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VM web hosting --IIS, Apache or NGINX
Hi folks
I'm starting in the area of web servers which I want to test on a local VM first - seem to me 3 contenders for this - IIS (Windows), Apache and NGINX (both Linux)
I know something about Apache, and a teeny bit about IIS -- however there's some excellent write ups about NGINX.
Anybody here tried that one and can compare it with the other 2 --ease of setting up, speed, security etc.
I'm posting this here rather than on a Linux board as a lot here run Linux both as HOSTS and VM's and also (obviously I hope here ) run some sort of Windows too -- usually saying anything about Windows on a Linux forum just gets met with a torrent of abuse rather than a sensible discussion.
Any help here appreciated -- I have my own domain but I want to test locally before I decide on what hosting service to pay for --some very good cheap hosting plans out there (get your own domain first though) but if I choose the wrong OS I'm hosed - so that's why I want to play with this stuff on a local machine first.
For VM's I've got unused W10 Pro and W7 Enterprise licenses so I could try for IIS and Linux is free so no probs there.
Cheers
jimbo