Topic: how to install Apache 2.4 + PHP 5.5 + FastCgi on RHEL/CentOS

[elavarasan]

Friends,

Please advise me that how to install Apache 2.4 with PHP 5.5, FastCgi on RHEL 5.

Currently, I'm running with Apache 2.2.3, PHP 5.3, mod_php. but i have noticed that mod_php is not stable when loading a huge concurrent access (1000 CC), it is eating more memory and CPU.

So I'm planning to setup FastCgi and do some testing to make sure that this is better than mod_php (Apache handler).

Thanks,

[James Blond]

I use mod fcgid instead of mod_fastcgi how I did it can you here http://mariobrandt.de/archives/apache/compling-apache-2-4-on-ubuntu-or-debian-519/

Yes it is debian, but that works on redhat, too. For the PHP I take the distro default binaries. I had no fun compiling PHP too.

[elavarasan]

Thanks James Bond.,

I have followed your steps and almost completed every steps but at the last step FCGIWrapper /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php5 .php giving error message like Wrapper /usr/local/apache2/cgi-bin/php5 cannot be accessed: (2)No such file or directory .

Then when I check my installed PHP by using which php., it's showing /usr/local/bin location. so I did replace with this as FCGIWrapper /usr/local/bin/php .php .

But still i'm getting as Server API [Apache 2.0 Handler] instead of CGI/FCGI. via phpinfo script

So is there anything am i missed out or need to add anything?

Thanks

[James Blond]

That php5 in my tutorial is a symlink to php5-cgi i should correct that. so you may try whereis php5-cgi

Also make sure that you unload / comment out the php module aka apache handler.