy it over to nginx.
16 >>> Sorted. Done.
17
18 You guys were so right. What an excellent http server/proxy. I used
19 this very simple howto:
20
21 http://kbeezie.com/apache-with-nginx/
22
23 I can probably dump a lot of apache config. I still need SSL on both
24 servers even though only nginx faces the user?
25
26 For imap proxy, nginx requires an HTTP auth server and I can't figure
27 out what that refers to. I can stick with imapproxy there.
28
29 - Grant

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place) Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} RAM & apache MaxClients (rock & a hard place) Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@××××××××.uk>