Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Validate That the NGINX Server Is Installed, Enabled and Running

   Become root:

   sudo su -
   

   Check the status of the nginx service:

   systemctl status nginx
   

   The service should be enabled and running.

   Verify that we can load the default NGINX web page using curl:

   By Public IP:

   curl http://`cat /tmp/public_ip.txt`
   

   By Public DNS:

   curl http://`cat /tmp/public_dns.txt`
   

2. Challenge

   Install PHP-FPM

   Install PHP-FPM using apt-get:

   apt-get -y install php-fpm
   

   Validate that the php7.2-fpm service is running, using systemctl:

   systemctl status php7.2-fpm.service
   

   The service should be enabled and running.

3. Challenge

   Test Access PHP Pages Using NGINX

   We have two pre-configured PHP pages in /usr/share/nginx/html/. Let's take a look at them:

   more /usr/share/nginx/html/*.php
   

   Now, try accessing the PHP files via NGINX:

   curl http://`cat /tmp/public_dns.txt`/info.php
   

   curl http://`cat /tmp/public_dns.txt`/hello.php
   

   We can see the contents, but the PHP code is not being executed. Try accessing the PHP files at http://PUBLIC_DNS/info.php and http://PUBLIC_DNS/hello.php with a web browser.

4. Challenge

   Configure NGINX to use php-fpm to Process PHP Pages

   We need to add a configuration block to the /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf file, so that NGINX uses php-fpm to process PHP pages:

   vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
   

   After the location / block, add the following:

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    }
   

5. Challenge

   Validate and Activate PHP Configuration

   Before we reload NGINX, we need to validate the configuration:

   nginx -t
   

   Once everything checks out, reload the configuration:

   systemctl reload nginx
   

   Make sure NGINX is running:

   systemctl status nginx
   

6. Challenge

   Test Access PHP Pages Using NGINX with PHP-FPM

   Now, let's try accessing the PHP files via NGINX:

   curl http://`cat /tmp/public_dns.txt`/info.php
   

   curl http://`cat /tmp/public_dns.txt`/hello.php
   

   Now the PHP code is not being executed. You can try accessing the PHP files at http://PUBLIC_DNS/info.php and http://PUBLIC_DNS/hello.php with your web browser.