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How to setup Nginx server blocks (virtual hosts)

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Nginx logically divides the configurations in order to serve different content into blocks. A server block is a subset of Nginx’s configuration that defines a virtual server used to handle requests of a defined type. Administrators often configure multiple server blocks and decide which block should handle which connection based on the requested domain name, port and IP address.

How to setup Apache Virtual Hosts

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An Apache web server can host multiple websites on the SAME server. You do not need separate server machine and Apache for each website. This can be achieved using the concept of Virtual Host or VHost.
Any domain that you want to host on your web server will have a separate entry in Apache configuration file.