Installing and configuring PHP Opcache on Ubuntu 20.04 For Apache and Nginx

The guide below describes how to install PHP Opcache on Ubuntu 20.04 For both Apache and Nginx.

Made in seconds.

For Apache systems

We start the terminal and install Opcache:

apt-get install php-opcache -y

1	apt-get install php-opcache -y

Edit the php.ini file

nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

1	nano /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

and add at the end:

opcache.enable=1
opcache.memory_consumption=128
opcache.max_accelerated_files=3000
opcache.revalidate_freq=200

opcache.enable=1

opcache.memory_consumption=128

opcache.max_accelerated_files=3000

opcache.revalidate_freq=200

We restart the Apache server:

systemctl restart apache2

1	systemctl restart apache2

In the case of Nginx the procedure is very similar:

Installation:

apt-get install php-opcache php-fpm -y

1	apt-get install php-opcache php-fpm -y

Edit the php.ini file

nano /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini

1	nano /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini

We add at the end of the file:

opcache.enable=1
opcache.memory_consumption=128
opcache.max_accelerated_files=3000
opcache.revalidate_freq=200

opcache.enable=1

opcache.memory_consumption=128

opcache.max_accelerated_files=3000

opcache.revalidate_freq=200

And we overload services

systemctl restart nginx

1	systemctl restart nginx

systemctl restart php7.4-fpm

1	systemctl restart php7.4-fpm