# Deploying Nominatim using the PHP frontend
+!!! danger
+ The PHP frontend is deprecated and will be removed in Nominatim 5.0.
+
The Nominatim API is implemented as a PHP application. The `website/` directory
in the project directory contains the configured website. You can serve this
in a production environment with any web server that is capable to run
This section gives a quick overview on how to configure Apache and Nginx to
serve Nominatim. It is not meant as a full system administration guide on how
to run a web service. Please refer to the documentation of
-[Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/) and
+[Apache](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/) and
[Nginx](https://nginx.org/en/docs/)
for background information on configuring the services.
!!! Note
- Throughout this page, we assume that your Nominatim project directory is
- located in `/srv/nominatim-project` and that you have installed Nominatim
+ Throughout this page, we assume your Nominatim project directory is
+ located in `/srv/nominatim-project` and you have installed Nominatim
using the default installation prefix `/usr/local`. If you have put it
somewhere else, you need to adjust the commands and configuration
accordingly.