How to configure NGINX and php-fpm / fastcgi

1. Setup Red Hat Software Collections
2. Install Nginx and PHP FPM

   # yum install rh-nginx18-nginx rh-php70-php-fpm.x86_64 

3. Edit the file /etc/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/nginx/nginx.conf. There is a section in the default NGINX configuration that you can start with. It will look similar to the section below, but there is a slight modification below to the fastcgi_param line.

   # vim /etc/opt/rh/rh-nginx18/nginx/nginx.conf 

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

   The $document_root will be the location where you can keep your PHP scripts. $fastcgi_script_name is the name of the script to be executed. So, in the example configuration above, your script would be located in /opt/rh/nginx16/root/usr/share/nginx/html/test.php.

4. Start php-fpm and the webserver!

   # systemctl start rh-php70-php-fpm rh-nginx18-nginx
   # systemctl enable rh-php70-php-fpm rh-nginx18-nginx 

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