Hello all,

I am in a middle putting a web server together on a CentOS machine and would like to know which web server to choose from between Apache, Nginx, CGI and FastCGI? My main concern is to have a fast Web Server that responds to inquiries quick. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you all.

CGI and FastCGI are protocols for executing scripts/programs on a web server, not servers themselves. I personnaly use Apache just because I've learned it fairly well and I know it (never jumped on the Nginx bandwagon). The right choice depends on a lot of questions you haven't answered, such as what is the expected traffic level?, are the pages mostly static or dynamic (using server side scripting)? if the latter, what scripting languages/tools are to be used?

Unless it's a very high traffic or performance critical site, I expect Apache and Nginx to both handle it fine.

Don't forget about lighttpd! I've heard good things about it, although I don't use it much myself. And here's an arstechnica article in praise of Nginx: link.

Apache will do the job.

Thank you for your response. I decided to test the nginx on a local CentOS system and see the difference between Apache and Nginx. This is my first time running nginx and I need help. I noticed the public www on nginx located in /usr/share/nginx/html folder. Here is the message I get when I put 192.168.0.110;

Welcome to nginx on EPEL!

This page is used to test the proper operation of the nginx HTTP server after it has been installed. If you can read this page, it means that the web server installed at this site is working properly.
Website Administrator

This is the default index.html page that is distributed with nginx on EPEL. It is located in /usr/share/nginx/html.

You should now put your content in a location of your choice and edit the root configuration directive in the nginx configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

I have my website php script and I want to upload it to the server. What should I do after upload to be able to run the script and install the script? I have looked at the content of this "You should now put your content in a location of your choice and edit the root configuration directive in the nginx configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf." and it is confusing for me to understand what needs to be done here. Can anyone help please?

Thank you all

Apache and Nginx is my choice! Fast and reliable web server.

Here are some Tutorials you may follow to tweak you Web Server

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