OpenBSD 6.4 released, Web server guide updated

OpenBSD 6.4 was released last week. It comes chock full of new goodies, including a built-in Wireless network manager ('join' syntax for ifconfig), derived snapshots for vmm virtual machine disk images (based on qcow2 support), improvements to pledge including the addition of unveil, and RETGUARD, a new stack protector for thwarting ROP attacks just to name a few new features.

I've been busy with the new job and getting settled into the new digs here in the Austin suburbs, but I carved out some time to update the OpenBSD/HTTPD/MySQL/PHP guide. There are a few changes to how PHP-FPM is configured, so you may want to pay close attention if you've followed the guide before.

The nginx and apache pages haven't gotten that many views lately, so I am not updating them this go-around. The httpd in OpenBSD's base install is a pretty well-proven web server at this point, and I've been using it in production, reliably, for years now. If you're thinking of running nginx or apache on OpenBSD, I'd urge you to take a look at httpd.

PHP/MySQL Articles updated for OpenBSD 6.3

No surprises, the existing instructions from OpenBSD 6.1 worked flawlessly for both the httpd and nginx web servers. I just made sure everything still works and updated some version numbers. Once again, I did all of the testing using OpenBSD's built-in vmm hypervisor on my personal laptop, and it did remind me of a few recent changes in vmm's network configuration that I had forgotten about.

PHP/MySQL Walk-Throughs updated for OpenBSD 6.1

I've stopped maintaining the page for nginx because it hasn't received many views since I updated it about six months ago. I suspect that nginx on OpenBSD is not all that popular because the httpd that ships with OpenBSD provides almost the same functionality as a basic installation of nginx. The pages for httpd in base and Apache2 now cover PHP7 and both configurations appear to work really well.  

PHP/MySQL on OpenBSD's relayd-based httpd 
HiR's Secure OpenBSD/Apache/MySQL/PHP Guide

Feel free to comment on this post if you find any discrepancies or have suggestions. Comments are disabled on the walk-through pages.

(2017-04-23) Edited to add: I went ahead and re-worked the nginx guide, based on the httpd guide with new formatting.
PHP/MySQL with nginx on OpenBSD

OpenBSD PHP/MySQL Walk-throughs are up to date (Finally!)

First and foremost, I finally took the time to wrap my brain around OpenBSD's new relayd-based httpd. You can see the walk-through here:

• PHP/MySQL on OpenBSD's relayd-based httpd

While I was at it, I refreshed the guides for nginx and apache.

• PHP/MySQL with nginx on OpenBSD
• HiR's Secure OpenBSD, Apache, MySQL and PHP Guide
  

These should be maintained for future versions of OpenBSD going forward. Enjoy!