Install nginx from the official sources
apt-get install nginx
Install hhvm from the hhvm.com sources
wget -O - http://dl.hhvm.com/conf/hhvm.gpg.key | apt-key add - echo deb http://dl.hhvm.com/debian jessie main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hhvm.list
apt-get update apt-get install hhvm
Create the hhvm.conf in the nginx folder
bash /usr/share/hhvm/install_fastcgi.sh
Add a own webserver user
adduser mattionline
vim /etc/default/hhvm RUN_AS_USER="mattionline" RUN_AS_GROUP="mattionline"
chown -R mattionline:mattionline /var/run/hhvm
vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf user mattionline;
Activate hhvm for your vhosts
Just add the include hhvm.conf; line to your config
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/blog
server {
listen 80;
server_name mattionline.de;
return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443;
server_name mattionline.de;
access_log /var/log/nginx/blog_access.log combined;
error_log /var/log/nginx/blog_error.log;
root /var/www/blog/;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
ssl on;
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/mattionline.de-0001/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/mattionline.de-0001/privkey.pem;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
ssl_ciphers 'EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH';
include hhvm.conf;
include caching.conf;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$args;
}Restart the services
systemctl restart hhvm systemctl restart nginx
Check if nginx and hhvm are correctly running
mattionline:~# netstat -tulpn Aktive Internetverbindungen (Nur Server) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:80 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 63902/nginx -g daem tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:443 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 63902/nginx -g daem tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:9000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 63928/hhvm
Speed comparison between the normal php and hhvm: https://ma.ttias.be/hhvm-versus-php-fpm-5-4-and-5-5-performance-comparison/
