Bitrix Virtual Appliance

  Manual activation

In addition to enabling specific PHP-extensions from the BitrixEnv menu Section 8. Manage web nodes in the pool > 1. Manage PHP extensions allows enabling additional PHP modules that may be required.

Learn more the required extensions can be connected manually.

Configuration ini-files for the available php-extensions are located in the directory /etc/php.d/:

To manually enable a required extension, the file {name_extension}.ini.disabled must be renamed to {name_extension}.ini and the Apache service must be re-launched – httpd.

  Example

For example, extension xmlreader must be enabled.

1. Go to server directory /etc/php.d/:

   cd /etc/php.d/
   

2. Print list of files in the directory:

   ls
   

3. Find the file 30-xmlreader.ini.disabled in the list, rename it for 30-xmlreader.ini, save and replace the current file:

   mv 30-xmlreader.ini.disabled 30-xmlreader.ini
   

   Attention! If the content of 30-xmlreader.ini.disabled is copied into 30-xmlreader.ini and those two files are kept in the directory /etc/php.d/, then the extension will deactivated when the PHP or Virtual Appliance are updated. To avoid this, only one file 30-xmlreader.ini must be kept with the active extension.

4. Re-launch the Apache service – httpd:

   systemctl restart httpd.service
   

   

5. The procedure is completed, extension is xmlreader operational:

   

  Setting a php-extension, unavailable in BitrixVA

You can also set any php-extension manually.

For example, set the extension php-imap.

First, find name for ph-extension using the command:

yum list php-imap*

Next, set using the command:

yum install php-imap

Creates the file /etc/php.d/20-imap.ini upon installation.

Then, re-launch the httpd service.

All is ready, php-extension imap is operational: