Upgrade php 5.3 to php 5.5 (on Amazon Linux)

• Remove old version of PHP:
  yum remove php httpd php-cli php-xml php-common httpd-tools

• Update everything:
  yum update

• Install PHP 5.5 and packages:
  yum install php55 php55-opcache php55-pecl-apcu php55-bcmath php55-gd php55-mcrypt php55-mbstring php55-mysqlnd php55-pecl-memcache php55-process php55-tidy php55-soap php55-pecl-ssh2

  See a list of available packages:
  https://webtatic.com/packages/php55/

• /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  Add:
  Include /etc/httpd/conf/default.conf
  Include /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/*.conf
  At the very end of the file.

• /etc/php-5.5.d/apcu.ini
  apc.shm_size=256M
  apc.entries_hint=10000

• /etc/php-5.5.d/opcache.ini
  opcache.memory_consumption=256M
  opcache.max_accelerated_files=10000
  opcache.validate_timestamps=0

• /home/control/public_html/apc.php
  <?php
if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']!=='127.0.0.1')
{
  echo 'Invalid remote host: '.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."\n";
  exit;
}

if(function_exists('apc_clear_cache'))
{
  apc_clear_cache();
  apc_clear_cache('user');
}
if(function_exists('opcache_reset'))
  opcache_reset();
echo "ok\n";

?>

If https used

• yum install mod24_ssl

• /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf.rpmsave
  rename to ssl.conf

• Change ssl.conf:
  SSLProtocol all -SSLv2 -SSLv3

  Remove
  SSLMutex
  SSLCertificateChainFile

• Add content of a file pointed by SSLCertificateChainFile at the end of file pointed by SSLCertificateFile

• Restart apache

• Check if certificate is installed correctly

Last modification: 30.04.15 08:47