I am using apache server for php. So my doubt is can I use both Nginx and apache server for running on my system . Can be both server load on the systm? Thanks in advance
Although I don't see much benefit, but as long as they are listening to different ports, I don't see why not.
Here's a tutorial on how to setup php in nginx (just in case)
http://wiki.nginx.org/Configuration#PHP_via_FastCGI
If it were me, for evaluation purposes, I would just fire up one of my Virtual Machines and run nginx in the test environment of your choice.
http://www.virtualbox.org/
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I'm a LAMP guy, and now start learning WebSockets via Ratchet. So far so good following the start up docs here, and hence i'm able to run the Ratchet Server, like this:
$ php server.php
And then my Javascript Clients can connect to it, etc.
But..
As a LAMP guy, i'm very used to have Apache (or) NGINX as the "Server" for any PHP files to serve to public. Now... should i just run that above command in my terminal, and that's gonna be the Ratchet Server?
Is there a way NOT to run the server like that? (or) Is there a way to let Apache (as an example) manage the Ratchet Server? Which means, let Apache start/stop the Ratchet whenever i type:
$ service httpd start
$ service httpd stop
I'm more confident this way. Plus, the SSL handling, etc also would be then done by Apache more easily. Am i right please?
Please kindly suggest, as i'm very new to this area. Thanks all :)
You indeed are right that running it in the command line is not a production ready solution.
In the last page of the tutorial (deployment) there are some ways to do it. For example, hypervisor is entirely explained how to set it up there.
If you don't like hypervisor usage, then you could try to just write a shell script which is executed on startup, that starts the server.php (less good solution, yet easier)
The ssl part you want to use is possible using a proxy with apache.
If you are using Apache web server (2.4 or above), enable these modules in httpd.conf file :
mod_proxy.so
mod_proxy_wstunnel.so
Add this setting to your httpd.conf file
ProxyPass /wss2/ ws://ratchet.mydomain.org:8888/
If you have any more questions please let me know.
Is it possible to run serve my web application from another server than the one provided in cloud9?
For example : I would like to run different applications (PHP, Node.js - not sure what's possible yet) with nginx as the backend server (i) and/or a reverse proxy (ii) (to try different scenarios and configuration options).
Is it possible to run nginx and serve content to the outside world in cloud9?
Is it possible to have nginx as a reverse proxy in cloud9?
EDIT:
Here they write:
$PORT is exposed to the outside: When you run an application which listens on the port specified in the environment variable $PORT, you can access this application using the http://projectname.username.c9.io URL scheme. The proxy expects the server on that port to be a HTTP server. Other protocols are not supported.
This leads me to believe that if I would start nginx on port=$PORT it would be accesible via the specified URL sheme - can anyone confirm? Maybe anyone has tried this and can share some time-saving tips. Thanks.
I know this might be a late reply but might be helpful for those who are wondering how to do the same.
Short answer
I've created a repository to hold all the configuration needed on the process. Just run a command and NGINX and PHP-FPM will be serving and accessible from internet.
GitHub repo: https://github.com/GabrielGil/c9-lemp
Explanation
Basically to run NGINX on a c9 environment as you noted, you just have to make it listen on port 8080. YOu can either edit the default site on /etc/nginx/sites-available or create and enable your own (That's what the script above does)
Then, in order to run PHP-FPM script using NGINX, configure some permissions and the socket on the webserver is needed. By default, c9 uses ubuntu:ubuntu and the webserver www-data:www-data.
The script above also does this changes for you.
Hope this help you, or other users on similar situations.
You can run nginx on a normal Cloud9 workspace, as long as it listens to port 8080 (the value of $PORT). The URL scheme to reach your server would be http://projectname-username.c9.io, however. Please refer to the docs.c9.io for more up-to-date help on running applications.
One other thing you can do if you have another server where you would like to host your software, is to create an ssh workspace (https://docs.c9.io/ssh_workspaces.html). That way, you can connect Cloud9 to an external server directly.
I was looking for all possible alternatives for web servers apart from Apache and IIS for PHP to run, but didn't get.
You can try Nginx or Lighttpd.
Is there any way that I can set up Apache to run locally, specifically NOT connecting to the internet, so that it may serve dynamic content (PHP) over a LAN?
I'm trying to set up a development environment on my Windows XP SP3 box and gain some experience with building web PHP driven web applications. I have residential Rogers service, and it's a violation of the TOS to have a server running over that connection.
Umm yes. Just download apache and fire it up. The only way it's going to get to the outside is if you specifically open up ports in your firewall/router to let http traffic in and route it to your machine. And if you're serious about getting some experience, ditch XP and get a quality linux distro on your "development" box. You can always remote desktop or ssh to it from a windows machine if you feel more comfortable that way.
My experience has been that many hosting companies use CentOs for their client servers, so I'd recommend trying that first if the purpose is gaining useful experience.
Oh by the way, Linux happens to be free.
You can use WAMP. It installs everything you'll need to get a testing server up and running in minutes
Using a packaged solution like WAMP or XAMPP will provide you with the basics for setting up an Apache web server + PHP + MySQL + the phpMyAdmin interface for working with MySQL outside of the command line.
I am new to Windows IIS and I need to run a php/mysql application on it. For local php development on windows, I have found WAMP to be the easiest.
But can WAMP be used in this case instead of installing php and mysql separately ?
This needs to be done on an ec2 Windows 2003 instance. So far, I have already tried installing WAMP and setting up apache to listen on port 8080 instead of 80. From inside the remote desktop, both IIS and WAMP work properly in parallel on their respective ports.
However, when I try to connect from another computer using the ip address http://184.**.***.***, IIS works fine serving the default web page but cannot connect to apache on http://184.**.***.***:8080.
Is it possible to use WAMP at all for this purpose and if yes, would there be any disadvantages in using it instead of installing php/mysql seperately ?
Edit :
I dont know if this is a problem of blocked 8080 port. To verify this I stopped IIS and configured apache to listen to 80. Even then http://184.**.***.*** doent show the WAMP homepage. IS anything needed to be configured in IIS ?
RESOLVED :
Added the port 80 in Windows Firewall Exceptions and it started working.
Also, its necessary to select "Put Online" in the WAMP tray otherwise it gives a forbidden response as suggested by some answers.
Thanks
I haven't used EC2 in this way before, but broadly speaking, I'd encourage you to use the same server for development and production environments if at all possible - the installation effort can be a bit of a pain, but it's nothing compared to developing an app locally and then finding an IIS configuration issue causes it to break on production.
This approach also lets you keep your PHP configurations in source code control - php.ini and any modules you're using - and automatically deploy them alongside your application; again, forgetting to deploy the correct PHP.ini usually makes your application do crazy things...
So, your choices appear to be:
- switch off IIS and have WAMP listen to port 80. Not sure WAMP is designed for production level traffic, but in the past, I've run low-traffic public websites in this way.
- work out why port 8080 is blocked, and if it can be unblocked. This would still require you to run your website on an unusual port, which makes for ugly and hard-to-communicate URLs.
- install PHP on your IIS instance. One benefit of having installed WAMP is that MySQL should already be up and running, and the basic PHP installation should also be there; getting PHP to run on IIS is no longer a dark art ([http://php.iis.net][1])
For my money, I'd go for the latter option...IIS is a production quality server, and it's clearly what Amazon want you to use in this instance.
Of course, running IIS on your development environment may be a problem.
Have you put the server online? Think it is offline by default, meaning it's only accessible from your local machine. It's an option in the systray menu to put it online.
If I remember well, there is an option "go public" (or "put online") on the system traya icon of wamp.
This option modifies the httpd.conf to authorize public access.
You should give a try.
On a side note, you can make php work with IIS. This is another option to help you manage your server. (Mysql and Php have to be installed separatly but, this is very easy to do as far as I remember :) )