PHP-FPM does not automatically start after reboot

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I'm running PHP-FPM and Nginx, occasionally, for whatever reason, I have to reboot the server. Once the server is running again, the nginx service automatically starts, however, PHP-FPM does not. This can be seen when I run the command sudo /etc/init.d/php-fpm restart immediately after a reboot and get the result:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/php-fpm restart
Stopping php-fpm:                                          [FAILED]
Starting php-fpm:                                          [  OK  ]

Is this expected behaviour? What is the best way to make PHP-FPM automatically start? Is there a config option anywhere, or do I have to add the command to one of the Linux startup scripts?

Thanks.

Which linux distribution are you using? How did you installed php-fpm? From a package or from sources? — Læti, Dec 20 '12 at 16:20
It's running on an Amazon EC2 Linux instance, PHP-FPM was installed using `yum install -y php-fpm` — SteveEdson, Dec 20 '12 at 16:25

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 20 '12 at 16:25

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So set it up to start at boot:

chkconfig php-fpm on

answered Dec 20 '12 at 16:25

Michael Hampton

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As simple as that, brilliant! Cheers – SteveEdson Dec 20 '12 at 16:27
`bash: chkconfig: command not found` – Andrew Koster Dec 07 '21 at 20:14

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '16 at 06:09

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I just ran into this very problem on Ubuntu 16.04 and I'm leaving my answer here for future users from Google who stumble onto the problem. Since chkconfig is mostly specific to CentOS, it obviously doesn't exist on Ubuntu. Apparently, to get a custom-built PHP (php-fpm SAPI) to start at boot under systemd, which is new to Ubuntu 16.04 (previously, Upstart), it needs to be registered with the system beyond just dropping the init.d script into /etc/init.d/. To register the script, I ran:

update-rc.d php-fpm defaults

A reboot and subsequent ps aux confirmed that php-fpm was indeed starting at boot. It was also added to /etc/init.d/.depend.start.

Other thoughts: Ubuntu Upstart was nice enough so that I never had to run update-rc.d after placing an init.d script - it just worked. Completely forgot about that command.

answered Jun 24 '16 at 06:09

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The original question being about Amazon Linux, I can't say how many Ubuntu users will see it. As for 16.04 and systemd, the thing to do is use a proper systemd unit rather than the old-style upstart or ancient init script. You ought to be able to find a usable systemd unit with the distro package, or elsewhere. – Michael Hampton Aug 06 '16 at 09:41
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I'm a Ubuntu 14.04 user and this helped me, thank you! PS: `sudo` might be needed for that command. – Edson Horacio Junior Jan 22 '17 at 21:52
If you get an error regarding `auoms is broken` -- update the init info block in `/etc/init.d/auoms` per this release: https://github.com/microsoft/OMS-Auditd-Plugin/pull/62 – Crayons Jan 18 '21 at 18:01

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 13 '20 at 08:38

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Since CentOS 7 you simply need to enable the services via systemctl:

systemctl enable php-fpm

You can check if it's running afterwards via:

systemctl status php-fpm

answered Feb 13 '20 at 08:38

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