Using Apache with php-fpm 7.4 and 8.1. Originally I had the default system version of php installed, which was 8.0, and I had php74 and php81 installed separately. So php --version would return 8.0. All 3 had fpm installed as well. I am new to AlmaLinux 9 and dnf, so when I found out you can have the default php changed to 7.4 via dnf module enable php:remi-7.4, I did that. I uninstalled php74 entirely and reinstalled it as the stream version, so now my php command is not 8.0, but 7.4. I had ton of scripts that needed 5.6, but 7.4 did okay with deprecated errors disabled, and I did not want to have to change all of them to run explicitly php74 instead of php.
So here is the problem. The new php-fpm (7.4 stream) uses /etc/php-fpm.conf and /etc/php-fpm.d/*. However, Webmin and Virtualmin keep saving the php-fpm conf files for 7.4 into /etc/opt/remi/php74/php-fpm.d/ folder instead. I found out I can include it in the php-fpm.conf, which resolves the issue, but I have to ask if this is a feature or a bug. Feature because it’s still php74 from Remi repository, so Virtualmin assumes a different directory? Or bug, because it’s not detecting the use of the stream?
I tried restarting Webmin, Virtualmin, uninstalling both php-fpms, nothing works. The directory sticks to that old php74 one, and not /etc/php-fpm.d/ one. Grepping the Virtualmin server php-fpm conf file names (string of numbers) made it even more confusing, as /etc/webmin/phpini has the correct directory listed for them all. I have no idea where it’s picking up the wrong directory, so what else can I do about it other than the quickfix I did?
You absolutely should not have two of the same version of PHP installed from different sources.
When you make dramatic changes, you need to use Re-Check Configuration so Virtualmin knows about them.
It’s also possible we don’t detect this PHP version/package correctly. We so many different packages and config locations, etc. there are a lot of variables. But, I don’t see you saying you did Re-Check configuration, so start there.
Oh my bad, I failed to mention that, thought I did. I did it every time I did any changes, that’s why I am so bewildered. Tried it via CLI and GUI both. It did help a little bit, as it would switch all the servers over to another version, when 1 was removed. Having not found say 7.4, it would switch to 8.1 and back again, when I would install 7.4 back and uninstall 8.1. Only reason I did that was trying to get Virtualmin to pick up the php-conf.d directory correctly, but nothing makes it stick.
Where exactly is the actual folder location for this php-fpm version stored in the files? I could not find that, only the new and correct stream directory was listed, but never actually used when saving php-fpm options for a server via GUI.
Also, when going to PHP-FPM Configuration, it lists the .conf file in the remi folder, so at least it’s consistent there.
You need to switch to another PHP version and then “back” (but this is not going back, this is a different package and thus a different version), most likely to regenerate the configs with new paths.
I sort of tried that too, not switching streams, but I reset the module, uninstalled everything, switched module back to 7.4, reinstalled php-cli etc. The issue just won’t go away. I am thinking it’s just a unique situation on my part and I need to manually edit the php-fpm.d folder somewhere, but I have no idea where. It can’t be baked into the php rpms, since the php-fpm.conf file specifically includes the /etc/php-fpm.d/* directory, which it reads fine, and I fixed the issue by adding the old Remi php74 one as an additional include= line. But why is Virtualmin still picking up that old directory?
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