Written by: Ryan Frankel
Edited by: Lillian Castro
Similar to our guide on installing Gearman on Ubuntu 12.04, this guide will get you all set up and running with Gearman on Ubuntu 14.04.
In case you don’t know, Gearman is a task runner and a job server that allows you to parallelize tasks easily and run different workers in different languages smoothly.
Below we will describe and lay out the necessary steps to getting Gearman installed.
Step 1: Install Software-Properties-Common and the Gearman PPA
In Ubuntu 14.04, python-software-properties were replaced by software-properties-common. We will go ahead and install this along with a useful Gearman PPA.
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gearman-developers/ppa sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install the Gearman Job Server & Dev Tools, & Perform Upgrade
Next, we install the job server and the tools for Gearman. Once again, the beauty of the apt-get command makes this painless and easy.
sudo apt-get install gearman-job-server libgearman-dev sudo apt-get upgrade
Step 3: Install PECL & Use It to Install Gearman (CLI, Client, Worker)
Now, in case you don’t have it, we need to install PECL and then use it to install Gearman.
sudo apt-get install php-pear sudo apt-get install php5-dev sudo pecl install gearman
Step 4: Update Our php.ini (CLI and Server) to Use Gearman
The last step is to let PHP know to use the gearman.so extension when it runs. There are two php.ini files that generally need to be updated. The first is the CLI version and the other is the Apache version.
For the CLI php.ini (/etc/php5/cli/php.ini)
Open your php.ini in your favorite text editor.
sudo vim /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
Add the following line in the “Dynamic Extensions” section of your php.ini.
extension=gearman.so
For the Apache-based php.ini (/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini)
Open your php.ini in your favorite text editor. Please note this is a different file than the one we just covered.
sudo vim /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Add the “Dynamic Extension” again in this file.
extension=gearman.so
Restart Apache:
sudo service apache2 restart
Step 5: Try the Examples
Gearman also offers examples you can use to test and verify your Gearman installation.
Conclusion
That was easy, huh?! If you have any problems or any additions, subtractions, or modifications, please let us know in the comments below.
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