Centminmod is not the best performance you can get, and even it's author stated this.
Eva2000 stated:
"pure technical optimised stack in order of best to worse would be
- Litespeed + LSAPI - especially as Litespeed 5.4 > 5.3
- Nginx + PHP-FPM
- Apache + LSAPI PHP held back by Apahce
- Apache + PHP-FPM
"
Yup, discussed at
https://community.centminmod.com/th...d-faster-than-php-fpm-nginx-etc-or-not.19153/ - the most relevant reply of mine regarding this starts at
https://community.centminmod.com/th...an-php-fpm-nginx-etc-or-not.19153/#post-81604 where last test was at
https://github.com/centminmod/http2...chmark-h2load-lsws-5.4.1-nginx-1.16.1-run1.md
Yes their http2benchmark site doesn't have a optimised Nginx configuration and partly that probably is due to inexperience with nginx and I am sure there's a commercial incentive to not be as thorough in investing time into acquiring more Nginx know-how. Some may argue that is a valid comparison as alot of folks are the same - noob or not well versed in configuring Nginx/PHP-FPM so end up with same configurations being compared/tested.
I wrote about it at
https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1775139 along with doing a fork for early http2benchmark code. The forked http2benchmark code results are further down in that thread which do show Litespeed 5.4 is faster than Litespeed 5.3 and Nginx official RPM installs configured more optimally by me (not Centmin Mod nginx still though so Nginx results there would be slower than Centmin Mod Nginx). Alot of my earlier tests of my own were with Litespeed 5.3 and lower and Centmin Mod Nginx which was alot closer and sometimes better for static files at least. But Litespeed 5.4 is new and faster than Litespeed 5.3.
and from
https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1775139&p=10169960#post10169960
Anyway, the point of
my forked http2benchmarks is to illustrate depending on how nginx is configured (haven't even touched on how it's installed/build nor on nginx configuration optimisations/directives), some usage situations can be alot closer that what original http2benchmark results suggest. For one thing, PHP-FPM fastcgi_cache isn't always the fastest method for wordpress caching on Nginx side
I’ve always managed my servers manually without panel by installing and configuring reps via command line.
As of 2023 now what do you are the best methods to deploy a quick and secure server VPS for a XF / Wordpress website for live production or testing/staging?
If you know how to manage a server via the command line, create a custom script for the installation and configuration yourself. That's how my Centmin Mod LEMP stack was born - scripted to automate what I usually install, configure and optimize based on my two decades of experience working with my server optimisation clients = I save a lot of time by automating this compared to manual setups
The flexibility of your own scripted installs is you have the flexibility to tailor your setups the way you like them instead of having to accept how other scripts do things. A recent example for me is configuring Cloudflare Post-Quantum Origin connections
https://blog.centminmod.com/2023/10...68-key-exchange-support-in-centmin-mod-nginx/
Personally, I use my Centmin Mod LEMP stack as it saves me a lot of time in installing and configuring servers, with a lot of my server optimisations and tweaks done automatically. These days, which web server is used isn't as important when using Cloudflare CDN/Workers in front of the web server - as long as the stack is optimally configured.
Eventually, I do plan on Centmin Mod to support Litespeed/OpenLitespeed. In the past, I've built custom Litespeed/OpenLitespeed binaries that are faster than official ones - the end goal is Centmin Mod eventually provided Litespeed/OpenLitespeed server will be faster than official Litespeed/OpenLitespeed binaries
But it has been pushed back for now to focus on EL8/EL9 OS compatibility first. FYI, I've been using Nginx for 12+ years and Litespeed web server (standalone non-cPanel or with cPanel) for
14+ 19+ years (double checked)
There's plenty of anecdotal reports from users where using Centmin Mod LEMP stack Nginx showed faster real-world TTFB than the Litespeed web server just because the website/Litespeed web server wasn't optimally configured for page speed.
I came accross the @eva mod here but i don’t think this it’s compatible with debian.
Yes, Centmin Mod public installers only support CentOS 7, with private beta installers supporting AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux EL8 and EL9.
My advice is that there is no need to jump into the deep end with the production live site. You can setup a test VPS hourly billed server, test it with your chosen short list of control panels/command line setups with a copy of your live site data and evaluate and learn the ropes of each option and then decide which is best for you
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