https://www.davehall.com.au/tags/nginx/Recent content in Nginx on Dave Hall ConsultingHugoen-auFri, 16 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://www.davehall.com.au/blog/2010/03/16/making-it-easier-spawn-php-cgi-debian-and-ubuntu/Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://www.davehall.com.au/blog/2010/03/16/making-it-easier-spawn-php-cgi-debian-and-ubuntu/Apache is a great web server, but sometimes I need something a bit more lightweight. I already have a bunch of sites using lighttpd, but I’m planning on switching them to nginx. Both nginx and lighttpd use FastCGI for running PHP. Getting FastCGI up and running on Ubuntu (or Debian) involves a bit of manual work which can slow down deployment. The normal process to get nginx and php-cgi up and running is to install the spawn-fcgi package, create a shell script such as /usr/local/bin/php-fastcgi to launch it, then a custom init script, after making both of these executable you need to run update-rc.https://www.davehall.com.au/blog/2010/02/06/howto-setup-private-package-repository-reprepro-nginx/Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000https://www.davehall.com.au/blog/2010/02/06/howto-setup-private-package-repository-reprepro-nginx/As the number of servers I am responsible for grows, I have been trying to eliminate all non packaged software in production. Although ubuntu and Debian have massive software repositories, there are some things which just aren’t available yet or are internal meta packages. Once the packages are built they need to be deployed to servers. The simplest way to do this is to run a private apt repository. There are a few options for building an apt repository, but the most popular and simplest seems to be reprepro.