{"id":5158,"date":"2014-06-19T00:35:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/?p=5158"},"modified":"2023-04-28T09:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:48:18","slug":"how-to-install-lighttpd-with-php5-php-fpm-and-mysql-on-centos-6-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webhostinggeeks.com\/howto\/how-to-install-lighttpd-with-php5-php-fpm-and-mysql-on-centos-6-5\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) and MySQL on CentOS 6.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lighttpd (pronounced “lighty”) is an open-source web server as an alternative to Apache and Nginx. It is a secure, flexible, fast and designed for speed-critical environments. It has a low memory footprint and can handle large number of connections in one server especially for busier sites.<\/p>\n

PHP is an acronym for “PHP Hypertext Preprocessor”; PHP is a widely-used server-side scripting language executed on the server.<\/p>\n

PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.<\/p>\n

MySQL is a popular database solution for use in web applications.<\/p>\n

This post will show you how to install Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) and MySQL on CentOS 6.5 VPS or dedicated server.<\/p>\n

1. EPEL repository is another extra repository that creates, maintains, and manages a high quality set of additional packages for Enterprise Linux, including, but not limited to, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS server. How to Configure EPEL Repository on CentOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Install Lighttpd, MySQL and PHP5 work in Lighttpd through PHP-FPM :<\/p>\n

[root@centos6-05 ~]# yum install lighttpd php php-fpm lighttpd-fastcgi php-mysql mysql mysql-server -y\n<\/pre>\n
3. Configure Lighttpd :<\/p>\n
[root@centos6-05 ~]# vi \/etc\/lighttpd\/lighttpd.conf\n<\/pre>\n
server.use-ipv6 = \"enable\"\n<\/pre>\n
Change to :<\/p>\n
server.use-ipv6 = \"disable\"\n<\/pre>\n
4. Make lighttpd start at boot and also start lighttpd service:<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 lighttpd on\n<\/pre>\n
[root@centos6-05 ~]# \/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd start\n<\/pre>\n
Browse your web server and Lighttpd welcome page should be displayed :
\n\"lighttpd-centos6.5-1\"<\/p>\n
5. Configure PHP to work in Lighttpd through PHP-FPM :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# vi \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf\n<\/pre>\n
Enable PHP-FPM use a TCP connection instead of unix socket :<\/p>\n
\n;   '\/path\/to\/unix\/socket' - to listen on a unix socket.\n; Note: This value is mandatory.\nlisten = 127.0.0.1:9000\n<\/pre>\n
Configure user and group to lighttpd :<\/p>\n
\n..\n..\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
6. Make php-fpm start at boot and also start the php-fpm service :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 php-fpm on\n<\/pre>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# \/etc\/init.d\/php-fpm start\n<\/pre>\n
7. Open and modify \/etc\/php.ini :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# vi \/etc\/php.ini\n<\/pre>\n
Uncomment the line cgi.fix_pathinfo=1<\/p>\n
\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<\/pre>\n
8. Open and modify \/etc\/lighttpd\/modules.conf :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# vi \/etc\/lighttpd\/modules.conf\n<\/pre>\n
Uncomment the line include “conf.d\/fastcgi.conf”:<\/p>\n
\n..\n## FastCGI (mod_fastcgi)\n##\ninclude \"conf.d\/fastcgi.conf\"\n..\n<\/pre>\n
9. Open and modify \/etc\/lighttpd\/conf.d\/fastcgi.conf :<\/p>\n
Add below fastcgi.server at bottom of the file :<\/p>\n
\n..\nfastcgi.server += ( \".php\" =>\n        ((\n                \"host\" => \"127.0.0.1\",\n                \"port\" => \"9000\",\n                \"broken-scriptfilename\" => \"enable\"\n        ))\n)\n..\n<\/pre>\n
10. Reload the PHP-FPM and Lighttpd service :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# \/etc\/init.d\/php-fpm reload\n<\/pre>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# \/etc\/init.d\/lighttpd reload\n<\/pre>\n
11. Since MySQl has been install, dont forget to make MySQL start at boot and start the MySQL service :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on\n<\/pre>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# \/etc\/init.d\/mysqld start\n<\/pre>\n
12. Create info.php under ligghttpd document root :<\/p>\n
\n[root@centos6-05 ~]# vi \/var\/www\/lighttpd\/info.php\n<\/pre>\n
\n<?php\nphpinfo();\n?>\n<\/pre>\n
Browse your page http:\/\/IP-Adress\/info.php. Thats all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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