PHP and MariaDB on OpenBSD

First, create a /etc/httpd.conf configuration file.

server "default" {
        directory index "index.php"
        listen on * port 80
        location "*.php" {
                fastcgi socket "/run/php-fpm.sock"
        }
}

Next, enable and start httpd.

# rcctl enable httpd
# rcctl start httpd

Then install PHP.

# pkg_add php

In order for httpd to be able to run PHP scripts, the PHP FastCGI server must be enabled and started.

# rcctl enable php70_fpm
# rcctl start php70_fpm

As a test, accessing your server from a browser should work after creating a file /var/www/htdocs/index.php with the following contents:

<?php
phpinfo();

Don't forget to delete this again after testing.

# rm /var/www/htdocs/index.php

Next, install and configure MariaDB.

# pkg_add mariadb-server php-pdo_mysql

MariaDB requires some initial configuration.

# rcctl enable mysqld
# rcctl start mysqld
# mysql_install_db --user=_mysql
# mysql_secure_installation

This must be done before changing the MariaDB socket (below).

Edit the file /etc/my.cnf and change the socket variable to /var/www/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock in both the [client] and [server] sections in order to make it accessible to processes running with chroot inside /var/www. This path places the socket at the correct location for adminer.

While you're here, you might want to enable skip-networking if you don't intend to access your database remotely.

# rcctl restart mysqld

Activate the PDO database driver.

# ln -s ../php-7.0.sample/pdo_mysql.ini /etc/php-7.0/

Configure the PDO database driver accordingly to connect to the database at the correct socket. Note the missing /var/www prefix due to the chroot done by php70_fpm!

# echo "pdo_mysql.default_socket=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock" >> /etc/php-7.0/pdo_mysql.ini
# rcctl restart php70_fpm

Changes to the PHP configuration may require restarting the FastCGI server.

As pointed out in the PHP manual, if your web app needs to do DNS lookups it's going to need a copy of your /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/services.

# mkdir /var/www/etc
# cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/services /var/www/etc

And likewise, in order to enable SSL connections:

# cp -R /etc/ssl /var/www/etc/

Then install any additional PHP modules your apps require.

# pkg_add php-curl php-zip
# rcctl restart php70_fpm

OpenBSD on Hyper-V

Installing OpenBSD on Hyper-V shouldn't really be an issue since the OS even contains specific driver for virtualised drives (hvs(4)) and network cards (hvn(4)).

However, I did not succeed installing OpenBSD 6.2 on Hyper-V because it hung while attaching the disk driver at the line

hvs0 at hyperv0 controller 1: ide

This occurred both when attaching the disk through an IDE and SCSI controller. After disable hvs in the user kernel configurator the kernel boots.

OpenBSD 6.1 recognises the attached disk as a standard IDE drive as opposed to a virtualised hvs drive and works.

The standard network adaptor is not recognised by OpenBSD 6.1, so it is necessary to use the compatibility network adaptor.

Note that according to a remark in Microsoft's instructions for creating an OpenBSD disk for Azure, only »fixed« disk images are supported. Since the »Create VM« wizard of the Hyper-V manager creates dynamic disk images by default, it makes more sense to choose the option to »create and attach a disk image later« and then creating a fixed disk manually.