Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Nginx with custom modules
To configure custom modules, recompile nginx with specific flags or copy new files
into specific locations. You can run multiple instances of nginx side by side, as long
as the virtual hosts do not overlap.
Running two or more nginx side by side can be beneficial as it reduces overhead and
has a high level of isolation. The standard nginx can serve up your PHP application,
while another version of nginx will be streaming a live video and a third could be
handing
Node.JS
. You could run them all in one instance of nginx. But if you need to
monitor performance, then separating them like this gives you greater control while
still being more efficient and faster than Apache.
The drawback is that you have configuration files for each instance of nginx, but that
seems like a small price to pay for such flexibility.
You can find a list of common modules at
http://wiki.nginx.org/Modules
.
Summary
In this chapter, we covered the following topics:
• Installing the lightweight web server called nginx
• Installing and configuring PHP
• Deciding which database to install and configure
In the next chapter, we will set up the Pi to store and share files.
