Php-fpm & cgi vs suPHP

CraftyPanda

• March 19, 2022 02:19

Hi, We have a new bare metal server we are using shared hosting and I wanted to make sure we are using the correct configuration for speed vs security. I am slightly confused of what php-fpm is, in relation to cgi and suPHP. php-fpm is installed and enabled, but then there is an option for php handler on the accounts under multi php manager too, which I have selected suPHP. I understood this to be the most secure option. I have just read however that php-fpm with cgi is the better option for speed vs security. with that, please can I ask" 1. If php-fpm is enabled on an account, is the php handler, cgi, suPHP, irrelevant and superseded by having php-fpm enabled? 2. If the above is not true and a php handler choice matters, on a shared hosting server, would you choose cgi or suPHP? thank you

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  kodeslogic

  • March 19, 2022 10:33

  CGI and SuPHP -- are almost the same with SuPHP having additional security. php-fpm support opcode cache and is blazing fast. You may also find the following document helpful for general information about each PHP handler: [QUOTE]

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  CraftyPanda

  • March 19, 2022 11:20

  CGI and SuPHP -- are almost the same with SuPHP having additional security. php-fpm support opcode cache and is blazing fast. You may also find the following document helpful for general information about each PHP handler:

  
  Hi and thanks for the reply. So if php-fpm is enabled on an account, does that supercede the PHP handler choice? That is to say, if php-fpm is enabled, is that the PHP handler only and the secondary choice, CGI/suphp becomes an irrelevant option? Thank you

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  gnusys

  • March 21, 2022 03:54

  yes..when php-fpm is enabled it supersedes the other handlers You can also set the default handler as lsapi after installing the module as below yum -y install ea-apache24-mod_lsapi ea-apache24-mod_suexec php-fpm/lsapi is the recommended handlers for best performance

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