1. Installing
apt-get install nginx php5 php5-cgi php5-cli
2. Make your site folder under document root
mkdir -p /var/www/newsite
chown -R www-data www-data /var/www/
3. Create new file /etc/nginx/sites-available/newsite and put below entries in it
server {
listen 80;
server_name newsite.com www.newsite.com;
access_log /var/logs/nginx/access.log;
error_log /var/logs/nginx/error.log;
location / {
root /var/www/newsite;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
}
location ~ .php$ {
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /srv/www/newsite$fastcgi_script_name;
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
}
}
4. Create symlink of above file
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/newsite /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/newsite
5. Restart Nginx
/etc/init.d/nginx restart
6. Spawn fcgi with below command
/usr/bin/spawn-fcgi -a 127.0.0.1 -p 9000 -C 6 -u www-data -f /usr/bin/php5-cgi
7. Test with testpage – Create one test php script under /var/www/newsite/ say test.php Put below php code in that file
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
8. put below entry in your host file for testing
127.0.0.1 newsite.com www.newsite.com
9. Visit now http://newsite.com/test.php from same machine.
It should show PHPinfo page.
🙂
