Install HTTP/2 - DSO To FCGI install issues?

monkey64

• May 03, 2018 10:13

I am currently running: mod_mpm_prefork mod_mpm_itk php70-php
I want to use the HTTP/2 module but the Apache developers, as of Apache 2.4.27, have disabled HTTP2 when using the prefork MPM. Since I have lots of free RAM, I would like to use Fast CGI as my PHP handler along with the Worker MPM: mod_mpm_worker mod_proxy_fcgi mod_http2
I have many files and folders set by default to 755 and owned my the cpanel user. If I provision the above will it will be a straight switchover from DSO to FCGI or am I likely to encounter lots of 500/.htaccess and permission errors? If so, are there any scripts which automate the process of changing permissions?

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  cPanelLauren

  • May 03, 2018 17:34

  Hi @monkey64

  I have many files and folders set by default to 755 and owned my the cpanel user. If I provision the above will it will be a straight switchover from DSO to FCGI or am I likely to encounter lots of 500/.htaccess and permission errors?

  
  Yes, you are likely to encounter permissions issues if all files/folders are using 755

  If so, are there any scripts which automate the process of changing permissions?

  
  We have no native function to do this but we do have a forum post that goes over conversion from DSO to suPHP as far as permissions changes which might prove helpful when you do attempt this.

  Since I have lots of free RAM, I would like to use Fast CGI as my PHP handler along with the Worker MPM:

  
  Rather than use mod_fcgid which is present in the EA4 experimental repo (please see our documentation here: PHP Handlers - EasyApache 4 - cPanel Documentation ) have you considered using php-fpm which is supported by cPanel?

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  monkey64

  • May 05, 2018 07:06

  In the end I went with PHP-FPM and the switchover went surprisingly smoothly with no permission / ownership errors. The only issue I encountered was a session permission error whenever a cookie was set in PHP. It's well documented and solved by changing: session.save_path = "/tmp"
  in the PHP ini editor, then restarting the PHP-FPM service for Apache. Thanks!

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  cPanelLauren

  • May 07, 2018 13:10

  Hi @monkey64 Glad to hear it went smoothly. Thanks for updating us on the outcome.

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  vlee

  • May 07, 2018 16:55

  Here is my setup below and been running this for for the past few months now with no issues. mod_http2 mod_mpm_event mod_proxy_fcgi mod_suexec mod_suphp
  Hope this helps

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