Settings for best performance & speed

[mikefromnz]

Hi guys,

Having quite a hard time deciding on the best setup in Easy Apache for my server, I run a small VPS to offer shared hosting to my clients. Mostly Wordpress blogs and the likes, a couple ecommerce sites too.

I want the server to be FAST & secure. I see information online about enabling things like suPHP, but I am using Ruid2 as from what I can gather, that is a faster and potentially more secure option these days?

I also see settings for PHP-FPM in the multiphp admin, but I don't quite understand how to implement (or even if I should?), all sites are set to inherit PHP7, and list PHP-FPM as off, it seems I can't enable it on all sites by default.

Under PHP Handlers I see "PHP Handlers do not apply to PHP-FPM." and ea-php56 and ea-php70 both list CGI as their handler, and are unable to be changed as there is no other options? I thought CGI was the worst choice?

I currently have the configuration as follows, please let me know any changes that I should make or if you have any suggestions.

Apache 2.4

config

config-runtime

mod_bwlimited

mod_cgi

mod_deflate

mod_expires

mod_headers

mod_mpm_prefork

mod_proxy

mod_proxy_fcgi

mod_proxy_http

mod_ruid2

mod_security2

mod_ssl

mod_unique_id

tools

PHP 5.6
libc-client

pear

php-bcmath

php-bz2

php-calendar

php-cli

php-common

php-curl

php-dba

php-devel

php-enchant

php-exif

php-fileinfo

php-fpm

php-ftp

php-gd

php-gettext

php-gmp

php-iconv

php-imap

php-intl

php-ioncube6

php-ldap

php-litespeed

php-mbstring

php-mcrypt

php-mysqlnd

php-pdo

php-posix

php-process

php-pspell

php-snmp

php-soap

php-sockets

php-tidy

php-xml

php-xmlrpc

php-zendguard

php-zip

runtime

PHP 7.0
libc-client

pear

php-bcmath

php-bz2

php-calendar

php-cli

php-common

php-curl

php-dba

php-devel

php-enchant

php-exif

php-fileinfo

php-fpm

php-ftp

php-gd

php-gettext

php-gmp

php-iconv

php-imap

php-intl

php-ioncube6

php-ldap

php-litespeed

php-mbstring

php-mcrypt

php-mysqlnd

php-opcache

php-pdo

php-posix

php-process

php-pspell

php-snmp

php-soap

php-sockets

php-tidy

php-xml

php-xmlrpc

php-zip

runtime

Others
apr

apr-util

cpanel-tools

documentroot

libmcrypt

modsec-sdbm-util

php-cli

php-cli-lsphp

profiles-cpanel

 

[cPanelMichael]

I run a small VPS to offer shared hosting to my clients. Mostly Wordpress blogs and the likes, a couple ecommerce sites too.

Hello,

You may find the following thread helpful:

Wordpress / Prestashop / x Performance

You can also find a list of system administration services on the following URL if you don't receive sufficient use-feedback:

System Administration Services | cPanel Forums

Thank you.

 

[Anoop P Alias]

PHP-fpm should be a better option for PHP. Tweak Opcode cache like ZendOpcache and use an Application level cache for improving performance

 

[mikefromnz]

Thanks, it seems you have to manually enable PHP-FPM on each individual customers site though, or am I missing something?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Thanks, it seems you have to manually enable PHP-FPM on each individual customers site though, or am I missing something?

Yes, that's correct. More information about how PHP-FPM works with EasyApache 4 is available at:

PHP-FPM Code and FileSystem Layout for EasyApache 4 - Documentation - cPanel Documentation

Thank you.

 

[mikefromnz]

To be honest that seems really backward, with these days all our services are able to be automated from customer signup, to billing and account creation, package selection etc. How come a better, faster PHP handler needs to be manually enabled per site?

Is there an alternative option that can be automatically assigned with same or similar benefit? Seems odd!

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

There's actually an open feature request to enable PHP-FPM by default on new accounts at:

PHP-FPM enabled by default on account creation

I encourage you to vote for this feature and review the existing comments.

Note there's also a workaround discussed on the following thread:

php-fpm enable ssh command

Thanks!

 

[mikefromnz]

Thanks for that I will do so. Any other tips about my EasyApache configuration? Loving cPanel so far!

 

[cPanelMichael]

Thanks for that I will do so. Any other tips about my EasyApache configuration? Loving cPanel so far!

You may also find this document helpful:

EasyApache 4 FAQ - EasyApache 4 - cPanel Documentation

Thanks!