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How to Install the PHP libvirt Extension

The PHP libvirt extension, known as libvirt-php, adds the ability to managelibvirt virtualization directly from your PHP scripts.

The libvirt-php extension supports PHP 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4.

Installing libvirt-php on Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04

To install this extension on Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04, SSH in to your server as root and run the following commands one at a time.

sudo apt-get -y install gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-config

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-dev libxml2-dev xsltproc libxml2-utils

wget http://libvirt.org/sources/php/libvirt-php-0.5.4.tar.gz

tar xzf libvirt-php-0.5.4.tar.gz

cd libvirt-php-0.5.4

PATH=/opt/sp/phpX.Y/bin:$PATH ./configure

make

sudo make install

sudo bash -c "echo extension=libvirt-php.so > /etc/phpX.Y-sp/conf.d/libvirt-php.ini"

sudo service phpX.Y-fpm-sp restart

Installing libvirt-php on Ubuntu 14.04 or 12.04

To install this extension on Ubuntu 14.04 or 12.04, SSH in to your server as root and run the following commands one at a time.

sudo apt-get -y install gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-config

sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-dev libxml2-dev xsltproc libxml2-utils

wget http://libvirt.org/sources/php/libvirt-php-0.4.8.tar.gz

tar xzf libvirt-php-0.4.8.tar.gz

cd libvirt-php-0.4.8

PATH=/opt/sp/phpX.Y/bin:$PATH ./configure

make

sudo make install

sudo bash -c "echo extension=libvirt-php.so > /etc/phpX.Y-sp/conf.d/libvirt-php.ini"

sudo service phpX.Y-fpm-sp restart

Verifying the Installation

You can verify libvirt-php is installed correctly by running this command:

phpX.Y-sp -i | grep -i libvirt

You should see the following output:

/etc/php7.0-sp/conf.d/libvirt-php.ini,
libvirt
Libvirt support => enabled
Libvirt version => 1.3.1

Uninstalling the libvirt Extension

To uninstall this extension, as root run the command:

sudo rm /etc/phpX.Y-sp/conf.d/libvirt-php.ini

Next, restart PHP-FPM with the command:

sudo service phpX.Y-fpm-sp restart