nginx + php

# apt-get install php php-common php-cli php-fpm

Put this into your (virtual) servers nginx config file:

location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
     }

… and …

index.php

into the index line.

create a test.php file:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

restart nginx and test it.

Tune php.ini in /etc/php/…