{"id":219,"date":"2013-06-05T06:48:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T06:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.shineservers.com\/?p=219"},"modified":"2013-06-05T06:48:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T06:48:04","slug":"how-to-install-lighttpd-with-php5-php-fpm-and-mysql-support-on-centos-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shineservers.com\/2013\/06\/05\/how-to-install-lighttpd-with-php5-php-fpm-and-mysql-support-on-centos-6-4\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Install Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 6.4 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd’s spawn-fcgi.<\/p>\n

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

1 Preliminary Note<\/h3>\n

In this tutorial I use the hostname\u00a0server1.example.com\u00a0with the IP address\u00a0192.168.0.100. These settings might differ for you, so you have to replace them where appropriate.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2 Installing MySQL 5<\/h3>\n

First we install MySQL 5 like this:<\/p>\n

yum install mysql mysql-server<\/p>\n

Then we create the system startup links for MySQL (so that MySQL starts automatically whenever the system boots) and start the MySQL server:<\/p>\n

chkconfig –levels 235 mysqld on
\n\/etc\/init.d\/mysqld start<\/p>\n

Set passwords for the MySQL root account:<\/p>\n

mysql_secure_installation<\/p>\n

[root@server1\u00a0~]#\u00a0mysql_secure_installation<\/p>\n

NOTE:\u00a0RUNNING\u00a0ALL\u00a0PARTS\u00a0OF\u00a0THIS\u00a0SCRIPT\u00a0IS\u00a0RECOMMENDED\u00a0FOR\u00a0ALL\u00a0MySQL
\nSERVERS\u00a0IN\u00a0PRODUCTION\u00a0USE!\u00a0\u00a0PLEASE\u00a0READ\u00a0EACH\u00a0STEP\u00a0CAREFULLY!<\/p>\n

In\u00a0order\u00a0to\u00a0log\u00a0into\u00a0MySQL\u00a0to\u00a0secure\u00a0it,\u00a0we’ll\u00a0need\u00a0the\u00a0current
\npassword\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0root\u00a0user.\u00a0\u00a0If\u00a0you’ve\u00a0just\u00a0installed\u00a0MySQL,\u00a0and
\nyou\u00a0haven’t\u00a0set\u00a0the\u00a0root\u00a0password\u00a0yet,\u00a0the\u00a0password\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0blank,
\nso\u00a0you\u00a0should\u00a0just\u00a0press\u00a0enter\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

Enter\u00a0current\u00a0password\u00a0for\u00a0root\u00a0(enter\u00a0for\u00a0none):
\nOK,\u00a0successfully\u00a0used\u00a0password,\u00a0moving\u00a0on…<\/p>\n

Setting\u00a0the\u00a0root\u00a0password\u00a0ensures\u00a0that\u00a0nobody\u00a0can\u00a0log\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0MySQL
\nroot\u00a0user\u00a0without\u00a0the\u00a0proper\u00a0authorisation.<\/p>\n

Set\u00a0root\u00a0password?\u00a0[Y\/n]\u00a0<–\u00a0ENTER
\nNew\u00a0password:\u00a0<–\u00a0yourrootsqlpassword
\nRe-enter\u00a0new\u00a0password:\u00a0<–\u00a0yourrootsqlpassword
\nPassword\u00a0updated\u00a0successfully!
\nReloading\u00a0privilege\u00a0tables..
\n…\u00a0Success!<\/p>\n

By\u00a0default,\u00a0a\u00a0MySQL\u00a0installation\u00a0has\u00a0an\u00a0anonymous\u00a0user,\u00a0allowing\u00a0anyone
\nto\u00a0log\u00a0into\u00a0MySQL\u00a0without\u00a0having\u00a0to\u00a0have\u00a0a\u00a0user\u00a0account\u00a0created\u00a0for
\nthem.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0intended\u00a0only\u00a0for\u00a0testing,\u00a0and\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0the\u00a0installation
\ngo\u00a0a\u00a0bit\u00a0smoother.\u00a0\u00a0You\u00a0should\u00a0remove\u00a0them\u00a0before\u00a0moving\u00a0into\u00a0a
\nproduction\u00a0environment.<\/p>\n

Remove\u00a0anonymous\u00a0users?\u00a0[Y\/n]\u00a0<–\u00a0ENTER
\n…\u00a0Success!<\/p>\n

Normally,\u00a0root\u00a0should\u00a0only\u00a0be\u00a0allowed\u00a0to\u00a0connect\u00a0from\u00a0‘localhost’.\u00a0\u00a0This
\nensures\u00a0that\u00a0someone\u00a0cannot\u00a0guess\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0root\u00a0password\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0network.<\/p>\n

Disallow\u00a0root\u00a0login\u00a0remotely?\u00a0[Y\/n]\u00a0<–\u00a0ENTER
\n…\u00a0Success!<\/p>\n

By\u00a0default,\u00a0MySQL\u00a0comes\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0database\u00a0named\u00a0‘test’\u00a0that\u00a0anyone\u00a0can
\naccess.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0is\u00a0also\u00a0intended\u00a0only\u00a0for\u00a0testing,\u00a0and\u00a0should\u00a0be\u00a0removed
\nbefore\u00a0moving\u00a0into\u00a0a\u00a0production\u00a0environment.<\/p>\n

Remove\u00a0test\u00a0database\u00a0and\u00a0access\u00a0to\u00a0it?\u00a0[Y\/n]\u00a0<–\u00a0ENTER
\n–\u00a0Dropping\u00a0test\u00a0database…
\n…\u00a0Success!
\n–\u00a0Removing\u00a0privileges\u00a0on\u00a0test\u00a0database…
\n…\u00a0Success!<\/p>\n

Reloading\u00a0the\u00a0privilege\u00a0tables\u00a0will\u00a0ensure\u00a0that\u00a0all\u00a0changes\u00a0made\u00a0so\u00a0far
\nwill\u00a0take\u00a0effect\u00a0immediately.<\/p>\n

Reload\u00a0privilege\u00a0tables\u00a0now?\u00a0[Y\/n]\u00a0<–\u00a0ENTER
\n…\u00a0Success!<\/p>\n

Cleaning\u00a0up…<\/p>\n

All\u00a0done!\u00a0\u00a0If\u00a0you’ve\u00a0completed\u00a0all\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0above\u00a0steps,\u00a0your\u00a0MySQL
\ninstallation\u00a0should\u00a0now\u00a0be\u00a0secure.<\/p>\n

Thanks\u00a0for\u00a0using\u00a0MySQL!<\/p>\n

[root@server1\u00a0~]#<\/p>\n

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3 Installing Lighttpd<\/h3>\n

Because Lighttpd and PHP-FPM are not available from the official CentOS repositories, we need to enable the\u00a0Remi RPM<\/a>\u00a0repository plus the EPEL repository:<\/p>\n

rpm –import https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/static\/0608B895.txt
\nwget http:\/\/dl.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/6\/x86_64\/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
\nrpm -ivh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm<\/p>\n

rpm –import http:\/\/rpms.famillecollet.com\/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi
\nrpm -ivh http:\/\/rpms.famillecollet.com\/enterprise\/remi-release-6.rpm<\/p>\n

yum install yum-priorities<\/p>\n

Edit\u00a0\/etc\/yum.repos.d\/epel.repo…<\/p>\n

vi \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/epel.repo<\/p>\n

… and add the line\u00a0priority=10\u00a0to the\u00a0[epel]\u00a0section:<\/p>\n

[epel]\nname=Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 6 - $basearch\n#baseurl=http:\/\/download.fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/6\/$basearch\nmirrorlist=https:\/\/mirrors.fedoraproject.org\/metalink?repo=epel-6&arch=$basearch\nfailovermethod=priority\nenabled=1\npriority=10\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-6\n[...]\n\n<\/pre>\n
Then do the same for the\u00a0[remi]\u00a0section in\u00a0\/etc\/yum.repos.d\/remi.repo, plus change\u00a0enabled\u00a0to\u00a01:<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/remi.repo<\/p>\n
[remi]\nname=Les RPM de remi pour Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch\n#baseurl=http:\/\/rpms.famillecollet.com\/enterprise\/$releasever\/remi\/$basearch\/\nmirrorlist=http:\/\/rpms.famillecollet.com\/enterprise\/$releasever\/remi\/mirror\nenabled=1\npriority=10\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi\nfailovermethod=priority\n\n[remi-test]\nname=Les RPM de remi en test pour Enterprise Linux $releasever - $basearch\n#baseurl=http:\/\/rpms.famillecollet.com\/enterprise\/$releasever\/test\/$basearch\/\nmirrorlist=http:\/\/rpms.famillecollet.com\/enterprise\/$releasever\/test\/mirror\nenabled=0\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=file:\/\/\/etc\/pki\/rpm-gpg\/RPM-GPG-KEY-remi\n\n\n<\/pre>\n
Afterwards, we can install Lighttpd like this:<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n
yum install lighttpd<\/p>\n
Then we create the system startup links for Lighttpd (so that Lighttpd starts automatically whenever the system boots) and start it:<\/p>\n
chkconfig –levels 235 lighttpd on
\n\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd start<\/p>\n
If Lighttpd fails to start with the following error message…<\/p>\n
(network.c.203) socket failed: Address family not supported by protocol<\/p>\n
… open\u00a0\/etc\/lighttpd\/lighttpd.conf…<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/lighttpd\/lighttpd.conf<\/p>\n
… and change\u00a0server.use-ipv6\u00a0from\u00a0enable\u00a0to\u00a0disable:<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
[...]\n##\n## Use IPv6?\n##\nserver.use-ipv6 = \"disable\"\n[...]\n\n<\/pre>\n
Then try to start Lighttpd again – it should now work without any problem:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd start<\/p>\n
Now direct your browser to\u00a0http:\/\/192.168.0.100, and you should see the following page:<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/p>\n
Lighttpd’s default document root is\u00a0\/var\/www\/lighttpd\/\u00a0on CentOS 6.4, and the configuration file is\u00a0\/etc\/lighttpd\/lighttpd.conf.<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
4 Installing PHP5<\/h3>\n
We can make PHP5 work in Lighttpd through PHP-FPM which we install like this:<\/p>\n
yum install php-fpm lighttpd-fastcgi<\/p>\n
PHP-FPM is a daemon process that runs a FastCGI server on port\u00a09000.<\/p>\n
Open\u00a0\/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf…<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf<\/p>\n
… and set\u00a0user\u00a0and\u00a0group\u00a0to\u00a0lighttpd:<\/p>\n
[...]\n; Unix user\/group of processes\n; Note: The user is mandatory. If the group is not set, the default user's group\n;       will be used.\n; RPM: apache Choosed to be able to access some dir as httpd\nuser = lighttpd\n; RPM: Keep a group allowed to write in log dir.\ngroup = lighttpd\n[...]\n\n<\/pre>\n
Create the system startup links for PHP-FPM and start it:<\/p>\n
chkconfig –levels 235 php-fpm on
\n\/etc\/init.d\/php-fpm start<\/p>\n
5 Configuring Lighttpd And PHP5<\/h3>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
To enable PHP5 in Lighttpd, we must modify two files,\u00a0\/etc\/php.ini\u00a0and\u00a0\/etc\/lighttpd\/lighttpd.conf. First we open\u00a0\/etc\/php.ini\u00a0and uncomment the linecgi.fix_pathinfo=1:<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/php.ini<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
[...]\n; cgi.fix_pathinfo provides *real* PATH_INFO\/PATH_TRANSLATED support for CGI.  PHP's\n; previous behaviour was to set PATH_TRANSLATED to SCRIPT_FILENAME, and to not grok\n; what PATH_INFO is.  For more information on PATH_INFO, see the cgi specs.  Setting\n; this to 1 will cause PHP CGI to fix its paths to conform to the spec.  A setting\n; of zero causes PHP to behave as before.  Default is 1.  You should fix your scripts\n; to use SCRIPT_FILENAME rather than PATH_TRANSLATED.\n; http:\/\/www.php.net\/manual\/en\/ini.core.php#ini.cgi.fix-pathinfo\ncgi.fix_pathinfo=1\n[...]\n\n<\/pre>\n
Then we open\u00a0\/etc\/lighttpd\/modules.conf\u00a0and uncomment the line\u00a0include “conf.d\/fastcgi.conf”:<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/lighttpd\/modules.conf<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
[...]\n##\n## FastCGI (mod_fastcgi)\n##\ninclude \"conf.d\/fastcgi.conf\"\n[...]\n\n<\/pre>\n
Next open\u00a0\/etc\/lighttpd\/conf.d\/fastcgi.conf:<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/lighttpd\/conf.d\/fastcgi.conf<\/p>\n
There’s a\u00a0fastcgi.server\u00a0stanza – leave it commented and add your own\u00a0fastcgi.server\u00a0stanza as follows:<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
[...]\n## PHP Example\n## For PHP don't forget to set cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 in the php.ini.\n##\n## The number of php processes you will get can be easily calculated:\n##\n## num-procs = max-procs * ( 1 + PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN )\n##\n## for the php-num-procs example it means you will get 17*5 = 85 php\n## processes. you always should need this high number for your very\n## busy sites. And if you have a lot of RAM. :)\n##\n\nfastcgi.server += ( \".php\" =>\n        ((\n                \"host\" => \"127.0.0.1\",\n                \"port\" => \"9000\",\n                \"broken-scriptfilename\" => \"enable\"\n        ))\n)\n\n#fastcgi.server = ( \".php\" =>\n#                   ( \"php-local\" =>\n#                     (\n#                       \"socket\" => socket_dir + \"\/php-fastcgi-1.socket\",\n#                       \"bin-path\" => server_root + \"\/cgi-bin\/php5\",\n#                       \"max-procs\" => 1,\n#                       \"broken-scriptfilename\" => \"enable\",\n#                     )\n#                   ),\n[...]\n\n<\/pre>\n
Then we restart Lighttpd:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd restart<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
6 Testing PHP5 \/ Getting Details About Your PHP5 Installation<\/h3>\n
The document root of the default web site is\u00a0\/var\/www\/lighttpd\/. We will now create a small PHP file (info.php) in that directory and call it in a browser. The file will display lots of useful details about our PHP installation, such as the installed PHP version.<\/p>\n
vi \/var\/www\/lighttpd\/info.php<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
<?php\nphpinfo();\n?>\n\nNow we call that file in a browser (e.g.\u00a0http:\/\/192.168.0.100\/info.php):\n\n\"\"\n\n<\/pre>\n
As you see, PHP5 is working, and it’s working through FPM\/FastCGI, as shown in the\u00a0Server API\u00a0line. If you scroll further down, you will see all modules that are already enabled in PHP5. MySQL is not listed there which means we don’t have MySQL support in PHP5 yet.<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
7 Getting MySQL Support In PHP5<\/h3>\n
To get MySQL support in PHP, we can install the\u00a0php-mysql\u00a0package. It’s a good idea to install some other PHP5 modules as well as you might need them for your applications. You can search for available PHP5 modules like this:<\/p>\n
yum search php<\/p>\n
Pick the ones you need and install them like this:<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n
yum install php-mysql php-gd php-imap php-ldap php-odbc php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc<\/p>\n
APC is a free and open PHP opcode cacher for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code. It’s similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and Xcache. It is strongly recommended to have one of these installed to speed up your PHP page.<\/p>\n
APC can be installed as follows:<\/p>\n
yum install php-pecl-apc<\/p>\n
Now reload PHP-FPM:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/php-fpm reload<\/p>\n
Now reload\u00a0http:\/\/192.168.0.100\/info.php\u00a0in your browser and scroll down to the modules section again. You should now find lots of new modules there, including the MySQL module:<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
8 Making PHP-FPM Use A Unix Socket<\/h3>\n
By default PHP-FPM is listening on port\u00a09000\u00a0on\u00a0127.0.0.1. It is also possible to make PHP-FPM use a Unix socket which avoids the TCP overhead. To do this, open\u00a0\/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf…<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf<\/p>\n
… and make the\u00a0listen\u00a0line look as follows:<\/p>\n
[...]\n;listen = 127.0.0.1:9000\nlisten = \/tmp\/php5-fpm.sock\n[...]\n\n<\/pre>\n
Then reload PHP-FPM:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/php-fpm reload<\/p>\n
Next open Lighttpd’s PHP configuration file\u00a0\/etc\/lighttpd\/conf.d\/fastcgi.conf\u00a0and replace the\u00a0host\u00a0and\u00a0port\u00a0lines with\u00a0“socket” => “\/tmp\/php5-fpm.sock”:<\/p>\n
vi \/etc\/lighttpd\/conf.d\/fastcgi.conf<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
fastcgi.server += ( \".php\" =>\n        ((\n                \"socket\" => \"\/tmp\/php5-fpm.sock\",\n                \"broken-scriptfilename\" => \"enable\"\n        ))\n)\n\n<\/pre>\n
Finally restart Lighttpd:<\/p>\n
\/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd restart<\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
9 Links<\/h3>\n