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Reply to topic   Topic: How to prevent switch to from "fpm-fcgi" to "
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20160413



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PostPosted: Mon 29 Aug '22 20:54    Post subject: How to prevent switch to from "fpm-fcgi" to " Reply with quote

I have had a pretty awkward experience:

I set my Apache webserver up to use "fpm-fcgi" instead of "apache2handler". So far so good.

Then sometime later I did a general server update with
    apt update;apt full-upgrade

As part of the general update, the Apache webserver was updated. This caused the Apache webserver to automatically or unknowingly to me switch from "fpm-fcgi" to "apache2handler". I only realized a couple of weeks later that this happened.

After doing the following process now
    sudo systemctl stop apache2
    sudo a2dismod php7.4
    sudo a2dismod mpm_prefork
    sudo a2enmod mpm_event

I am back on "fpm-fcgi".

However, I am pretty puzzled about how this can happen. Is there a way of preventing this?

Moreover, the "libapache2-mod-php" package, which I figured is compulsory for running "apache2handler" for PHP is not installed on the server which makes me wonder even more.

Any comment on this mess I am experiencing? Thanks a lot and cheers
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Fri 02 Sep '22 14:03    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the maintainer of your Linux distro prefers to use mod_php aka apache2handler with mpm_prefork.
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jfha73



Joined: 18 Aug 2011
Posts: 62
Location: New York

PostPosted: Sun 04 Sep '22 3:26    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I had that problem, I noticed that even though libapache2-mod-php was not installed, libapache2-mod-php7.4 (or any other version) was, so i suggest to do a: apt search libapache2-mod-php to see if it shows any version installed and uninstall it.
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20160413



Joined: 13 Apr 2016
Posts: 28

PostPosted: Tue 06 Sep '22 11:07    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Blond wrote:
I think the maintainer of your Linux distro prefers to use mod_php aka apache2handler with mpm_prefork.


This is Debian 11. Should have mentioned this. Yeah, apparently.


jfha73 wrote:

When I had that problem, I noticed that even though libapache2-mod-php was not installed, libapache2-mod-php7.4 (or any other version) was, so i suggest to do a: apt search libapache2-mod-php to see if it shows any version installed and uninstall it.


Thanks for this tip. Indeed libapache2-mod-php7.4 was still installed. Removed and purged this package. Let's see what happens next time. Good to know that I was not the only one who ran into this.
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