[How to]Install PHP-FPM on Linux Centos 6.5 / 6.6

PHP – FPM mean Fcgi Process Manager, I usually pair with nginx, here is how to install nginx.

1. Set Repository

   		yum update -y
   		sudo rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
   		cd /etc/yum.repos.d
   		curl -O http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi.repo
   		

2. PHP-FPM 5.4

   		yum install php-fpm php php-devel -y --enablerepo=remi
   		yum install php-mbstring -y --enablerepo=remi
   		yum install php-mcrypt -y --enablerepo=remi
   		yum install php-mbstring -y --enablerepo=remi
   		yum install php-soap -y --enablerepo=remi
   		yum install php-intl -y --enablerepo=remi
   		yum install php-apc -y --enablerepo=remi
   		yum groupinstall "PHP Support" --enablerepo=remi -y
   		

3. PHP-FPM 5.5

   		yum install gd-last --enablerepo=remi
   
   		yum install php-fpm php php-devel -y --enablerepo=remi-php55
   		yum install php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-soap php-apc -y --enablerepo=remi-php55
   		yum groupinstall "PHP Support" --enablerepo=remi-php55 -y
   		

4. PHP-FPM 5.6

   		yum install php-fpm php php-devel -y --enablerepo=remi-php56
   		yum install php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-soap php-apc -y --enablerepo=remi-php56
   		yum install gd-last --enablerepo=remi
   		yum groupinstall "PHP Support" --enablerepo=remi-php56 -y
   		

5. Setting PHP-FPM

   Change this line

   		vim /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
   
   		listen = /var/run/php5-fpm.sock
   		listen.allowed_clients = 127.0.0.1
   		listen.owner = nginx
   		listen.group = nginx
   		listen.mode = 0666
   		user = nginx
   		group = nginx
   
   		service php-fpm start
   		chown nginx:nginx /var/run/php5-fpm.sock
   		

6. Check PHP-FPM

   		ps -ef | grep fpm
   		root     32211     1  0 18:48 ?        00:00:00 php-fpm: master process (/etc/php-fpm.conf)
   		nginx    32212 32211  0 18:48 ?        00:00:00 php-fpm: pool www
   		nginx    32213 32211  0 18:48 ?        00:00:00 php-fpm: pool www
   		nginx    32214 32211  0 18:48 ?        00:00:00 php-fpm: pool www
   		nginx    32215 32211  0 18:48 ?        00:00:00 php-fpm: pool www
   		nginx    32216 32211  0 18:48 ?        00:00:00 php-fpm: pool www
   		

7. Conclusion

   Well, you have done installing php-fpm, but still not complete, in the next tutorial we will connecting it with nginx virtual host, and using some php framework.

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