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[cspence]

I am looking at switching Apache to nginx and I had a few questions.

I know nginx does not support htaccess, do you have to manually edit configuration files to configure permalinks and other htaccess related things under Wordpress? I also use W3 Total Cache, which I know now supports nginx, but I am not sure how much configuration you have to do manually.

Also, is using cpanel still possible with nginx, I know there is a CPnginx but I hear it is really bad.

[Syslint]

It is possible to use nginx without editing it , yes it is possible with cpnginx, there are two versions on cpnginx and other one is nginx cp . Also where you heard about cpnginx is bad ?

May be have a look at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1015942

[cspence]

Originally Posted by Syslint

It is possible to use nginx without editing it , yes it is possible with cpnginx, there are two versions on cpnginx and other one is nginx cp . Also where you heard about cpnginx is bad ?

May be have a look at http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1015942

I was reading through threads on it and saw it mentioned a few places it wasn't very good. Is performance on the same as nginx?

[Syslint]

it is the same nginx . There is no difference with the original nginx.

[cspence]

Originally Posted by Syslint

it is the same nginx . There is no difference with the original nginx.

It looks like cpnginx works as a reverse proxy for Apache, using nginx you can completely replace Apache right? Can you do that with cpnginx?

[Syslint]

No cpanel still need httpd.conf , Also if it is not a cpanel server ,then you can replace and convert .htaccess rules to wordpress rules , It is easy to do so.

[Lincxu]

Because cpanel+nginx is made by third party support but not official cpanel or nginx team, you have to deal with a lot of technical stuff.

[CoderJosh]

Originally Posted by cspence

I know nginx does not support htaccess, do you have to manually edit configuration files to configure permalinks and other htaccess related things under Wordpress? I also use W3 Total Cache, which I know now supports nginx, but I am not sure how much configuration you have to do manually.

W3 Total Cache works well with nginx. It can generate rewrite rules for nginx and you can include the configuration file generated by W3 Total Cache in your nginx configuration, so you don't have to set up these rules manually (or translate the Apache rules).

Over all, you'd have to come up with a suitable nginx configuration initially, when you make the transition, but later on, usually you wouldn't have to modify it anymore.

EDIT: That's assuming that you use nginx alone, not just as a reverse proxy for Apache.

[TuxLyn]

I've switched from LightTPD to Nginx about two weeks ago and never looked back. All do I don't use Cpanel or Apache at all. So its much easier for me. But if you run Cpanel you would need Apache. You can do reverse proxy for that, even on the same server.