where is php-fpm getting its config values on osx

I’m trying to php-fpm on my osx by running:

php-fpm -t

and I get this error:

[30-Dec-2017 13:36:12] ERROR: failed to open error_log (/usr/var/log/php-fpm.log): No such file or directory (2)
[30-Dec-2017 13:36:12] ERROR: failed to post process the configuration
[30-Dec-2017 13:36:12] ERROR: FPM initialization failed

i don’t have that file nor can I create it – even when using sudo:

$:/usr $ sudo mkdir var
Password:
mkdir: var: Operation not permitted

so my next big move is to find where exactly is this log file directory setup in php-fpm configuration (so that i can decide where the log file should go).. there seems to be many configuration files, so I refer to this question in finding the location of my php-fpm configuration file. so in the output of my php -i file I have this:

'--sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/php/7.1'

and there I have the following files:

php-fpm.conf

// can't be coming from this file
// b/c this is telling me it's /usr/local/var/log/php-fpm.log

; If it's set to "syslog", log is sent to syslogd instead of being written
; into a local file.
; Note: the default prefix is /usr/local/var
; Default Value: log/php-fpm.log

so where is it coming from?

also when I run this:

which php-fpm
/usr/sbin/php-fpm

note sure if it helps

Answer

php-fpm.conf location is determined by the option

--sysconfdir=/path/to

specified when invoking $ ./confugure just before compiling php-fpm.

Usually it is /etc but may be different in your case.

Invoking $ php-fpm -i will show the options passed to configure.

Just look after Configure Command =>.

From the comments I see you have found '--sysconfdir=/private/etc' so I would look right there.

---

Note that you can invoke php-fpm specifying a different location for the configuration file using the -y option.