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I'm a relative Linux newbie, so I realize I have enough knowledge to do something dumb. I was wondering if anyone could comment on this:

On a RHEL 6.2 server with Apache 2.2. I installed PHP 7.0 along with PHP-FPM, which is listening on a Unix socket.

Here's where the fun started.

Due to my company restricting wget access to remote repos, I ended up having to compile and install mod_fastcgi from this source (circa 2007!). It is version 2.4.6

After several hours of churning, I got it working and have a successful phpinfo() which happily states:

Server API  FPM/FastCGI   
php-fpm     active

My question is - is this going to be a "good" platform for me to deploy my PHP code to? The sheer digging I had to do to get to the point where this worked, along with first going down a path of using mod_fcgid then switching to the (older?) mod_fastcgi -- makes me a little nervous.

C C
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    Don't put this on the Internet. It's dangerously out of date. – Michael Hampton Nov 22 '16 at 19:28
  • @MichaelHampton - just curious, what is bad about it and what would a good alternative be? Just plain old mod_php? This is not going on the internet; only on a (heavily firewalled) private internal network... – C C Nov 22 '16 at 19:38
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    The whole system is years out of date, to begin with. Second, I wouldn't build a new project on an old OS. I'd start with RHEL 7 (and mod_fastcgi was [obsoleted](http://serverfault.com/a/629964/126632) some time ago as well). – Michael Hampton Nov 22 '16 at 19:39
  • Thanks. I can port the project later, this is only dev and deep inside the company. I have zero choice on OS...that's what they serve up internally. Knowing my company they probably hardened RHEL 6 by re-writing half of it... I guess I just want to know if my config will work reliably enough for code development. – C C Nov 22 '16 at 19:43
  • And they let you run a current version of PHP? Surprise! Have you considered looking for work somewhere a little more sane? – Michael Hampton Nov 22 '16 at 19:47
  • I had to d/l PHP 7 myself and install it. I think I screwed up...and could have asked for RHEL 7. I will see about wiping this server out and re-installing RHEL 7. Thanks for the pointers! – C C Nov 22 '16 at 19:52

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