nginx setup

hi,

i am goign to setup my vps with nginx i think to handle dolphin.

i have looked at this doc here:

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/HostingServerSetupRecommendations

and i see this doc for nginx:

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/TutorialHowToInstallDolphinOnNginx

question is, do i need to/should install the accelerator for php for apache and tune mysql also?

or should i just leave it with default nginx and default apache? i think it should be setup an accelerator and tune mysql also but better to ask you guys.

thanks again

hello,

i am running nginx for more than 3 months now and i have to say that my

site load speed has dramatically increased since i use it!

i am very happy with my actual setup, which is the following:

- varnish as proxy

- nginx as webserver

- php-fpm with apc

- mysql without special tuning tools, just optimized the settings

if you need some details dont hesitate to contact me ;)

hi misterpopper,

thanks for that.  yeah i am going to run with that setup, defo nginx tune mysql.  are you using php-fpm with apc as opposed to mmcache?

i have not looked into varnish as a proxy but will check it out. are you using only nginx or apache behind it?

thanks again

right, i am using apc as alternative to memcache because on a linux system it turned out that

it is better to use dolphin filecaching instead of memcache. the performance for me was better

on using the following cache structure:

- dolphin filecache

- linux disk i/o cache optimization

- apc for php caching

i dont use apache for serving the website. i use nginx as webserver and varnish as proxy for

static pages. varnish is not used on sites with cookies or better it is not used for logged in users.

all in all this was the most high-performance configuration that have found in about 3 days of testing.

what about eaccelerator. Its really good for php caching. But never installed it myself. Anybody know about some permissions settings that is needed for it to work. Not sure about it just read it somewhere? 

thanks guys, have to say i read some bad reviews about support on here around the net and although the agent support takes weeks to get a reply at least the forum support so far has been great. thanks

yes i was thinking of eaccelarator also but i have to say i checked out misterpoppers site and have to say 1. it looks good and 2. it is quicker.

so did you just follow the instructions on here about moving everything over to nginx? the rewrite rules doc :

http://www.boonex.com/trac/dolphin/wiki/TutorialHowToInstallDolphinOnNginx

or did you have any other steps to take?

i found a plugin for cpanel to install nginx but it would still use apache on port 81 to process php requests, should i just uninstall apache then?

thanks again

hmm, i dont use cpanel so i cant say anything about it.

i am using ispconfig as free alternativ to cpanel and it is working without problems on my dedicated server.

yes, basically i was doing all the configuration as told in the howto.

if you like i could send you the main configurations as email.

just drop me your email via pm if you are interessted.

thanks for that.