Comments on: Install and configure Apache and php with mod fastcgi on Ubuntu/Debian

By: tylercollier

tylercollier — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:27:00 +0000

My previous comment about “client denied by server configuration: /usr/local/bin/php-fastcgi-wrapper” has not yet been approved, so I can’t see, edit, or reply to it. But I wanted to post my fix. From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13923526/135101. Add

[Directory /usr/local/bin]
Require all granted
[/Directory]

to your vhost config.

EDIT: I guess I can’t use markdown here and Disqus is munging my “html” of the directory element, so I replaced angle brackets with brackets.

By: tylercollier

tylercollier — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:06:00 +0000

I got this working on Ubuntu 12.04 with no problems (thanks!). But on 14.04 (with Apache 2.4.7), when I visit the main page, I get a 403 forbidden error that says: “You don’t have permission to access /binary/php-fastcgi-wrapper/index.php”. Do you know why that would be?

By: tylercollier

tylercollier — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:04:00 +0000

In reply to Martin Sjåstad.

I had to enable the multiverse source, but only from Ubuntu 14.04 (see instructions here: http://serversforhackers.com/articles/2014/05/05/apache-proxy-fcgi/. I just needed the section labeled Ubuntu 14.04). I didn’t on 12.04.

I also had to run `sudo a2enmod actions`.

By: Martin Sjåstad

Martin Sjåstad — Wed, 13 Nov 2013 07:06:00 +0000

I had to enable the multiverse source for apt-get to find the libapache2-mod-fastcgi. This is on ubuntu 12.04 running through vagrant.

And also had to sudo a2enmod actions to be able to restart apache2 successfully.
Thanks for this article. Helped me get set up with a WAY faster method for working with PHP!