How to add directives to php.ini on AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Question

I'd like to add these PHP settings to my Elastic Beanstalk environment:

upload_max_filesize = 64M
post_max_size = 64M

These options cannot be set with option_settings in .ebextensions:

Namespace                                    | Extend
---------------------------------------------|-------
aws:elasticbeanstalk:application:environment | Yes
aws:elasticbeanstalk:container:php:phpini    | No

How can I add custom settings to php.ini in an Elastic Beanstalk container?

score 50 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '13 at 18:19

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The cleanest way I found is to use a .ebextensions config file in my project archive:

Sample .ebextensions/project.config file:

files:
  "/etc/php.d/project.ini" :
    mode: "000644"
    owner: root
    group: root
    content: |
      upload_max_filesize = 64M
      post_max_size = 64M

When the application version is deployed, this will write a custom config file in the php.d directory, that will override any php.ini setting.

answered Oct 17 '13 at 18:19

BenMorel

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So does that mean `/etc/php.d/project.ini` file is automatically created when the new app version is deployed? – user1448031 Sep 01 '17 at 00:42
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@user1448031 Yes it's automatically created! – BenMorel Sep 01 '17 at 06:48
Is it also applicable in Ubuntu. I'm having the same issue. – alyssaeliyah May 25 '18 at 08:28
I tried this and it caused my Laravel app to crash. Any thoughts as to what might have gone wrong? – James Morrison Jun 19 '18 at 01:53
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Never mind, it did work, thanks! My issue was unrelated - for some reason eb deploy isn't working but uploading a zip is, which is a whole other ball of wax. Once I manually deployed it it worked like a charm! – James Morrison Jun 19 '18 at 02:01
Thanks. It worked! – Ahsan Khan Aug 16 '21 at 13:31

How to add directives to php.ini on AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

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