Let us take a closer look at how to Change apache to Nginx DirectAdmin with the support of DirectAdmin support services at Bobcares.

How to change from Apache to Nginx webserver on Directadmin?

Follow the instructions below to configure Nginx as the web server and “migrate” or change the users from Apache to Nginx with DirectAdmin:

1. The first step is to select Nginx as either a web server (Nginx) or a reverse proxy in custombuild (Nginx apache).
2. After that, we have to proceed to configure and install Nginx.
3. Finally, for complex setups, we must rewrite the web-server configurations.

This will not affect users’ data, and won’t modify or examine any no .htaccess files. If we use the Nginx as a stand-alone server, we will most likely disrupt user sites because mod rewrite rules will no longer function.

Thus, if we want Nginx, we should start with the Nginx apache option, in which Nginx will sit in front of apache and proxy requests to it, while .htaccess and it will still read the mod rewrite rules.

We may encounter complications with DAV (options, put, etc.) with Nginx apache because it is disabled by default.  So we will have to tweak the Nginx configurations.

If we have Custombuild version 2, the following commands will switch the web server to Nginx and rebuild the configuration files:

1. cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild

    

2. ./build set webserver nginx

    

3. ./build set php1_mode php-fpm

    

4. ./build update

    

5. ./build all d

    

6. ./build rewrite_confs

Keep in mind to have backups before making a drastic change to a server.

An alternative method to change apache to Nginx DirectAdmin

We can also type in the following commands as an effective alternative method to switch to Nginx:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild
./build update
./build set webserver nginx
./build nginx

This concludes the final step to switch apache to Nginx with DirectAdmin.

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Conclusion

To conclude, we have learned how to change apache to Nginx with DirectAdmin with the support of our DirectAdmin support services. There are two methods to complete the process, both comprising simple steps accompanied by codes.