Try using the PHP5 version of php-fcgi. Not sure what your problem might be but a few months ago I had a LOT of trouble and couldn't get PHP7 php-fpm OR php-fcgi working so at the suggestion of the PHP list I backed off to PHP5 and everything worked exactly as expected. Worth a try anyway! John ======================================= On Saturday 22 July 2017 19:32:05 Dino Vliet wrote: > Dear all, > > > > > I'm new here and notsure this place is where I can posts these questions > but I have beentrying to configure my Ubuntu 16.04 VPS to use PHP-FPM > with Apache2. > > > > > I followed thissource: > > 1.https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/apache-with-php-fpm-on-ubuntu-16-0 > 4/ > > > > > Modified this file: > > /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.confto now have this inside: > > > > > <Directory/usr/lib/cgi-bin> > > Require allgranted > > </Directory> > > <IfModulemod_fastcgi.c> > > AddHandlerphp7-fcgi .php > > Actionphp7-fcgi /php7-fcgi virtual > > Alias/php7-fcgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php7-fcgi > > FastCgiExternalServer /usr/lib/cgi-bin/php7-fcgi > -socket/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock -pass-header Authorization > > </IfModule> > > > > > Also modified thisfile /etc/apache2/conf-available and now it contains > > > > > # Redirect to localphp-fpm if mod_php is not available > > <IfModule!mod_php7.c> > > # Enable httpauthorization headers > > SetEnvIfNoCase ^Authorization$ "(.+)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1 > > > > > <FilesMatch".+\.ph(p[3457]?|t|tml)$"> > > SetHandler"proxy:unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost" > > </FilesMatch> > > <FilesMatch".+\.phps$"> > > # Deny accessto raw php sources by default > > # Tore-enable it's recommended to enable access to the files > > # only inspecific virtual host or directory > > Require alldenied > > </FilesMatch> > > # Deny accessto files without filename (e.g. '.php') > > <FilesMatch"^\.ph(p[3457]?|t|tml|ps)$"> > > Require alldenied > > </FilesMatch> > > </IfModule> > > > > > However, when I lookat the output of the info.php page I have created in > the documentroot I see Server API --> Apache 2.0 Handler in stead of > what Iexpected after fiddling with the configuration. I expected Server > API--> FPM/FastCGI > > > > > What I find strange,is the contents of /run/php and the size of the > php7.0-fpm.sock, thewww-data and s in front of the directory but don't > know if this hasanything to do with it. > > > > > /run/php$ ls -l > > total 4 > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Jul 3 02:18 php7.0-fpm.pid > > srw-rw---- 1www-data www-data 0 Jul 3 02:18 php7.0-fpm.sock > > > > > Command uname -agives: > > 4.4.0-83-generic#106-Ubuntu SMP Mon Jun 26 17:54:43 UTC 2017 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64GNU/Linux > > > > > Command dpkg -l |grep apache gives > > ii apache2 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.3 amd64 Apache HTTP Server > > ii apache2-bin 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.3 amd64 Apache HTTPServer (modules and > other binary files) > > ii apache2-data 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.3 all Apache HTTPServer (common > files) > > ii apache2-utils 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.3 amd64 Apache HTTPServer (utility > programs for web servers) > > ii libapache2-mod-fastcgi 2.4.7~0910052141-1.2 amd64 Apache 2 FastCGI > module for long-running CGI scripts > > ii libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 server-side, > HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) > > > > > Command dpkg -l |grep php gives: > > ii libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 server-side, > HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) > > ii php-common 1:35ubuntu6 all Common files for PHP packages > > ii php-imagick 3.4.0~rc6-1ubuntu3 amd64 Provides awrapper to the > ImageMagick library > > ii php-pear 1:1.10.1+submodules+notgz-6 all PEAR Base System > > ii php-xml 1:7.0+35ubuntu6 all DOM, SimpleXML, WDDX, XML, and > XSLmodule for PHP [default] > > ii php7.0 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 all server-side, > HTML-embeddedscripting language (metapackage) > > ii php7.0-cli 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 command-line > interpreterfor the PHP scripting language > > ii php7.0-common 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 documentation, examples > and common module for PHP > > ii php7.0-curl 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 CURLmodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-fpm 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 server-side, > HTML-embeddedscripting language (FPM-CGI binary) > > ii php7.0-gd 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 GD module for PHP > > ii php7.0-imap 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 IMAPmodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-intl 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 Internationalisation > module for PHP > > ii php7.0-json 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 JSONmodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-mcrypt 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 libmcrypt module for > PHP > > ii php7.0-mysql 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 MySQLmodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-opcache 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 ZendOpCache module > for PHP > > ii php7.0-pspell 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 pspellmodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-readline 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 readline module for > PHP > > ii php7.0-recode 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 recodemodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-snmp 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 SNMPmodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-sqlite3 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 SQLite3 module for PHP > > ii php7.0-tidy 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 tidymodule for PHP > > ii php7.0-xml 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 DOM, SimpleXML, WDDX, > XML,and XSL module for PHP > > ii php7.0-xmlrpc 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 amd64 XMLRPC-EPI module for > PHP > > ii php7.0-xsl 7.0.18-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 all XSL module for PHP (dummy) > > > > > > > > What have I missedand what should I do to have apache2 run with FastCGI? > > > > > With kind regards, > > > > > Dino Vliet --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx