On 08/03/2013 00:08, Grant wrote: >>>>> 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?
Yes, that's exactly correct. > > - Grant > > P.S. Thanks for the shot of courage. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
