Red Hat / CentOS Install nginx PHP5 FastCGI Webserver

To install the nginx web server with PHP5 FastCGI support on a Red Hat or CentOS Linux system, you can follow these steps:

1. Install the nginx and php-fpm packages using the package manager:

sudo yum install nginx php-fpm

2. Start the nginx and php-fpm services and enable them to start at boot:

sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl start php-fpm
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm

3. Edit the /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf file and add the following lines to configure PHP support:

location ~ \.php$ {
    root           /usr/share/nginx/html;
    fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
    fastcgi_index  index.php;
    fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    include        fastcgi_params;
}

4. Restart the nginx service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

This will install and configure nginx with PHP5 FastCGI support. You can now place PHP files in the /usr/share/nginx/html directory and they will be processed by the PHP interpreter.

It's always a good idea to carefully review the documentation and use the appropriate commands to install and configure the nginx web server on your system. This will help ensure that you have a stable and reliable web server for your applications.