How to Install Zend Server CE on Fedora 16 “Verne”

Zend Server Community Edition contains a subset of features from the full Zend Server stack and runs on Windows, Linux and OS X.

• Native installation – Windows MSI, Debian deb, Red Hat yum installation
• Certified PHP
• Zend Framework – ZF installation and updates as part of the native installation package
• Apache or IIS integration
• Java connector – Integrates existing Java functionality as PHP code
• Web-based administrator console
• Debugger interface
• Bytecode acceleration – Keeps compiled code in shared memory, increasing performance by reducing disk access and CPU processing time
• Data Caching API

Here is the tutorial about installing Zend Server Community Edition 5.6.0 on Fedora 16.

Step 1: Open Terminal (Applications —> System Tools —> Terminal).

Step 2: Switch to root user.

[[email protected]~/]$ su

Step 3: Add repository file for Zend Server.

[[email protected]~/]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/zend.repo

Step 4: Add the following content.

[Zend]
name=Zend Server
baseurl=http://repos.zend.com/zend-server/rpm/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://repos.zend.com/zend.key

[Zend_noarch]
name=Zend Server - noarch
baseurl=http://repos.zend.com/zend-server/rpm/noarch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://repos.zend.com/zend.key

Step 6: Install Zend Server Community Edition.

### Zend Server Community Edition With PHP 5.2 ###

[[email protected]~/]# yum install zend-server-ce-php-5.2

### Zend Server Community Edition With PHP 5.3 ###

[[email protected]~/]# yum install zend-server-ce-php-5.3

Once installed navigate your browser to https://localhost:10082/ZendServer (secure) or http://localhost:10081/ZendServer.

Accept the license agreement.

Create the new password.

Click on Finish.

You will get the home page of Zend Sever Community Edition.

Post Installation Configuration:

you intend to use PHP and other tools provided by Zend Server Community Edition (pear and pecl) from the command line (PHP CLI), it is recommended that you add the <install_path>/bin directory to your $PATH environment variable.

This can be done in two ways:

Per user profile:

The following procedure is intended for use with bash. If you are using a different shell, adjust the procedure accordingly.

To add the <install_path>/bin directory to your $PATH environment variable per user profile:

Using a text editor, open .bashrc (located in your home directory).

[[email protected]~/]$ vi ~/.bashrc

Add the following lines to the end of the file:

PATH=$PATH:<install_path>/bin

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:<install_path>/lib

Replace <install_path> with your Zend Server Community Edition installation path.

Save the file.

In order for this to take effect, close and reopen your shell or run the following command:

[[email protected]~/]$ source ~/.bashrc

You can now run the PHP binary provided by Zend Server Community Edition without typing its full path.

For all users:

To add the <install_path>/bin directory to your $PATH environment variable for all users:

Using a text editor, open /etc/profile.

[[email protected]~/]# vi /etc/profile

Add the following lines to the end of the file:

PATH=$PATH:<install_path>/bin

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:<install_path>/lib

Replace <install_path> with your Zend Server Community Edition installation path.

Save the file.

In order for this to take effect, close and reopen your shell or run the following command:

[[email protected]~/]# source /etc/profile

You can now run the PHP binary provided by Zend Server Community Edition without typing its full path.

That’s all.