How to switch old software stack with Lighttpd web server to the latest one with Nginx on master/slave server?

Question

How to switch old software stack with Lighttpd web server to the latest one with Nginx on master/slave server?

Answer

1. Connect to the SolusVM Master/slave server over SSH.

2. Move out you the current system PHP binary:

   # mv /usr/bin/php /usr/bin/backup-php

3. Create a link to SolusVM PHP binary:

   # ln -s /usr/local/svmstack/php/bin/php /usr/bin/php

4. Install the SolusVM repository:

   # yum install solusvm-release

5. Stop and disable Lighttpd web server:

   # service lighttpd stop
   # chkconfig lighttpd off

6. Install Nginx web server and legacy configuration:

   For Master server:

   # yum install svmstack-nginx svmstack-nginx-legacy-master-config

   For Slave server:

   # yum install svmstack-nginx svmstack-nginx-legacy-slave-config

7. Enable svmstack-* services:

   # chkconfig svmstack-nginx on
   # chkconfig svmstack-fpm on

9. Start services:

   # service svmstack-nginx restart
   # service svmstack-fpm restart