[d0m]

An apache expert would probably prove me wrong, but I've found it quite simpler to use nginx to dispatch multiple domains to different backend types. For instance, I have a couple nodes, one wordpress blog and lots of small django websites.

[jiggy2011]

Apache reverse proxies are very easy to setup once you have done it once. I've reverse proxied Tomcat,PHP and ASP.Net apps just by copy-pasting a few lines in the config.

The main strength of Apache though is the ability to separate apps run on the same system by different users without reverse proxy via .htaccess files and stuff like mod_php.

Apache also has an excellent security track record considering it's vast numbers of deployments and years of service.

Perhaps though if you are a green field developer with no Apache experience and deploy with stuff like EC2 you may as well just skip apache and go straight to nginx.

What nginx's security record will look like in 10 years if it becomes as popular as Apache though remains to be seen.