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Hi everybody,

I'm relatively new to Hiawatha and server configuration itself so my question might be a stupid one: I use the newest PHP version (5.3.2) and PHP-FPM and want to know how to configure Hiawatha the right way to use fpm instead of cgi.

I changed the following line in the main config:
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/php5-fpm:php,php5

And uncommented the following one in php-fcgi.conf:
Server = /usr/bin/php5-cgi ; 127.0.0.1:2005 ; www-data ; /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini

A php file with phpinfo in it is interpreted (u can check at http://178.63.170.13) so it seems to run. But did I change the right thing(s)?

Kudos,
Olli

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Hiawatha version: 7.3
Operating System: Debian 5

I have no experience with php-fpm, so I can't tell for sure. According to the online documentation, php5-fpm is only a replacement for the original FastCGI implementation in PHP5. So, you can safely replace php5-cgi with php5-fpm.

Using php5-fpm with the CGIhandler is not going to help. CGIhandler is to use PHP5 in normal CGI mode, not in FastCGI mode.

Exchange php5-cgi with php5-fpm in php-fcgi.conf and use the FastCGI settings in hiawatha.conf as described in the CGI and FastCGI HOWTO page.

Oh, and remember: questions are never stupid.

Unfortunately that doesn't work for me - I get a "503 - Service unavaiable" error while trying to open some php document. My hiawatha.conf looks like this:

ServerId = www-data
ConnectionsTotal = 150
ConnectionsPerIP = 10
SystemLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/system.log
GarbageLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/garbage.log

Binding {
        Port = 80
        MaxKeepAlive = 30
        TimeForRequest = 3,20
}

BanOnGarbage = 300
BanOnMaxPerIP = 60
BanOnMaxReqSize = 300
KickOnBan = yes
RebanDuringBan = yes

CGIhandler = /usr/bin/perl:pl
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/php5-cgi:php,php5
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/python:py
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/ruby:rb
CGIhandler = /usr/bin/ssi-cgi:shtml
CGIextension = cgi

FastCGIserver {
        FastCGIid = PHP5
        ConnectTo = 127.0.0.1:2005
        Extension = php, php5
        SessionTimeout = 30
}

Hostname = 127.0.0.1
WebsiteRoot = /var/www/public
StartFile = index.php
AccessLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/access.log
ErrorLogfile = /var/log/hiawatha/error.log
TimeForCGI = 5
UseFastCGI = PHP5

And the content of the php-fcgi.conf:

PidFile = /var/run/php-fcgi.pid
Forks = 3
MaxRequests = 100
Server = /usr/bin/php5-fpm ; 127.0.0.1:2005 ; www-data ; /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini

Btw: PHP-FPM comes with a daemon which is running in /etc/init.d plus a PID file in /var/run. Maybe it isn't even necessary to create the php-fcgi.pid file and one can rather utilize the present file?

Kudos,
Olli

If PHP-FPM comes with an init.d script, perhaps you don't need php-fcgi at all. Try to find out what that init.d script does (at which port it makes PHP running). Use that port in your hiawatha.conf file.

Alright, port 9000 did the trick, thank you! A last question: When I stop the daemon (php-fcgi -k -c /etc/hiawatha/php-fcgi.conf) PHP still runs fine. Since Hiawatha created a php-fcgi in /etc/init.d, the daemon runs after every reboot. Is it safe to just remove the php-fcgi from /etc/init.d?

Kudos,
Olli

P.S.: Keep up the good work with Hiawatha. My first intention when I got my new vserver was to use Cherokee, but I found Hiawatha by accident and will never use another webserver! What a pity that this great piece of software isn't known better.

You can remove the script from /etc/init.d, but that's not the best way to do it. The scripts in /etc/init.d are called via softlinks in /etc/rc*.d. Remove the softlink in the right /etc/rd?.d directory. The best way to do that is via the rcconf tool (can be found in the rcconf package). Google for 'linux runlevels' to know more about the /etc/init.d and /etc/rc*.d directories.

About Hiawatha not being very known: you can help! Spread the word, please.