Installing PHP-FPM help please

[mavera2]

I use Plesk 11.5 and PHP 5.4.18.
I want to use opcache like APC, XCache but it seems like these opcache engines are not compatible with fastcgi.
I read that if I enable php-fpm, it manages the workers and opcache works well.

How can I install php-fpm ?
How can I enable php-fpm ?

I'm cautious and I'm afraid to break my webserver, apache etc.
In my Plesk settings there exists cgi, fastcgi and apache settings.
Is php-fpm will be added to these settings ?


I want to be sure tha teverything will be worked well, if not works, I would easily go back to current configuration.
Thank you.

 

[Nikolay.]

I presume nginx would be fine too for you

http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-administrator-guide/70669.htm

 

[mavera2]

http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-administrator-guide/70669.htm

I checked the link you provided. There writes that, in Hosting Parameters > Run PHP as has a PHP-FPM setting. But in Plesk 11.5 I don't see a PHP-FPM setting ?
Should I do anything more ?

 

[mavera2]

http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-administrator-guide/70669.htm

I suppose I need to activate nginx server and php-fpm from Server Managament > Services Management.

It seems like PHP-FPM can be used with nginx easily. It is hard for Apache servers ?

 

[mavera2]

Also I want to mention that 99% of my files are php files. I use a CDN for serving static files. So serving static files with nginx won't give me more performance.

I'm interested in using XCache with FastCGI.

 

[Nikolay.]

Basically, just as the documentation says, you first need to install nginx and PHP-FPM support (the latter usually requires certain third-party repository enabled if you don't have suitable php-fpm package in your OS vendor repos). Ensure both services are enabled/started in services management page. Then go to web server settings for a given domain and enable processing "PHP by nginx". You don't need to serve static files in any specific way, so I suggest using default settings there.

Using PHP-FPM with Apache on Plesk is not supported natively. Hacking it together could get cumbersome, so I'd use nginx+php-fpm option if it suits your needs (you might have some troubles with rewrites since the mechanism differs, but it's all solvable).

 

[mavera2]

Basically, just as the documentation says, you first need to install nginx and PHP-FPM support (the latter usually requires certain third-party repository enabled if you don't have suitable php-fpm package in your OS vendor repos). Ensure both services are enabled/started in services management page. Then go to web server settings for a given domain and enable processing "PHP by nginx". You don't need to serve static files in any specific way, so I suggest using default settings there.

Using PHP-FPM with Apache on Plesk is not supported natively. Hacking it together could get cumbersome, so I'd use nginx+php-fpm option if it suits your needs (you might have some troubles with rewrites since the mechanism differs, but it's all solvable).

Nikolay Thank you for detailed information.
I'm not good at server admining so I'm afraid to switch to nginx, I prefer to stay with Apache.
I also don't want to hack Plesk for Apache+PHP-FPM.

I will look for another solution where Opcode cache and mod_fcgid works well