How to Install NGINX and PHP 7.3 with PHP-FPM on RHEL/CentOS 7

Basic Server Setup

# update system
sudo yum install -y http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
sudo yum install -y epel-release yum-utils 
sudo yum update -y

# update system

sudo yum install -y http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

sudo yum install -y epel-release yum-utils

sudo yum update -y

# temporary switches off SELinux enforcing 
sudo setenforce 0

1 2	# temporary switches off SELinux enforcing sudo setenforce 0

# setup timezone
sudo rm /etc/localtime
sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Hongkong /etc/localtime

# setup ntp service
sudo yum -y install ntp
sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org
sudo systemctl enable ntpd
sudo systemctl start ntpd

# setup timezone

sudo rm /etc/localtime

sudo ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Hongkong /etc/localtime

# setup ntp service

sudo yum -y install ntp

sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org

sudo systemctl enable ntpd

sudo systemctl start ntpd

Setup Default PHP Version

## Install PHP 7.3 
yum --enablerepo=remi-php73 install php php-mbstring php-gd php-bcmath php-tidy php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-mysql php-pdo php-devel

## Install PHP 7.2 
yum --enablerepo=remi-php72 install php php-mbstring php-gd php-bcmath php-tidy php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-mysql php-pdo php-devel

## Install PHP 7.1 
yum --enablerepo=remi-php71 install php php-mbstring php-gd php-bcmath php-tidy php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-mysql php-pdo php-devel

## Install PHP 7.3

yum --enablerepo=remi-php73 install php php-mbstring php-gd php-bcmath php-tidy php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-mysql php-pdo php-devel

## Install PHP 7.2

yum --enablerepo=remi-php72 install php php-mbstring php-gd php-bcmath php-tidy php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-mysql php-pdo php-devel

## Install PHP 7.1

yum --enablerepo=remi-php71 install php php-mbstring php-gd php-bcmath php-tidy php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-mysql php-pdo php-devel

Setup NGINX and PHP-FPM

# install NGINX and PHP with PHP-FPM
sudo yum install -y vim nginx php-fpm
sudo systemctl enable nginx php-fpm
sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm

# install NGINX and PHP with PHP-FPM

sudo yum install -y vim nginx php-fpm

sudo systemctl enable nginx php-fpm

sudo systemctl start nginx php-fpm

Update Configuration

# update PHP configuration
sudo vi /etc/php.ini
:%s#;date.timezone =#date.timezone = Asia/Hong_Kong#
:%s#expose_php = On#expose_php = Off#
:wq

# update PHP configuration

sudo vi /etc/php.ini

:%s#;date.timezone =#date.timezone = Asia/Hong_Kong#

:%s#expose_php = On#expose_php = Off#

:wq

# update php-fpm configuration
sed -i 's/^user =.*$/user = nginx/g' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
sed -i 's/^group =.*$/group = nginx/g' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
cat /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

# update php-fpm configuration

sed -i 's/^user =.*$/user = nginx/g' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

sed -i 's/^group =.*$/group = nginx/g' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

cat /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

# update NGINX configuration
sudo cp /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.bak
sudo tac /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.bak | awk '!p && /}/{print "\n}\n    include /etc/nginx/vhosts/*.conf;";p=1;next} 1' | tac \
| awk '!p && /server {/{print "    index index.php index.html index.htm;\n";p=1} 1' \
| awk '!p && /root/{print "        root         /var/www/html;";p=1;next} 1' \
| sudo tee /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

# update NGINX configuration

sudo cp /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.bak

sudo tac /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.bak | awk '!p && /}/{print "\n}\n include /etc/nginx/vhosts/*.conf;";p=1;next} 1' | tac \

| awk '!p && /server {/{print " index index.php index.html index.htm;\n";p=1} 1' \

| awk '!p && /root/{print " root /var/www/html;";p=1;next} 1' \

| sudo tee /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

# create folders and update permission
sudo mkdir -p /etc/nginx/vhosts/
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/
sudo chown nginx:nginx /var/www/html/ -R
sudo chown nginx:nginx /var/www/vhosts/ -R

# create folders and update permission

sudo mkdir -p /etc/nginx/vhosts/

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/

sudo chown nginx:nginx /var/www/html/ -R

sudo chown nginx:nginx /var/www/vhosts/ -R

Create Virtual Hosts

# create dummy virtual host
sudo cat > /etc/nginx/vhosts/example.com.conf <<- "EOF"

# redirect to www
##server {
##    listen       80;
##    server_name  example.com;
##    return       301 http://www.example.com$request_uri;
##}

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  www.example.com;
    root         /var/www/vhosts/example.com/www;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ .php$ {
        #fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index /index.php;
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 300;
    }
}

EOF

# create dummy virtual host

sudo cat > /etc/nginx/vhosts/example.com.conf <<- "EOF"

# redirect to www

##server {

## listen 80;

## server_name example.com;

## return 301 http://www.example.com$request_uri;

##}

server {

listen 80;

server_name www.example.com;

root /var/www/vhosts/example.com/www;

location / {

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

}

location ~ .php$ {

#fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;

fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;

fastcgi_index /index.php;

include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;

fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;

fastcgi_read_timeout 300;

}

EOF

# create ip vhost from dummy virtual host 
cat /etc/nginx/vhosts/example.com.conf | sed '/^#/ d' | sed "s/[www.]*example.com/10.0.6.29/" | sudo tee /etc/nginx/vhosts/10.0.6.29.conf
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/10.0.6.29/www/
echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/vhosts/10.0.6.29/www/index.php
sudo nginx -s reload

# create ip vhost from dummy virtual host

cat /etc/nginx/vhosts/example.com.conf | sed '/^#/ d' | sed "s/[www.]*example.com/10.0.6.29/" | sudo tee /etc/nginx/vhosts/10.0.6.29.conf

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/10.0.6.29/www/

echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/vhosts/10.0.6.29/www/index.php

sudo nginx -s reload

# create www vhost from dummy virtual host 
cat /etc/nginx/vhosts/example.com.conf | sed "s/example.com/yctin.com/" | sed "s/##//" | sudo tee /etc/nginx/vhosts/yctin.com.conf
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/www/
echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/www/index.php
sudo nginx -s reload

# create www vhost from dummy virtual host

cat /etc/nginx/vhosts/example.com.conf | sed "s/example.com/yctin.com/" | sed "s/##//" | sudo tee /etc/nginx/vhosts/yctin.com.conf

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/www/

echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/www/index.php

sudo nginx -s reload

# create subdomain vhost from dummy virtual host 
cat /etc/nginx/vhosts/example.com.conf | sed '/^#/ d' | sed "s/example.com/yctin.com/g" | sed "s/www\./demo\./g" | sed "s/www;/demo;/g" | sudo tee /etc/nginx/vhosts/yctin.com.conf
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/demo/
echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/demo/index.php
sudo nginx -s reload

# create subdomain vhost from dummy virtual host

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/demo/

echo "<?php phpinfo();" | sudo tee /var/www/vhosts/yctin.com/demo/index.php

sudo nginx -s reload

Setup Firewall (Optional)

# setup firewall
sudo yum install firewalld -y
sudo systemctl enable firewalld
sudo systemctl start firewalld
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent
sudo systemctl restart firewalld

# setup firewall

sudo yum install firewalld -y

sudo systemctl enable firewalld

sudo systemctl start firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=http --permanent

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=https --permanent

sudo systemctl restart firewalld

SELinux Settings (Optional for SELinux enabled)

# update selinux policy, required for selinux enabled (p.s. not best practice)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_anon_write 1
sudo chcon -u system_u -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/html -R
sudo chcon -u system_u -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/vhosts/ -R

# Allow PHP connect network
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

# Allow PHP connect remote database
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1

# update selinux policy, required for selinux enabled (p.s. not best practice)

sudo setsebool -P httpd_anon_write 1

sudo chcon -u system_u -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/html -R

sudo chcon -u system_u -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/vhosts/ -R

# Allow PHP connect network

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1

# Allow PHP connect remote database

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1

Reboot after Setup

sudo reboot

1	sudo reboot

How to Install NGINX and PHP 7.3 with PHP-FPM on RHEL/CentOS 7

Basic Server Setup

Setup Default PHP Version

Setup NGINX and PHP-FPM

Update Configuration

Create Virtual Hosts

Setup Firewall (Optional)

SELinux Settings (Optional for SELinux enabled)

Reboot after Setup

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