php-fpm with nginx on macosx

PHP 5.3.3 is bundled with php-fpm, however the macports version doesn't have a fpm variant yet. There are very few blogs that talk about setting up php-fpm with nginx on macosx. So I have documented here the steps I have followed to get them working.

1)port uninstall installed and php5

2)port selfupdate

3)edit /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/ports/lang/php5/Portfile

and add "--enable-fpm" option to the configure.args. More details about this can be found at http://serverfault.com/questions/170394/nginx-and-php-fpm-on-os-x

4)Install the fastcgi variant of php "port install php +fastcgi"

5)Check if you have /opt/local/sbin/php-fpm binary

6)Configure /opt/local/etc/php-fpm.conf

7)Create a plist file called org.macports.phpfpm.plist. I created a simple plist file with /opt/local/sbin/php-fpm as the only string tag. I suggest that you read about plist files and create a proper plist file.

8)copy the plist file to /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.phpfpm.plist

9)add the plist to file to startup "sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.phpfpm.plist"

10)reboot the machine, verify if php-fpm is running. "ps aux | grep fpm"