On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> 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. > > You guys were so right. What an excellent http server/proxy. I used > this very simple howto: > > http://kbeezie.com/apache-with-nginx/ > > I can probably dump a lot of apache config. I still need SSL on both > servers even though only nginx faces the user? > > For imap proxy, nginx requires an HTTP auth server and I can't figure > out what that refers to. I can stick with imapproxy there. > > - Grant >
You don't need SSL at both. Only nginx is enough. But to ensure nginx performs well at SSL, follow this - http://matt.io/entry/ur -- Nilesh Govindrajan http://nileshgr.com
