Interview Questions For Nginx
What is nginx?
Nginx is an open source, fast, lightweight and high-performance web server which is used to serve static files, along with this it is also a reverse proxy server.
What are the differences between apache and nginx?
| APACHE | NGINX |
| Apache runs on various Unix systems such as Linux, BSD, etc. | Nginx also runs on various unix systems but it has very limited support for windows. |
| It is a web server. | It is both a web server as well as reverse proxy server |
| A single thread in apache can handle only 1 connection. | A single thread in nginx can easily handle multiple connections. |
| Its performance is slow as compared to nginx. | Its performance is fast and it consumes less memory |
| It cannot handle multiple client request | It can handle multiple client request |
How can we start nginx instead of port no. 80 to some another port?
To start Nginx on a different port, go to /etc/Nginx/sites-enabled/ and if this is the default file, then you have to open file called “default.” Edit the file and put the port you want
Like server { listen 81; }
Explain the process of -t with nginx?
-t in nginx is for testing the configuration, that weather the configuration that we have created is correct or not.
Mention two special features of nginx?
Special features of nginx are:-
a) Reverse proxy
b) Load balancing