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Post Installation on RPM (RHEL, CentOS and OEL)

If you intend to use PHP and other tools provided by Zend Server (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
For all users

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).
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 installation path.

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

source ~/.bashrc

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

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

Log in as root or use sudo to execute the following commands.
Using a text editor, open /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 installation path.

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

source /etc/profile

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

Enabling RPM Package Signature Validation

Zend Server's RPM packages are signed using PGP. This can be used to validate package integrity and authenticity during installation. This is an optional step which is recommended for organizations with strict security policies.

To enable RPM package signature validation:

Start the manual installation process as described in (link to manual install)
After creating the file /etc/yum.repos.d/zend.repo, change the value of all of the gpgcheck occurrences to '1'
After each gpgcheck occurrence add the following line:
gpgkey=http://repos.zend.com/zend.key
Continue the installation process

Before installing the first packages, yum will prompt you to approve importing the Zend PGP key from the URL above.

After following this procedure, whenever upgrading and installing Zend Packages yum will verify the packages before installing them.