Nginx Vs Apache which is better for cPanel Hosting?

amanwaa · Nov 29, 2017

I have been asked many times about this questions by our customers that what is differences between Nginx and Apache web servers and why cPanel doesn’t provide Nginx with their package and most of the third-party modules are not working properly for the same. At the time, these are two most popular and widely used Open Source web server software run 75% of websites and application on the web.so Please suggest me which is Better?

HudsonWebServices · Nov 29, 2017

Here is an interesting article when it comes to comparing the two. http://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/nginx-vs-apache/

I know at one point cpanel was going to support this, however, with everything it takes time. You can always head over to cpanel and request a vote for support

roadhamster · Nov 29, 2017

One big bottleneck in Nginx is that it doesn't support native .htaccess handling, a lot of CMS'es do make use of .htaccess files.

amanwaa · Nov 30, 2017

Which is better to act as loadbalancer? why

ghost666 · Dec 2, 2017

use litespeed webserver its better then both Apache and Nginx

persysweb · Dec 2, 2017

Go with Apache web server, I am using the same and it really great when you have to handle the multiple requests and multiple tasks at the same time. Litespeed is widely used now a days. You check the features of it too.

dabandit · Dec 12, 2017

roadhamster said:
One big bottleneck in Nginx is that it doesn't support native .htaccess handling, a lot of CMS'es do make use of .htaccess files.

.htaccess is in itself a bottleneck. That's why competent Apache admins turn it off (AllowOverride) and place what's inside of .htaccess directly in httpd.conf.

Buzzika · Dec 12, 2017

Both.
Apache is good at the back end
Nginx is fast and efficient for delivering static files.

I have setup apache on the backend and nginx as a reverse proxy for apache. Best of both worlds.

Edit: i dont use cpanel. If I was forced to pick one I would go with Apache. Neither of the choices are bad, plus apache has been around for some time. If it works for million other users, it probably will for me.

YouStable · Dec 14, 2017

To handle multiple websites with balanced server load I would recommend you to use LiteSpeed but if you have one or few high traffic websites then go with NGINX

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