How to install PHP 7 fpm on Alpine Linux

To install PHP 7 fpm, a popular open-source scripting language, on Alpine Linux, follow these steps:

1. Update the package manager's package list:

apk update

2. Install PHP 7 fpm by running the following command:

apk add php7-fpm

This will install PHP 7 fpm and any dependencies required.

3. Enable the PHP 7 fpm service to start automatically at boot time by running the following command:

rc-update add php-fpm7 default

4. Start the PHP 7 fpm service by running the following command:

/etc/init.d/php-fpm7 start

5. To check the status of the PHP 7 fpm service, run the following command:

/etc/init.d/php-fpm7 status

This will show you whether the service is running, and provide other information about the service.

6. To configure PHP 7 fpm, edit the configuration files in the /etc/php7 directory. The main configuration file is php-fpm.conf, and you can create additional configuration files in the php-fpm.d directory.

Once the installation is complete and the service is running, you can use PHP 7 fpm to run PHP scripts and build web applications on your Alpine Linux system.