fastcgi and php with ispconfig

Howtos about fastcgi and php that are used or consulted:
http://www.debianhowto.de/de/howtos/sarge/apache2_php-fcgi
http://www.syscp.de/wiki/contrib/PHP-FCGI-ger




Apache2 Install
In the first step you install apache2-mpm-worker

Code:

apt-get install apache2-common apache2-mpm-worker apache2-threaded-dev

if you restart the apache, but without mod_php. Because mod_php runs not with apache2-mpm-worker!

Code:

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Build Suexec
then you load the apache sources to compile a new suexec for fastcgi

Code:

cd /root
apt-get source apache2-common
cd apache2-2.0.54
cd upstream
cd tarballs
tar zxf httpd-2.0.51.tar.gz
cd httpd-2.0.54
cd support
vi suexec.h

edit the follow lines:

Code:

#define AP_HTTPD_USER "www"

with

Code:

#define AP_HTTPD_USER "www-data"

Code:

#define AP_LOG_EXEC DEFAULT_EXP_LOGFILEDIR "/suexec_log" /* Need me? */

with

Code:

#define AP_LOG_EXEC "/var/log/apache2/suexec.log" /* Need me? */

Code:

#define AP_DOC_ROOT DEFAULT_EXP_HTDOCSDIR

with

Code:

#define AP_DOC_ROOT "/var/www"

edit suexec.c

Code:

vi suexec.c

then insert the red market text into

Code:

  [COLOR="Red"]/* no file owner check[/COLOR]
    if ((uid != dir_info.st_uid) ||
        (gid != dir_info.st_gid) ||
 
 
        (uid != prg_info.st_uid) ||
        (gid != prg_info.st_gid)) {
        log_err("target uid/gid (%ld/%ld) mismatch "
                "with directory (%ld/%ld) or program (%ld/%ld)\n",
                uid, gid,
                dir_info.st_uid, dir_info.st_gid,
                prg_info.st_uid, prg_info.st_gid);
        exit(120);
    }
  [COLOR="#ff0000"]*/[/COLOR]

You need the apache2-header-files to compile suexec

Code:

cp -p /usr/include/apache2/* .
cp -p /usr/include/apr-0/* .

Code:

make suexec

then you must have:

Code:

ls -l suexec
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 20565 Aug  5 23:37 suexec

copy the suexec for fcgi to /usr/lib/apache2

Code:

cp suexec /usr/lib/apache2/suexec-fcgi
chmod 4755 /usr/lib/apache2/suexec-fcgi

you can delete the files, that you has downloaded with apt-source



Compile PHP (next step you can install by debian packages without compiling)

Code:

$ cd
mkdir php5
cd php5
wget http://de3.php.net/get/php-5.1.4.tar.gz/from/a/mirror
tar zxf php-5.1.4.tar.gz
cd php-5.1.4.tar.gz

./configure --enable-memory-limit --enable-force-cgi-redirect  \
--enable-track-vars --with-pcre-regex --with-mysql --without-sqlite \
--without-mm --enable-fastcgi --prefix=/home/_USER_/php5
make
make install

Important for php5 compilation and fastcgi:

Code:

apt-get install libmysqlclient14-dev libxml2-dev

./configure with: –enable-fastcgi –without-mm

if any packages missed use

Code:

apt-cache search "MISSED"
apt-get install "THE NEEDED PACKAGE

Inofficial Debain Packages for PHP5:

Code:

echo "deb http://people.debian.org/~dexter php5.1 sarge" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
echo "deb-src http://people.debian.org/~dexter php5.1 sarge" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
apt-get install php5.0 php5.0-common php5.0-fcgi apache2-mpm-worker

apt-get install apache2-mpm-worker because debian would like to remove it and install apache2-mpm-prefork again.



libapache2-mod-fastgi:
you musst edit the "/etc/apt/source.list" and include the non-free sector. It show like that:

then

Code:

apt-get update
apt-get install libapache2-mod-fastcgi

then you edit the "/etc/apache2/mods-avaible/fastcgi.conf" with you favorit editor

Code:

vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/fastcgi.conf

it musst show like:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
now you must install ispconfig, if you didn't have it or you modify it by own
-----------------------------------------------------------------------


fast-cgi start script
You need a fast-cgi starter for all web hosts:

Code:

cd /root/ispconfig/standard_cgis
vi php-fcgi-starter

my php-fcgi-starter (with apache php5.1-fcgi package):

it must have root permissions:

that the webuser can excute it (by suexec) but can't edit it!


-----------------------------------------------------------------------
ispconfig copy this to /var/www/web*/ if you activate the standard_cgis, it a way to use fastcgi, but certainly not the optimal with ispconfig!
------------------------------------------------------------------------


modify ISPConfig
you must edit the vhost.conf.master

Code:

vi /root/ispconfig/isp/conf/vhost.conf.master

insert the red text:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
It's a simple way for fastcgi, php and ispconfig. But i searched a way without edit ispconfig files because updates of ispconfig.

I'm pleased to get feedback and better solutions
and I hope that fastcgi find a way into the default installation of ispconfig

 

I have update the howto, with a better solution.
so you can can activate or disable it with the php button.

Link to the current howto with the patchfile

 

The current version of tosser's tutorial can be found here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4606
I close this thread (so that tosser does not need to update two threads); if you need the current version of the tutorial or have questions, please go to the other thread.