Then we have other choices of web server. This is a core part of your infrastructure and you must
choose wisely. Apache is the most popular web server out there as it hosts the majority of
websites, however, NGinx is also an option, it's dubbed as being much faster than Apache at
serving static files and also consumes much less memory for concurrent requests. What that
means, is as your website traffic increases and you have many people hitting your server at the
same time, it would be able to cope much better than Apache.
The functionality of both are broadly the same, and, they're both completely free.
SFTP to your server
In order to SFTP to your server, you'll need to do is download Filezilla onto your desktop computer.
This is available for both Windows and Ubuntu desktop. To connect your website, click File > Site
Manager. Within this screen, enter the host details (which is your servers IP address), the logon
type (which is interactive), protocol (which is SFTP) and the username (which is root).
Once you've filled all of that in you can go ahead and click 'connect' – you will be prompted to enter
your password – hopefully, you're now connected to your server.
You'll see a folder with three dots (…) at the top of your screen, click that. On the subsequent
page, find the directory named 'var'. Within that, open 'html'.
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