Migrate from Hestiacp apache + nginx to only nginx

verus · May 25, 2022, 11:55am

Hello,
Is it possible to migrate from apache + nginx to only nginx?

Are there any performance advantages?
thnx, Ph.

jlguerrero · May 25, 2022, 1:08pm

I use the Apache + Nginx and I’m happy with it.

You can try a template to use only Nginx to check if there are performance improvements.

I think that that change is unsupported.

eris · May 25, 2022, 1:10pm

github.com

hestiacp/hestiacp/blob/main/install/upgrade/manual/migrate_ngnix_apache_nginx-php-fpm.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function Description
# Manual upgrade script from Nginx + Apache2 + PHP-FPM to Nginx + PHP-FPM

#----------------------------------------------------------#
#                    Variable&Function                     #
#----------------------------------------------------------#

# Includes
# shellcheck source=/etc/hestiacp/hestia.conf
source /etc/hestiacp/hestia.conf
# shellcheck source=/usr/local/hestia/func/main.sh
source $HESTIA/func/main.sh
# shellcheck source=/usr/local/hestia/conf/hestia.conf
source $HESTIA/conf/hestia.conf

#----------------------------------------------------------#
#                    Verifications                         #
#----------------------------------------------------------#

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It does.

verus · May 27, 2022, 7:46am

I installed on my test system a new installation with HestiaCP and only NGINX.
Then I imported a backup from the production HestiaCP (apache + nginx) and installed the backup on the test system.
On the test system (without Apache) everything was started up without a problem but the webpage shows “err_connection_refused”.
I have no errors in nginx log. Did I do something wrong or is it because it comes from an operational system with apache + nginx?
How can I fix this?
thanks.

eris · May 27, 2022, 8:07am

Try rebuilding the web domains

verus · May 27, 2022, 9:22am

Is that by deleting only the Web domain and creating it again in the Hestiacp portal?

eris · May 27, 2022, 9:26am

Run v-rebuild-user {user} via Command line or

Via WebUI

verus · May 27, 2022, 9:33am

It doesn’t work. I get “page not found”.
The frontpage is working but other pages not.

eris · May 27, 2022, 9:35am

Nginx doesn’t allow .htaccess depending on your software used you need to use a custom template

verus · May 27, 2022, 9:51am

How can I do that?

eris · May 27, 2022, 1:08pm

verus · May 29, 2022, 7:08am

Thanks, it works now.

verus · May 29, 2022, 7:35am

I migrated to only NGINX. This is my result.

For my website this is a good solution to only use nginx. For others it may not so I don’t mean that apache + nginx is not a good solution.

eris · May 29, 2022, 7:53am

With Nignx + Apache2 you can try to use proxy cache template enabled. As it makes a more fair comparison…

verus · May 29, 2022, 8:36am

ok, thanks for the feedback.

nemert · May 29, 2022, 9:07am

is any senario where proxy cache template could messed up with sessions-cookies etc for a woocommerce site?
thanks

eris · May 29, 2022, 9:09am

Yes sessions enabled by default will al ways mess up the cache as it will ignore the cache settings… (As it assumes the user is logged in and in that case the caching is disabled)

nemert · May 29, 2022, 9:10am

Also whats the differances of enabling a wordpress page cache plugin
?

eris · May 29, 2022, 9:12am

Any caching plugin in Wordpress does need to run Wordpress first. fastcgi / proxy cache works on nginx it self and is there of faster…

cvrle77 · May 29, 2022, 9:20pm

Don’t measure performance grades, because those aren’t relevant, what is relevant is how fast page loads to your users, not to bots.

And you can use loader.io to measure how much stress your server can take.
With apache+nginx, results are poor. 500-550 users/minute before server collapses, no matter how much resources you have.
With nginx fastcgi 500-800 users per SECOND.