VPS Center Part 3 – Web server and everything around it

Today we will look at the pre-installed applications that are needed to run a website on your own server and how easily they are managed through our VPS Center .

Web server
Every server that is supposed to host web pages needs a web server to handle HTTP requests from clients (most often web browsers).

A request is the sending of a destination specified by a URL (typically a web page, static text, image, or other file).

There are many web servers in the world, but only 2 cover almost 70% of all pages on the Internet. This is Apache and Nginx . You can test both web servers in our VPS Center using a single button . Apache is enabled by default .

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Apache
Apache is one of the most popular web servers in the specific database by industry world (as of November 2023, it is us on 30.7% of all websites on the Internet). It is open-source software (it is free) and is developed under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation .

Functions and features :

Modular architecture : Apache supports a modular architecture, which means that what it can’t do, you can easily add modules.
Multi-Language Support : Supports scripting languages ​​like PHP, Python and other widely used.
Configuration : Offers extensive configuration options, allowing detailed settings of server behavior. It is highly customizable and can be configured to handle large amounts of traffic, making it a good choice for sites of all sizes.

Security : Offers extensive security

features including support for SSL/TLS for secure connections.
Nginx
You will also find Nginx pre-install on the server , which has several performance advantages:

Performance and scalability : It was designed with high performance and low memory consumption in mind . It uses an asynchronous event-driven architecture, which is more efficient when handling a large number of simultaneous connections. This makes it a good choice for heavily load servers and reverse proxies. It can delegate requests to other servers and is therefore mainly us on high-traffic projects .
Modularity and configuration : It offers fewer modules than Apache, but its configuration is often consider simpler and more straightforward.
Unlike Apache, it can be used with languages ​​like JavaScript or Go, where it acts as a reverse proxy.
How to manage Apache and Nginx in VPS Center
Thanks to the VPS Center, you do not need to connect to the server via SSH and you can do everything from a web browser.

In the Server Management section you will find configuration   file templates for new domains ( Apache, PHP, Nginx ). When you make a change, new domains will be created according to these configs.

You can change the web server settings

For an individual domain or subdomain in the Settings section for a specific domain.

Be careful, because any misconfiguration can take the domain and the whole server out of service!

Whenever you want to change the web server to another, or switch from Nginx to Apache and vice versa, you activate the settings in the Server management tab in the One-time actions section . You can then confirm the change with the Change webserver button .

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HTTPS –⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Let’s Encrypt
Certbot is install on virtual servers with VPS Center. It can automatically manage HTTPS certificates (order it from Let’s Encrypt, perform the necessary usa cfo verification, the user downloads the certificate together with the keys to the specified folder and then automatically renews the certificate).

Thanks to this, you can easily secure an SSL/TLS certificate for each domain and subdomain with one click.

Just go to the Settings section and you will immediately see SSL activation viz.

For more redirection options, including redirection using Nginx and Apache, see our next tutorial ” How to implement HTTPS step by step. ”

PHP & VPS Center

 

The last important part of most web applications is PHP. You can conveniently edit the PHP config as well as the web server in a web browser.

 

You can change the PHP config for a specific domain razumjeti zakone o stanodavcima i zakupcima at any time, just click on the Settings section .

In addition, since the release of version 2.57, you can set different. PHP versions for subdomains in the VPS Center .