TheHolbi

Thanks. It is good suggestion.

@Starburst The mentioned issue may related to this topic:

This phenomenon typically occurs after a MariaDB upgrade.Typical log fragments in the maillog: warning: connect to 127.0.0.1:10031: Connection timed out warning: problem talking to server 127.0.0.1:10031 451 4.3.5 Recipient address rejected: Server configuration problem install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pmThis indicates that cbpolicyd (Cluebringer) cannot load the required Perl database driver. Root CausePolicyd relies on a Perl DBI driver to connect to its MariaDB/MySQL backend. If the DBD::mysql module is removed or mismatched, Policyd child processes exit with status 2, and Postfix rejects all RCPT requests due to policy service timeout. AlmaLinux 8 vs AlmaLinux 9 BehaviorAlmaLinux 8 (EL8)Policyd requires: perl-DBD-MySQL The configuration remains in /etc/cbpolicyd/cbpolicyd.conf DSN=DBI:mysql:database=postfix_policyd;host=localhostInstalling perl-DBD-MySQL resolves the issue. AlmaLinux 9 (EL9)EL9 introduces a packaging change where installing perl-DBD-MySQL may attempt to pull MySQL 8 libraries that conflict with MariaDB. Instead, install: dnf install perl-DBD-MariaDBThen update the Policyd configuration: Edit: /etc/cbpolicyd/cbpolicyd.confReplace: DSN=DBI:mysql:database=postfix_policyd;host=localhostWith: DSN=DBI:MariaDB:database=postfix_policyd;host=localhostThis forces Policyd to load the DBD::MariaDB driver instead of DBD::mysql. After modification: systemctl restart cbpolicyd systemctl restart postfixKey TakeawayEL8 → install perl-DBD-MySQL EL9 → install perl-DBD-MariaDB and change the DSN driver in /etc/cbpolicyd/cbpolicyd.conf Failure to update the DSN on EL9 will cause continuous Policyd crashes and complete mail flow disruption. This distinction is critical for maintaining stable CWP mail servers after MariaDB upgrades or package maintenance.

Still CWP Pro with EL9 based op.system. It's true that it needs some tweaking after installation, but it still offers far better services than other alternatives.

@SubZero5 Something was missing to run the installation script, but I can't see what it is.

There was some change: https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/618-imagemagick-install-script-for-almalinux-9x-and-cwp/

There was some change in the availability of ImageMagick, so the PHP 8.4 and 8.5 installation script needed to be corrected. #!/bin/bash # Detect PHP FPM version PHPFPM="/opt/alt/php-fpm84" if [ ! -e "${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/php-config" ]; then PHPFPM="/opt/alt/php-fpm85" fi PHPBIN="${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/php" PHPCONFIG="${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/php-config" PHPINIDIR="${PHPFPM}/usr/php/php.d" if [ ! -x "${PHPCONFIG}" ]; then echo "Skipping Imagick: php-config not found (${PHPCONFIG})" exit 0 fi echo "Installing prerequisites..." dnf -y install ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel ImageMagick-perl pkgconfig cd /usr/local/src rm -rf imagick-* echo "Downloading imagick-3.8.1..." wget https://pecl.php.net/get/imagick -O imagick.tgz tar -xf imagick.tgz cd imagick-* echo "phpize..." ${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/phpize echo "Configuring..." ./configure --with-php-config=${PHPCONFIG} echo "Compiling..." make -j"$(nproc)" && make install EXTDIR="$(${PHPCONFIG} --extension-dir)" if [ -e "${EXTDIR}/imagick.so" ]; then echo "Creating imagick.ini" echo "extension=imagick.so" > "${PHPINIDIR}/imagick.ini" echo "Imagick installation OK." else echo "ERROR: imagick.so missing: ${EXTDIR}/imagick.so" fi The place of the script is: /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/external_modules/8.4

Not fully. I will review these as well, because they should be in my own systems, but sometimes it gets delayed.

E.g: Pre run module for Imap (PHP-FPM 8.4, 8.5) and the compiler takes care of the rest. The Pre run modules place is: /usr/local/cwpsrv/htdocs/resources/conf/el9/php-fpm_selector/pre_run/8.4/imap7.sh #/bin/bash dnf install uw-imap-devel -yEnd External module for MailParse (PHP-FPM 8.4, 8.5) #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail # --- Detect PHP-FPM version (8.4 or 8.5) --- if [ -x /opt/alt/php-fpm84/usr/bin/php-config ]; then PHPFPM="/opt/alt/php-fpm84" elif [ -x /opt/alt/php-fpm85/usr/bin/php-config ]; then PHPFPM="/opt/alt/php-fpm85" else echo "ERROR: No php-fpm84 or php-fpm85 found." exit 1 fi PHPBIN="${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/php" PHPCONFIG="${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/php-config" PHPINIDIR="${PHPFPM}/usr/php/php.d" echo "Detected PHP: ${PHPBIN}" # --- Install dependencies --- dnf -y install re2c file cd /usr/local/src rm -rf mailparse* mailparse.tgz # --- Stable version: mailparse 3.1.6 --- MAILPARSE_VERSION="3.1.6" MAILPARSE_URL="https://pecl.php.net/get/mailparse-${MAILPARSE_VERSION}.tgz" echo "Downloading mailparse ${MAILPARSE_VERSION}..." wget -q "${MAILPARSE_URL}" -O mailparse.tgz tar -xf mailparse.tgz cd "mailparse-${MAILPARSE_VERSION}" # --- Build --- echo "Running phpize..." "${PHPFPM}/usr/bin/phpize" echo "Configuring..." ./configure --with-php-config="${PHPCONFIG}" echo "Compiling..." make -j"$(nproc)" make install # --- Check extension installation --- EXTDIR="$(${PHPCONFIG} --extension-dir)" if [ -f "${EXTDIR}/mailparse.so" ]; then echo "Creating mailparse.ini" echo "extension=mailparse.so" > "${PHPINIDIR}/mailparse.ini" echo "mailparse installed successfully." else echo "ERROR: mailparse.so was not found in ${EXTDIR}" exit 1 fi I hope this helped. Look at the full article: https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-fpm-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/

Hi @Starburst I have corrected the installation of the PECl modules for the PHP-FPM version only. You can find the installers of these modules in the External modules and Pre Run models ZIP files at the link, which ran in the AlmaLinux 9.6, 9.7 environment. Here: https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-fpm-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/

Just a note: With the above script and the pre run and external modules, I have already installed PHP-FPM 8.3.28 and PHP-FPM 8.4.15 versions on 6 different AlmaLinux 9.6 based VPSs, and they run flawlessly.

We need Pre Run modules, the ZIP also added.

Hello @Sandeep B. Thank you for the tutorial. I ran into a few problems under AlmaLinux 9.6, which this installation script has already fixed. #!/bin/bash set -euo pipefail set -x # For el9 only : dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb # run these for el8 and el9 dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools" dnf -y install glibc-devel elfutils-libelf-devel dnf -y install git make gcc gcc-c++ \ binutils glibc-devel autoconf libtool \ bison re2c automake libxml2-devel openssl-devel \ sqlite-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel libpng-devel \ libavif-devel libwebp-devel libjpeg-devel \ libXpm-devel freetype-devel gmp-devel \ libicu-devel openldap-devel oniguruma-devel \ libargon2-devel libtidy-devel libxslt-devel # Build PHP 8.4 switcher: rm -rf /usr/local/php-84 mkdir -p /usr/local/php-84 cd /usr/local/php-84 wget http://php.net/distributions/php-8.4.15.tar.gz tar zxvf php-8.4.15.tar.gz cd php-8.4.15 # For el9 mandatory: --with-openssl=/usr/lib64 ./configure --with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php \ --enable-cgi \ --with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d \ --with-zlib=/usr \ --enable-mbstring \ --with-zip \ --enable-bcmath \ --enable-pcntl \ --enable-ftp \ --enable-exif \ --enable-calendar \ --enable-sysvmsg \ --enable-sysvsem \ --enable-sysvshm \ --with-tidy \ --with-curl \ --with-iconv \ --with-gmp \ --enable-gd \ --with-avif \ --with-jpeg \ --with-freetype \ --enable-gd-jis-conv \ --with-webp \ --with-xpm \ --with-openssl=/usr/lib64 \ --with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd \ --with-gettext=/usr \ --with-bz2=/usr \ --with-mysqli \ --enable-soap \ --enable-phar \ --with-xsl \ --enable-posix \ --enable-sockets \ --with-external-pcre \ --with-libdir=lib64 \ --with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock \ --enable-intl \ --with-password-argon2 \ --enable-litespeed \ --with-ldap=/usr \ --with-ldap-sasl=/usr \ --with-pear \ --with-sodium # These settings will break on el9 - AlmaLinux 9.6 # export CFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" # export CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIE -DPIC" # export LDFLAGS="-pie -Wl,--as-needed" export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig export CFLAGS="-O2" export CXXFLAGS="-O2" export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib64 -Wl,--as-needed" make -j$(nproc) make install # ---------- remove old .ini from PHP 5.x, 7.x ----- rm -f /usr/local/php/php.d/sodium.ini # ---------- PECL IMAGICK INSTALL ---------- echo "Installing Imagick dependencies…" dnf -y install ImageMagick ImageMagick-devel echo "Installing Imagick via PECL…" /usr/local/bin/pecl install imagick echo "Adding imagick.ini…" mkdir -p /usr/local/php/php.d echo "extension=imagick.so" > /usr/local/php/php.d/imagick.ini echo "PHP CLI build with Imagick completed successfully!" php -v php -m | grep imagick --with-openssl=/usr/lib64 --with-pear --with-sodium without the switches and with the recommended FLAG settings, PHP 8.4.15 did not compile properly. And it may also be necessary to remove the old sodium.ini if it was left in the directory from PHP 5.x, 7.x. rm -f /usr/local/php/php.d/sodium.iniBut with the above settings, all parts of PHP 8.4.15 are compiling properly in AlmaLinux 9.6. [root@vps ~]# php -i | grep -i sodium Configure Command => './configure' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php' '--enable-cgi' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d' '--with-zlib=/usr' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-zip' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-pcntl' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-exif' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-sysvmsg' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--with-tidy' '--with-curl' '--with-iconv' '--with-gmp' '--enable-gd' '--with-avif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-freetype' '--enable-gd-jis-conv' '--with-webp' '--with-xpm' '--with-openssl=/usr/lib64' '--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd' '--with-gettext=/usr' '--with-bz2=/usr' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-soap' '--enable-phar' '--with-xsl' '--enable-posix' '--enable-sockets' '--with-external-pcre' '--with-libdir=lib64' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--enable-intl' '--with-password-argon2' '--enable-litespeed' '--with-ldap=/usr' '--with-ldap-sasl=/usr' '--with-pear' '--with-sodium' sodium sodium support => enabled libsodium headers version => 1.0.18 libsodium library version => 1.0.18 [root@vps ~]# php -i | grep -i openssl Configure Command => './configure' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/php' '--enable-cgi' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/php/php.d' '--with-zlib=/usr' '--enable-mbstring' '--with-zip' '--enable-bcmath' '--enable-pcntl' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-exif' '--enable-calendar' '--enable-sysvmsg' '--enable-sysvsem' '--enable-sysvshm' '--with-tidy' '--with-curl' '--with-iconv' '--with-gmp' '--enable-gd' '--with-avif' '--with-jpeg' '--with-freetype' '--enable-gd-jis-conv' '--with-webp' '--with-xpm' '--with-openssl=/usr/lib64' '--with-pdo-mysql=mysqlnd' '--with-gettext=/usr' '--with-bz2=/usr' '--with-mysqli' '--enable-soap' '--enable-phar' '--with-xsl' '--enable-posix' '--enable-sockets' '--with-external-pcre' '--with-libdir=lib64' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' '--enable-intl' '--with-password-argon2' '--enable-litespeed' '--with-ldap=/usr' '--with-ldap-sasl=/usr' '--with-pear' '--with-sodium' SSL Version => OpenSSL/3.5.1 libSSH Version => libssh/0.10.4/openssl/zlib openssl OpenSSL support => enabled OpenSSL Library Version => OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025 OpenSSL Header Version => OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025 Openssl default config => /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf openssl.cafile => no value => no value openssl.capath => no value => no value OpenSSL support => enabled

Added the final, three-tier, fully robust PHP source download module: ✔ 1. CWP CDN (if there → fast) ✔ 2. php.net CDN (official) ✔ 3. GitHub codeload (always works in tar.gz format) Since PHP 8.4.14 package was found by the download section of the script, but for PHP 8.4.15 it gave a false not found signal.

@Starburst @Sandeep B. here is the working for me manual PHP update of CWP: https://www.alphagnu.com/topic/614-how-to-add-custom-php-84-85-support-to-cwp-on-almalinux-9x/