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Expand Up @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sudo dnf install -y epel-release
If you're running Rocky Linux 10, enable the Copr repository:

```bash
dnf copr enable @caddy/caddy
sudo dnf copr enable @caddy/caddy
```

Next, install the `caddy` web server:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Unlike traditional web servers like Apache and Nginx, Caddy's configuration form
To edit the Caddy configuration file:

```bash
vim /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
sudo vim /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
```

A minimum static web server configuration can be similar to this:
Expand All @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ echo "<h1>Hi!</h1>" >> /usr/share/caddy/example.com/index.html
After that, enable Caddy's systemd service:

```bash
systemctl enable --now caddy
sudo systemctl enable --now caddy
```

Within a minute, Caddy will obtain SSL certificates from Let's Encrypt. Then, you can view the website you just set up in a browser:
Expand All @@ -159,21 +159,21 @@ As mentioned earlier, Caddy supports FastCGI support for PHP. The good news is t
To install PHP, first add the Remi repository (note: if you are running Rocky Linux 8.x or 10.x, substitute in 8 or 10 next to the "release-" below):

```bash
dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm
sudo dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm
```

Next, we need to install PHP (note: if you are using another version of PHP, substitute your desired version for php83):

```bash
dnf install -y php83-php-fpm
sudo dnf install -y php83-php-fpm
```

If you require additional PHP modules (e.g., GD), add them to the above command.

Then, we need to configure PHP to listen on a TCP socket:

```bash
vim /etc/opt/remi/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf
sudo vim /etc/opt/remi/php83/php-fpm.d/www.conf
```

Next, find the line:
Expand All @@ -188,10 +188,16 @@ Replace it with this:
listen = 127.0.0.1:9000
```

We can now enable and start php-fpm:

```bash
sudo systemctl enable --now php83-php-fpm
```

Then save and exit the `www.conf` file, and open the Caddyfile:

```bash
vim /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
sudo vim /etc/caddy/Caddyfile
```

Navigate to the server block we created earlier:
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ example.com {
Then save and exit the Caddyfile, and restart Caddy:

```bash
systemctl restart caddy
sudo systemctl restart caddy
```

To test if PHP works, let's add a simple PHP file:
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