This gist will explain you how to enable an undocumented feature of PHP-FPM which will give a real-time performance stats.

real-time-php-fpm-status.md

Real-time PHP-FPM Status

This gist will explain you how to enable an undocumented feature of PHP-FPM which will give a real-time performance stats.

Everybody knows the famous phpinfo() and the page it generates, right? Then the real-time PHP-FPM status page design is very similar.

Some informations from the top are not displayed to avoid security issues.

Enable PHP-FPM Status

This is pretty simple to do, just run the command below.

sudo sed -i 's/;pm.status_path/pm.status_path/' /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

Then restart the service:

sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm

This has been tested on PHP versions 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3.

Edit PHP / Apache Configuration

In order to make the status page reachable, you will need to modify the PHP configuration related to Apache2.

# Do this for all installed PHP versions...
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/php7.0-fpm.conf

And add these lines:

# Enable 'status' and 'ping' page
<LocationMatch "/(ping|status)">
    SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost"
</LocationMatch>

# Enable *real-time* 'status' page
<IfModule alias_module>
    Alias /realtime-status "/usr/share/php/7.0/fpm/status.html"
</IfModule>

This file /usr/share/php/7.0/fpm/status.html is totally undocumented, I was not able to find any related information on the web.

Then restart Apache2 to apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Make sure the PHP socket file and real-time HTML status has the correct version!

Fix the broken PHP logo (optional)

The PHP logo is broken unfortunately but I've found a way to fix it, this is just a little dirty... 😅

sudo sed -i 's|https://static.php.net/www.php.net/images/php.gif|data:image/png;base64,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/usr/share/php/7.0/fpm/status.html

Again, do this for all installed PHP versions. (no need to restart the web server)

Available status formats

The default and very well documented status page offer three different formats:

• XML
• JSON
• HTML

But all of them are not refresh in real-time.

All formats, also give two different output levels:

• normal
• full

1. XML Format

Access URL is: http://localhost/status?xml

For the full output level: http://localhost/status?xml&full

2. JSON Format

Access URL is: http://localhost/status?json

For the full output level: http://localhost/status?json&full

3. HTML Format

Access URL is: http://localhost/status?html

For the full output level: http://localhost/status?html&full

The alias status is defined here: /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/www.conf.

Real-time status page

This is the undocumented one.

Access URL is: http://localhost/realtime-status

It will use the JSON output format internally to display the real-time values.

The alias realtime-status is defined here: /etc/apache2/conf-available/php7.0-fpm.conf.

Access via HTTPS protocol

At the moment you have created an SSL / TLS certificate for your testing or production domain, the standard and the real-time mode should work with both HTTP and HTTPS protocols.

References

Some references where I was able to find useful informations.

• https://howto.biapy.com/en/debian-gnu-linux/servers/apache-2/setup-a-status-page-on-a-apache-2-server
• https://www.tecmint.com/enable-monitor-php-fpm-status-in-nginx/
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37367851/set-up-and-access-the-php-fpm-status-page-in-bitnami-lamp-stack

Contribute

Feel free to comment if you have any suggestions or corrections to make.

Contact

You can reach me on Twitter using: @Jiab77.

PHP-FPM real-time status page (Single file without the need for web server configuration)

@EhsanCh, I've fixed your posted link.