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Tweak PHP-FPM cPanel

To enhance performance and achieve better resource management on your server, this guide explains how to modify PHP-FPM settings through SSH in a cPanel environment. It covers adjusting parameters such as the process manager mode, process limits, request handling, and more followed by rebuilding the PHP-FPM configuration to ensure all changes are applied correctly.

Open and locate your site's PHP-FPM YAML file in the SSH console. Find the file location as below and open it up:

nano /var/cpanel/userdata/username/domain.tld.php-fpm.yaml

Then, you can try this command :

_is_present: 1
pm: static
pm_start_servers: 20
pm_max_children: 20
pm_max_requests: 100
php_admin_value_disable_functions : passthru,system
php_flag[display_errors]: off
php_flag[display_startup_errors]: off

Finally, restart the PHP-FPM processes:

/scripts/php_fpm_config --rebuild

You have successfully tweak PHP-FPM cPanel.

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Updated on: 24/11/2025

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