Turn off Apache, use only Nginx

[LTUser]

I would like to notice that we are going to implement this webserver mode (no Apache, only nginx) in upcoming Plesk release.

That's the mess at Plesk that always scares me. Apache2 on Plesk is still without http/2, but already switch the web server to NGinx.
Do the web servers on the Internet run with Apache or NGinx? Which is more stable, Apache or Nginx?
The version with Nginx is very prone to configuration errors, so I don't understand why NGinx can be preferred to Apache.

 

[TimReeves]

That's the mess at Plesk that always scares me. Apache2 on Plesk is still without http/2, but already switch the web server to NGinx.
Do the web servers on the Internet run with Apache or NGinx? Which is more stable, Apache or Nginx?
The version with Nginx is very prone to configuration errors, so I don't understand why NGinx can be preferred to Apache.

Nginx can be preferred for high traffic websites where the gain in speed and smaller footprint on resources outweighs the "pain" of getting its static configuration right yourself, rather than having the .htaccess files (e.g. deposited by WordPress and plugins) to do it for you. Yes, really big sites - such as wordpress.org and many others, use nginx for these reasons. I use it because I'm a performance freak and a passionate minimalist As to stability, AFAIK they are both very stable, I have not encountered problems with either of them. Regarding the current situation I have just written a blog article on Plesk and Nginx 2021 - hope that helps, if you read german or don't mind using DeepL or Google Translator.