Install Nginx

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Install nginx :

# apt-get install nginx

Enable php in nginx.conf :

# nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

add these lines :

location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  /var/www/nginx-default$fastcgi_script_name;
}

Install spawn-fcgi :

# wget http://www.lighttpd.net/download/spawn-fcgi-1.6.1.tar.gz

# tar xvzf spawn-fcgi-1.6.1.tar.gz

# cd spawn-fcgi-1.6.1

# ./configure

# make

# make install

# ln -s /usr/local/bin/spawn-fcgi /usr/bin/spawn-fcgi

Configure nginx to recognize php using spawn-fcgi :

# touch /usr/bin/php-fastcgi

# nano /usr/bin/php-fastcgi

Type this :

#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/spawn-fcgi -a 127.0.0.1 -p 9000 -u www-data -f /usr/bin/php5-cgi

save.

# touch /etc/init.d/init-fastcgi

# nano /etc/init.d/init-fastcgi

Type this :

#!/bin/bash
PHP_SCRIPT=/usr/bin/php-fastcgi
RETVAL=0
case “$1″ in
start)
$PHP_SCRIPT
RETVAL=$?
;;
stop)
killall -9 php
RETVAL=$?
;;
restart)
killall -9 php
$PHP_SCRIPT
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo “Usage: php-fastcgi {start|stop|restart}”
exit 1
;;
esac
exit $RETVAL

Make it work :

# chmod 755 /usr/bin/php-fastcgi

# chmod 755 /etc/init.d/init-fastcgi

Make test file :

# nano /var/www/nginx-default/info.php

Type this :

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Make it run at start up :

# update-rc.d init-fastcgi defaults

Start nginx and fastcgi :

# /etc/init.d/nginx start

# /etc/init.d/init-fastcgi start

Open from browser :

http://192.168.12.103/info.php

If it work, you’ll see page like this :

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