Apache 2.4.x series introduce mod_proxy_fcgi which allows apache to communicate php-fpm directly over TCP/IP. Now consider your server running
the latest high-performance version of apache and php-fpm ! What's your idea ? I can just say '
That is awesome!'
I've integrated this into virtualmin for automatically creating/removing fpm pools. Here's the guide which applies to both centos and debian servers :
1- Install latest version of php-fpm using remi or dotdeb repository.
** Apache 2.4 is shipped with Centos 7.x or Debian 8.x so you can use these default packages instead **
2- Compile latest version of apache 2.4.x from source :
- Install pcre development package :
(yum install pcre-devel) or (apt-get install libpcre3-dev)
cd /usr/src
mv apr-1.5.2 /usr/src/httpd-2.4.25/srclib/apr
mv apr-util-1.5.4 /usr/src/httpd-2.4.25/srclib/apr-util
cd httpd-2.4.25
./configure --prefix=/opt/apache2 --with-mpm=event --enable-rewrite --enable-ssl --enable-proxy-fcgi --with-included-apr
chown -R nobody /usr/src
sudo -u nobody make
make install
You can use my simple init startup script for centos or debian.(End of the article) enable it at boot startup :
cd /etc/init.d
(SEE END OF THIS ARTICLE, SAVE THE INIT FILE AS httpd24)
(service httpd stop OR service apache2 stop)
(chkconfig httpd off OR chkconfig apache2 off)
chmod a+x httpd24
chkconfig httpd24 on
- Now edit /opt/apache2/conf/httpd.conf, comment the following lines :
#<Directory />
# AllowOverride none
# Require all denied
#</Directory>
- comment out the following lines :
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_fcgi_module modules/mod_proxy_fcgi.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
- Enable expires and deflate modules for more performance :
LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
- Alter User and Group line to appropriate user and group.
( www-data for debian, apache for centos )
- Add mod_expires and mod_deflate configurations to the end of httpd.conf file :
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
# ExpiresDefault "access plus 15 days"
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 15 days.
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 15 days"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 15 days"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 15 days"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 15 days"
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css "access 15 days.
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 15 days"
</IfModule>
<IfModule deflate_module>
<Location />
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSI[E] !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \
\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|swf)$ no-gzip dont-vary
</Location>
</IfModule>
NOTE: make sure that you have proxy and proxy_fcgi modules enabled in your apache config file, check your httpd.conf in Centos or run the following commands in Debian:
a2enmod proxy
a2enmod proxy_fcgi
3- Configure virtualmin to use the new installed apache2 :
Virtualmin -> Webmin -> Servers -> Apache webserver -> Module config -> System configuration :
root:/opt/apache2
executable:/opt/apache2/bin/httpd
apachectl:/opt/apache2/bin/apachectl
command to start:/etc/init.d/httpd24 start
command to stop: /etc/init.d/httpd24 stop
apply configuration:/opt/apache2/bin/apachectl graceful
apache pid file:/opt/apache2/logs/httpd.pid
4- Integrate php-fpm to virutalmin :
Virtualmin -> System Settings -> Server Templates -> Default Settings -> Apache website
Add the following line after
DirectoryIndex line of the '
Directives and settings for new websites' section :
<FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler "proxy:fcgi://localhost:${UID}/"
</FilesMatch>
Alter the following settings to and save the configuration :
Automatically add appropriate SuExec directive? : No
Default PHP execution mode : mod_php
And Also do the same for sub-server templates :
Virtualmin -> System Settings -> Server Templates -> Sub-servers -> Apache website
Set the to From default settings
Download my php-fpm script folder for virtualmin (See end of the article) :
mkdir /script
cd /script
(SEE END OF THE ARTICLE, SAVE FILE AS php-fpm)
chmod a+x php-fpm
Now enable the script :
Virtualmin -> System Settings -> Virtualmin Configuration -> Actions upon server and user creation
Command to run after making changes to a server : /script/php-fpm
Always show output from pre and post commands? : Yes
5- Apply configuration for you existing domains :
virtualmin disable-feature --web --virtualmin-awstats --logrotate --webalizer --all-domains
virtualmin enable-feature --web --virtualmin-awstats --logrotate --webalizer --all-domains
Enable Subdomains :
virtualmin enable-feature --web --all-domains
I've removed some of the virtualmin feature which I didn't use ( dav, mailman, ... ). You may need to compile some extra apache modules.
6 - Fixing Script installer issue :
Script installer didn't detect php version unless you compile and install mod_php for httpd :
cd /usr/src
yum install -y libxml2-devel
wget http://us2.php.net/get/php-5.4.31.tar.bz2/from/this/mirror
tar -jxf php-5.4.21.tar.bz2
cd php-5.4.21
./configure --prefix=/usr --with-apxs2=/opt/apache2/bin/apxs
make
cp libs/libphp5.so /opt/apache2/modules
Add the following lines to /opt/apache2/conf/httpd.conf, after LoadModules section (~ Line 158)
<IfModule prefork.c>
LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
</IfModule>
And also :
Virtualmin -> Webmin -> Servers -> Apache webserver -> Module config :
Always detect Apache modules automatically? : YES
Note: Virtualmin adds NameVirtualHost directive to httpd.conf file which is not needed anymore. You might remove the line manually.
It's all ! Now you've run an AWESOME config on your server, enjoy it !
Mos
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httpd24 startup script for CentOS (save it as /etc/init.d/httpd24):
#!/bin/bash
#
# Startup script for the Apache Web Server
#
# chkconfig: - 85 15
# description: Apache is a World Wide Web server. It is used to serve \
# HTML files and CGI.
# processname: httpd
# pidfile: /opt/apache2/logs/httpd.pid
# config: /opt/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
fullpath=/opt/apache2/bin/apachectl
desc="Apache web server"
case "$1" in
'start')
echo "Starting $desc: "
$fullpath start
RETVAL=$?
;;
'stop')
echo "Stopping $desc: "
$fullpath stop
RETVAL=$?
;;
'restart')
echo "Restarting $desc: "
$fullpath restart
RETVAL=$?
;;
'status')
echo "Status of $desc: "
$fullpath --status-all
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 { start|stop|restart|status }"
RETVAL=1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL
httpd24 startup script for Debian (save it as /etc/init.d/httpd24):
#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: httpd
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs $network $syslog
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start/stop httpd web server
### END INIT INFO
#
# httpd This init.d script is used to start apache2.
# It basically just calls apache2ctl.
fullpath=/opt/apache2/bin/apachectl
desc="Apache web server"
case "$1" in
'start')
echo "Starting $desc: "
$fullpath start
RETVAL=$?
;;
'stop')
echo "Stopping $desc: "
$fullpath stop
RETVAL=$?
;;
'restart')
echo "Restarting $desc: "
$fullpath restart
RETVAL=$?
;;
'status')
echo "Status of $desc: "
$fullpath --status-all
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 { start|stop|restart|status }"
RETVAL=1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL
php-fpm Script for virtualmin (save it as /script/php-fpm):
#!/bin/bash
# Script to check and create fpm pools
# Simply create the target fpm pool at uid port : 127.0.0.1:UID
# Set the User and Group of fpm pool to User and Group of domain
if [ -d /etc/php-fpm.d ]; then
os="centos";
confdir="/etc/php-fpm.d/";
fpm="/etc/init.d/php-fpm";
elif [ -d /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d ]; then
os="debian";
confdir="/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/";
fpm="/etc/init.d/php5-fpm"
fi
# There's no need to create pools for sub-servers
if [ "$VIRTUALSERVER_PARENT" = "" ]; then
if
[[ "$VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION" = "CREATE_DOMAIN" && "$VIRTUALSERVER_WEB" = "1" ]] ||
[[ "$VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION" = "MODIFY_DOMAIN" && "$VIRTUALSERVER_WEB" = "1" && ! -f $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf ]] ||
[ "$VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION" = "ENABLE_DOMAIN" ]; then
# Create the pool for main domain
echo -e "\nCreating fpm pool $VIRTUALSERVER_USER at 127.0.0.1:$VIRTUALSERVER_UID with config file $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf"
#
echo "[$VIRTUALSERVER_USER]" > $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "listen = 127.0.0.1:$VIRTUALSERVER_UID" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "listen.allowed_clients = 127.0.0.1" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "user = $VIRTUALSERVER_USER" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "group = $VIRTUALSERVER_GROUP" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "pm = dynamic" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "pm.max_children = 20" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "pm.start_servers = 2" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "pm.min_spare_servers = 2" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "pm.max_spare_servers = 3" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "pm.max_requests = 2000" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "chdir = $VIRTUALSERVER_HOME" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo ";request_slowlog_timeout = 0" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "slowlog = $VIRTUALSERVER_HOME/logs/"$VIRTUALSERVER_DOM"_slow_log" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "php_admin_value[error_log] = $VIRTUALSERVER_HOME/logs/"$VIRTUALSERVER_DOM"_error_log" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "php_admin_value[session.save_path] = $VIRTUALSERVER_HOME/tmp" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "php_admin_flag[log_errors] = on" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo ";php_admin_value[memory_limit] = 32M" >> $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf
echo "Applying php-fpm configuration"
$fpm reload
fi
# Remove php-fpm pool when deleting a virtual-server
if [[ "$VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION" = "DELETE_DOMAIN" ]] ||
[[ "$VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION" = "MODIFY_DOMAIN" && "$VIRTUALSERVER_WEB" = "0" && -f $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf ]] ||
[ "$VIRTUALSERVER_ACTION" = "DISABLE_DOMAIN" ]; then
echo "Removing fpm pool $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf";
if [ -f $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf ]; then
rm -fr $confdir$VIRTUALSERVER_UID.conf;
fi
$fpm reload
fi
fi
sed -i /opt/apache2/conf/httpd.conf -e '/^NameVirtualHost/d'
