If you search the web for PHP-FPM configurations, you’ll find many of the same configurations popping up. They nearly all use the ‘dynamic’ process manager and all assume you will have one master process for running PHP-FPM configurations. While there’s nothing technically wrong with that, there is a better way to run PHP-FPM.
In this blogpost I’ll detail;
- Why ‘dynamic’ should not be your default process manager
- Why it’s better to have multiple PHP-FPM masters
.. If you’re working on a high performance PHP setup, the ‘ondemand’ PM may not be for you. In that case, it’s wise to pre-fork your PHP-FPM processes up to the maximum your server can handle. That way, all your processes are ready to serve your requests without needing to be spawned first. However, for 90% of the sites out there, the ondemand PHP-FPM configuration is better than either static or dynamic.