Install required packages:
# apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi apache2-mpm-worker php5-fpm
To install php5-fpm on debian squeeze you can add dotdeb repository to your sources.list
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all
Then run:
# wget -O- "http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg" | apt-key add -
# apt-get update
Configure php5-fpm pool in /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/, www.conf by default, but you can change the name and set a new one based on virtual host.
user = user
group = group
listen = /var/run/php5-fpm.sock
listen.owner = user
listen.group = group
pm = dynamic
pm.max_children = 150
pm.start_servers = 30
pm.min_spare_servers = 15
pm.max_spare_servers = 40
pm.max_requests = 1000
You can also set a sock file name identifying the pool name. I am using only one pool in the server, so I leave it as default.
Configure Apc in /etc/php5/fpm/conf.d/20-apc
extension=apc.so
apc.enabled=1
apc.stat=0
apc.mmap_file_mask = /tmp/apc-XXXXXX
apc.enable_cli = 0
apc.max_file_size = 2M
apc.stat_ctime = 0
apc.shm_size = 128M
apc.canonicalize=0
Restart php5-fpm with the new configuration:
/etc/init.d/php5-fpm restart
Now, configure apache to be able to pass php requests to php5-fpm server:
Enable actions module if it isn’t enabled yet
# a2enmod actions
Configure fastcgi, edit file /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/fastcgi.conf
<IfModule mod_fastcgi.c>
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
#FastCgiWrapper /usr/lib/apache2/suexec
FastCgiIpcDir /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi
Alias /php5.fcgi /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi/php5.fcgi
FastCGIExternalServer /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi/php5.fcgi -flush -socket /var/run/php5-fpm.sock
# application/x-httpd-php phtml pht php
# application/x-httpd-php3 php3
# application/x-httpd-php4 php4
# application/x-httpd-php5 php
<FilesMatch ".+\.ph(p[345]?|t|tml)$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
Action application/x-httpd-php /php5.fcgi
<Directory "/var/lib/apache2/fastcgi">
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
<Files "php5.fcgi">
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Files>
</Directory>
</IfModule>
If you have several virtualhosts, each one with diferents pools, you can especifly the FastCGIExternalServer directive in each virtualhost configuration.
Create file /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi/php5.fcgi
# touch /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi/php5.fcgi
Restart apache:
# apachectl restart
And now test if your php files are served correctly by apache.