>>>> Changing completely from a user-facing apache to a user-facing nginx >>>> sounds fraught with peril. > > The last time I set this up was for one of our e-commerce sites on Centos. > > It went like this: > > install nginx > vi config file > change obvious stuff > tweak location of nginx and backend web server > restart stuff > stuff worked > > Even the SSL certs was mind-bogglingly easy. Copy it over to nginx. > Sorted. Done. > > Lucky for me, I could firewall off the backend web server from the > entire world so users never see it directly. This let me dispense with a > CE signed cert for the backend and just create my own.
So you're saying nginx listens on 80/443 and apache listens on 1000/1001 (for example) and you firewalled 1000/1001 from all but localhost? Can I use the same SSL certs with nginx that I've been using with apache? - Grant P.S. Thanks for the shot of courage.
