So I'd say Nginx is actually the least annoying web-server to config of those I've used: 1. Nginx 2. IIS 6 (strange metabase thing) 3. Apache (XML, mostly)

So I'd say Nginx is actually the least annoying web-server to config of those I've used: 1. Nginx 2. IIS 6 (strange metabase thing) 3. Apache (XML, mostly) 4. IIS 7, 7.5 (XML, but with some of the files scattered through your Windows directory, and also some values aren't valid in some of the files). 5. Tomcat (XML plus madness). I'd say the thing that makes all web-servers a pain is debugging which rules are passing/failing, and where are they sending their results to. I think the thing which makes Nginx easier than the others is probably that it doesn't try to support the 'shared hosting' scenario, which adds a lot of mess.