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I need to be able to use .htaccess, PHP 5, MySQL 5 on new configuration.

While I was looking for a way to increase server performance, someone suggests me to change my current system, Apache + Plesk, to Nginx with PHP-FPM, APC setup. I wonder if I can use this system considering my needs above ?

I don't have much information about managing server etc. So please let me know if I need to add something else here.

Thanks for your patience

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nginx doesn't support .htaccess; all configuration needs to happen at the main server level

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Yes, you can use NGINX to serve PHP sites backed by MySQL. It's not quite as simple as Apache's support for PHP, but it's not terribly hard, and is well-documented on the web.

Look into PHP-FPM

Check out http://interfacelab.com/nginx-php-fpm-apc-awesome/ and http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-php-5.3-nginx-and-php-fpm-on-ubuntu-debian to start

When all else fails, there is always the documentation: http://wiki.nginx.org/Configuration

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Thank you for the generous answer. I think I cannot use the new system with Plesk, can I? – nahha Feb 21 '12 at 16:39
I can't say; I have no experience with Plesk. – gWaldo Feb 21 '12 at 17:06

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