Nginx ("engine x") is a high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. http://wiki.codemongers.com/Main 1.1 Install Nginx apt-get install nginx Using apt-get should be enough to get nginx up and running. However, if apache is running and listening on port 80 (default) nginx will not be started. 1.1 Virtual Hosting: Add virtual hosts in /etc/nginx/sites-available/ then create a link to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled {code} # ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/example.com {code} {code} server { listen 80; server_name www.domain1.com; access_log logs/domain1.access.log main; location / { index index.html; root /var/www/domain1.com/htdocs; } } {code} 1.1 Load Balancing: {code} http { upstream myproject { server 127.0.0.1:8000 weight=3; server 127.0.0.1:8001; server 127.0.0.1:8002; server 127.0.0.1:8003; } server { listen 80; server_name www.domain.com; location / { proxy_pass http://myproject; } } } {code} More links: http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxRubyonRailsMongrel http://blog.labratz.net/articles/2006/10/03/rails-deployment-apache-lighttpd-nginx-mongrel-cluster 2007-12-31 03:54:14.0 2007-12-31 03:54:14.0