Apache vs. Nginx

Main Difference

Apache and Nginx both are open source web servers i.e. HTTP servers and can be used for static files or dynamic pages. They are required for configuration to recognize the URLs requested by the users to route at right place. Main difference between Apache and Nginx is in their way to handle traffic and connections. In Apache multi-processing modules (MPMs) are provided to handle the client request while in Nginx the connections and clients are handled by placing them in event loops where they are processed asynchronously. The usage of CPU and memory is consistent in Nginx even at heavy loads as compare to Apache.

Apache vs. Nginx — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Apache and Nginx

Apache vs. Nginx

The usage of CPU and memory is consistent in Nginx even at heavy loads as compare to Apache.

Apache vs. Nginx

Conventional file based methods are used by Apache to handle the static contents and dynamic contents as well by embedding processor of language while Nginx lacks the ability for processing the dynamic content natively.

Apache vs. Nginx

Apache let the additional configuration on a per-directory basis via evaluating and interpreting directives in hidden files known as .htaccess while Nginx does not let the additional configuration on a per-directory basis via evaluating and interpreting directives.

Apache vs. Nginx

Apache interpret .htaccess while Nginx does not interprets the .htaccess

Apache vs. Nginx

Requests are faster served by the Nginx as compare to Apache.

Apache vs. Nginx

The security level is high in Nginx as compare to Apache as Nginx does not let to distribute the directory level configuration access to individual user.

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Apache vs. Nginx

Apache was designed as a web server while Nginx was designed as a web server as well a proxy server.

Apache vs. Nginx

In Apache the modules are dynamically loaded and unloaded but in Nginx the modules are not dynamically loaded.

Apache vs. Nginx

In Nignx the modules are taken through selection and then compiles in the core software while in Apache it is done dynamically.

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any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma

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Apachenoun

the language of the Apache people

What is Apache?

Apache was designed as a web server. Apache uses Conventional file based methods for handling static contents and dynamic contents as well by embedding processor of languages. Apache let the additional configuration on a per-directory basis via evaluating and interpreting directives in hidden files known as .htaccess. In Apache the modules are dynamically loaded and unloaded.

What is Nginx?

Nginx was designed as a web server as well a proxy server. Nginx lacks the ability for processing the dynamic content natively. while Nginx does not let the additional configuration on a per-directory basis via evaluating and interpreting directives. Requests are faster served by the Nginx