apache, nginx mix

on the same port, no, on different ports yes, I have no idea how the ruby app will behave with two different servers working on it, mind if I ask why you want two web servers?

I have installed LAMP. Then, when I came to installing ruby through the linode library, and found out the set up instructions are for nginx. I figured since I have set up apache, I might as well utilize this set up. I am not that familiar with nginx, even though it might be a better option since it is lighter. Then, wondered if they could live side by side.

There are three ways to run two web servers on a single Linode.

1. Run them on different ports. For example, Apache will run on http://www.yourdomain.com/ (port 80 which is default), while nginx will run on http://www.yourdomain.com:81/ (port 81). Your users probably won't like having to type the port number.

2. Run them on different IP addresses. You can buy another IP address for $1/month.

3. Put nginx in front of Apache, and proxy the requests to Apache.

I went back to the library and I saw that Apache ruby set up is listed further down below.

I was just reading about using nginx and reverse proxy similar to your suggestion on number 3.

I am thinking of stopping apache2 and trying out nginx stand alone. I was comparing the instructions on installing ruby with passenger nginx to LEMP and web server nginx set up. Over at LEMP, the nginx from source instructions seems a bit different. Is there anything crucial over at LEMP or web server set up that I should add to ruby passenger nginx installation?

these arent listed on the ruby passenger nginx set up…

like third party modules

./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-httpsslmodule

make

make install

and it doesnt have user, group set up

adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --disabled-password --group nginx

thank you