Apache vs NGINX

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If you're into web development, you have undoubtedly heard of Apache and Nginx. They're both open source web servers, but they have different strengths, and both are worth considering as part of your web architecture choices. Is speed at all costs your thing? Or extensibility? In this video, Martin Keen explains how these web servers work and then breaks down the tradeoffs of each solution (spoiler: it's not an either/or answer).
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[@kavyeshs41]

we can install Apache's modules separately. but nginx needs a re-compilation of binary if want to enable a new module. and another main difference is Nginx is event driven while apache is process driven. which means nginx can handle much more request on single thread but apache create new thread for every request. which makes nginx fast/more performant

[@braunbaerhh]

Apache has an event MPM for years.

[@francisantony12]

@@braunbaerhh I think MPM is not the same as being Event Driven - In and ED model ( "reactive" ), there is no thread at all unless some activity is in progress. Ex:- A thread needs to make a backend call. Immediately after making the backend call ( using poll() system call ), the thread will switch to doing other unrelated tasks *instead of* being blocked. Whereas in MPM, thread will become free - but task is handed over to other threads.... This is my understanding. Somebody please comment/correct if Im wrong

[@KirillKovalevskiy]

Thanks for this valuable clarification!

[@Rusputin-eo6tv]

thanks you, that's sound crucial for interview

[@im-a-trailblazer]

This man has talent, and he is able to explain it in a very enjoyable way, and he can write backwards very fast. I need to up my game man...

[@commandstring]

Yes this threw me off cause I realized he was writing backwards

[@ordinary_flo]

Hahaha, I bet he isn't a leftie writing backwards. They just flipped the image in post. That's why there is no text or IBM logo on his clothes, because that would be backwards then. 😉

[@samjones4327]

Thank you very much for this lesson! You’ve unlocked a bit of a mystery for me as I’m beginning my cloud journey! 🥳

[@khasanbekdev]

Great, I always enjoyed videos of IBM Tech, can you make a video explanation for ASGI and WSGI servers.

[@andygordon6880]

Fanatistic quick explanation of different considerations when looking at web server performance. Great start to answering the question. Thank you

[@kamarton]

I've been using both for many years, and I like the modules and configuration of nginx much better.

[@dieguitoboy]

Didn't really explain the differences between the two or gave any examples for which is better on certain aspects. The title of the video wasn't delivered

[@shravanuchil]

Yes there so many more things could have covered up in this

[@AlMaVizca]

Look at the c10k problem, analysis remains the same as far as I know

[@zacktaylor1143]

Lmao, wtf, did you only watch the first 5 minutes? He breaks it down at the end.

[@unspoken2409]

I have been looking for a video like this for a long time! Outstanding work!

[@mohammadalaaelghamry8010]

Great resource of knowledge, high quality, very concise and to the point. I so much appreciate it. Thanks.

[@snowywinter9]

Such a pleasant and knowledgeable presenter. Fantastic delivery.

[@evgenii.panaite]

Amazing, always love your way to uncover technological nuances ❤

[@gosnooky]

It should also be noted that Apache uses a multi-threaded architecture with each request running in its own thread, while NGINX uses a single-threaded architecture with an event loop. Because of this, NGINX can handle many more simultaneous requests and is what gives it its speed advantage. In programmer terms, Apache acts like Java, NGINX acts like NodeJS.

[@braunbaerhh]

Apache has an event MPM for years.

[@stackerliew]

Apache is far more stable than nginx.

[@danilodistefanis5990]

@@braunbaerhhstill is not truly event driven.

[@marcoswelker132]

Love the drawings. Helps a lot

[@appaloosa_]

Thank you, british man & ibm. Perfect explanation 🙏

[@taskforce_kerim]

These IBM videos are hella good!

[@chalingui]

OMG Martin is the man. One day making exBEERiments and the other day teaching about web servers

[@starterdev]

This is the reason why I love ibm ♥️

[@chadzulu4328]

This explanation helped me a whole lot! Thanks so much.

[@severtone263]

Excellent explanation. Thank you

[@user-nu4so7zg8r]

Regarding the load balancing features, how does how would we sockets be handled as apposed to regular http requests which are simply routed the web servers need to hold open connections

[@brownianmotion6319]

Love the presentation. Is that perspex or glass? What pens is he using anyone?

[@pankaj16octdogra]

Nice presentation, pls make video of cloud native app architecture with financial services application

[@BobDschingisKhan]

Did you really write from right to the left on that screen that we can read it or what is the magic behind this cool presentation technique? Thanks for the Video and BR

[@valen8560]

omg

[@mohammadhussain9068]

Great explanation

[@arieheinrich3457]

Martin is a rockstar !

[@chwaee]

TLDR/TLDW: Apache is older but more mature (extensions) while nginx is newer and faster. Both can be used rather interchangeably though.

[@Unknown-ki8yk]

My favorite instructor

[@ChanceMinus]

Extremely helpful... Thank you.

[@itdataandprocessanalysis3202]

**yelling gratitude**

[@Hiram8866]

A very interesting video. Cheers

[@rossbrook9182]

this guy is great, very good video

[@tunisoft7465]

wow that glass is so clean

[@Adil-dp4ll]

I always wondered how do they make such videos as facing the camera and writing on some board right front of us. Then i noticed an odd thing. All these people in such videos were lefty. It means they were writing on a transparent board facing them and once after they were done, the video was mirrored using video editor software.

[@md9936]

Good video, I'd like to learn about WAS or Webspherem, pls!

[@MrRades123]

Does anyone know what these boards are called he is writing on and how this is recorded so the camera can not be seen?

[@dmytroparfeniuk2670]

Thanks for the video! Just out of curious, why did you put the EXTENSIBLE parameter only to the Apache http server instead of both? Isn't NginX provide it?

[@docteurklein]

yes nginx totally is extensible as well. one could even argue it is more extensible, given the ecosystem of nginx modules out there. But the IBM host has a bad habit of just cherry-picking some random attributes of the products under comparison and put it either left or right, wich I would define as a *bad* "versus" video. It's the second video I watch from this guy, and the second time I'm disappointed. Happy to see the encouraging comments above, which proves it seems helpful for beginners tho.

[@purposepowerlove]

And then there is haproxy, which blows them away in terms of speed and resource usage. Plus it has many more modern features included by default.

[@hamu_sando]

HAproxy is the default router (ALB) for the OpenShift platform.

[@amirmirou]

My question is: how did you do this "writing on glass effect" it blows my mind you are facing the camera, are you writing backword or what?

[@gregliming6875]

Hey look, It's the Homebrew Challenge guy.

[@GravitoRaize]

nginx Plus also does TCP and even UDP load balancing out of the box. I guess I've only ever used nginx Plus cause it does basically anything I want to do and has all the health checking and other stuff built in. If the backend runs Apache or Tomcat, then that's fine, but for load balancing I'm not sure why you'd use Apache unless you wanted complex solution to what should be a simple problem. Sure, nginx Plus costs money, but if you want a load balancing solution that doesn't, learn HAProxy, don't spend time learning Apache unless you have to.

[@thatomotaung6891]

I need this board expeditiously

[@Abhi-qi6wm]

Any views on Apache APISIX vs Nginx?

[@davejones542]

great video. btw @1:29 I always thought "a couple" meant two did I miss the memo

[@MartinKeen]

LOL

[@entalpa]

You didn't mention that Nginx can do Rate Limiting, WAF and more...Nginx can be a lot of faster by tweaking the settings for your use case.

[@muhdbunahmad]

You cannot explain or mention everything in a seven minute video.

[@andarin2]

@@muhdbunahmad Our fella here did it in less than a line

[@alehkhantsevich113]

@@muhdbunahmad Video lasts 7 min, but actually there is 4 words..... First/Extensible and Fast/Simple. I believe 7min video can serve much more info about Apache vs Nginx like title says.

[@andrewlalis]

@@andarin2 they just named things, and didn't explain anything

[@SubparProgrammer]

@@alehkhantsevich113 This is like Tik Tok’s fast paced info vs KZbin’s in-depth content

[@NachtmahrNebenan]

The drawing of the browser window looks the same as my Mesa Boogie guitar amp 😅

[@StompboxBreakdown]

For when you're a Full Stack engineer

[@moatazfarid2920]

Very Nice presentation, keep it up

[@AniketSomwanshi-ll7mz]

So confused. So neither of these servers are for dynamic pages? Tomcat server is used for Java applications but what about non-java applications? Which server is used?

[@JonnyMainframe]

How about the difference (if any) between Apache and IBM HTTP Server?

[@opensourcefreedom9241]

having an arrow with Apache is kind of spot on with the Native American community :P I am Cherokee so I get it and think it is funny.

[@enjoyajeet]

What are the servers used behind the load balancer?

[@SteveGillham]

Web Servers

[@g30rgyth3d4rk]

Probably microservices under k8 instances, docker instances etc

[@nealpan]

Azure Application Gateway is great option!

[@MaxZRider]

whole video summarized: apache = older, enterprise extensible || nginx = newer, fast simple

[@dariokartal9453]

Wait. So, the connection from my computer to the actual server is covered by the TLS certificate NOT NECESSARILY all the way? And that shouldn't raise anybody's alarm?

[@davak72]

Yes and no. It depends. Without a proxy, the final server decrypts your traffic anyway, so if the proxy and the final server are on the same private network, and it’s secure, that should be fine. In the other hand, if you use Cloudflare tunnels, they get to decrypt the traffic, look at it, then re-encrypt and send it to the actual server

[@coll1208]

Why is my YT beer-brewer talking about servers?!

[@pieter5466]

4:48 The difference between Apache and Nginx

[@suryapratap3043]

I don't know what goes on under the hood of apache or nginx, but having used apache for year and nginx now I can say nginx is a lot simpler and hell lot faster. If you're developing new solution in 2023, go with nginx without second thought. Apache will be legacy soon.

[@richardguernsey908]

Beer brewing and Software Architecture? Noice!

[@LewisCowles]

Layer 7 not 7 layer. Other than that, good video. Didn't know IBM made these. Optional SSL... 🤐 (in the cluster only right?)

[@12345abcd_qwerty]

thanks

[@basix250]

Start from 4:50.

[@joemarji7245]

Timestamps for the mash out plz

[@wadecodez]

can't wrap my head around how they filmed this. did the guy write backwards or was it filmed in a mirror I have to know

[@micoberss5579]

Mirrored the recorded video. I couldn't figure it out, I was thinking that's some kind of IBM technology. But somebody in comments said that they must have mirrored the video

[@gorlanich]

I thought you are going to brew with ibm.

[@lucasgandara4175]

Does anyone knows how to make a video like this? with this "invisible blackboard" ?

[@IBMTechnology]

Search on "lightboard videos"

[@lucasgandara4175]

@@IBMTechnology Thanks!

[@IBMTechnology]

See ibm.biz/write-backwards for a video explaining it

[@vbounyar]

Good info but also I am awe the presenter writing backwards!

[@HahaHihi11111]

Why present old technologies? LiteSpeed is where?

[@shanejohnson4546]

You ended there?.... I'm lost for words

[@javjaveds7547]

Layer 7 not 7 layer!

[@sabart5]

So the only difference is that Nginx is faster? I was expecting a more elaborated explanation.

[@braunbaerhh]

it is not faster. You can configure a Apache so it is as fast as Nginx.

[@kompila]

@@braunbaerhh Looks like it all about configurations 😃

[@tyrojames9937]

CHECK❗

[@kebman]

Not a contest. NGINX all the way. Unless you _have_ to run some cruddy PHP or Java thingy.

[@larrywest42]

I do wish people would stop saying "SSL" when they mean "TLS". Virtually no one uses SSL any longer. Browsers disabled or removed it years ago, and I'd be very surprised if any of IBM's web sites still support it.

[@jackwt7340]

International Business Machines Corporation🎰

[@fkangalov]

is he writing on that thing backwards ?

[@IBMTechnology]

See ibm.biz/write-backwards

[@fkangalov]

@@IBMTechnology makes more sense :). Love the videos though.

[@EngineerNick]

I have worked with both and they both suck. Very good at the basics, but so hard to make them do anything complicated. It takes like 2 lines of rust code to enable cors... But try add cors at the reverse proxy level instead and get ready for hours of agony reading poor documentation.

[@sunduchkov]

So, what, where is a comparison?

[@2371996npistiolas]

You are either a lefty able to write backwards or you reversed the video image

[@andyhall7032]

wait...people still use apache ??

[@tss4629]

There are few more webservers out there - WAS (Websphere Application server), Tomcat, Apache, Nginx,and I think JBoss also. Choose what you like. 😂

[@zgeorgem]

layer 7. not 7 layer.

[@willemvdk4886]

Aren't we brewing today?

[@funkiam9214]

i think for now days nginx +1

[@homerjones3490]

OPENLITESPEED

[@EnglishTeacherJon]

As of March 2024 OpenLitespeed are charging $4.00 a month on GCP (it used to be free...)

[@joachimdietl6737]

the speed of information flow is negative in these series

[@IvaneMkadegebeli]

How does the guy write in reverse…

[@IBMTechnology]

See ibm.biz/write-backwards

[@IvaneMkadegebeli]

@@IBMTechnology :DD thx

[@bitground1776]

The presentation doesn't bring more on the difference between the two, you should change the title.

[@DynastyInferno]

A painful video

[@mikemx55]

wow, you explained nothing about their differences and just went on rambling about what an http server is and reverse proxys and load balancers... none of which are the primary purpose of apache or nginx

[@jasonhowardak]

Caddy is much easier

[@DavidWhiteOfFleet]

Sounds English but says "rowt" for "route" 🙄

[@andarin2]

Where's the beef?

[@simplylizz1]

Omg, Apache. Is this 2013? 🤔

[@laszloszoke18]

The interest of IBM is to promote Apache.

[@imrestumpf9744]

omfg, so strange to see you speaking about tech outside of homebrew world. jeez.

[@thomulcahy]

NGINX isn't totally free, some features require paid version

[@ethernet764]

Layer 4? Layer 7? The OSI model is obsolete. > I have said before that I believe that teaching modern students the OSI model as an approach to networking is a fundamental mistake that makes the concepts less clear rather than more. The major reason for this is simple: the OSI model was prescriptive of a specific network stack designed alongside it, and that network stack is not the one we use today. In fact, the TCP/IP stack we use today was intentionally designed differently from the OSI model for practical reasons. - j. b. crawford

[@AssassinoYunus]

Ah not very technically illustrated. 😥

[@cali4484]

7:11 apache and nginx can be friends. such a waste of time. 😒

[@youdj_app]

Apache is a joke

[@laszloszoke18]

The Apache is a joke. Of course, in 2023.

[@hosseinse4079]

useless

[@hansmuller1846]

What an unnecessary video imo :D I knew what a web server is, and the differences between apache and nginx are barely explained :/