Who is this for?
This is an introductory topic for developers migrating Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) workloads from x86_64 to Arm-based servers, specifically on Google Cloud C4A virtual machines (VM) built on Axion processors.
What will you learn?
After completing this Learning Path, you'll be able to perform the following tasks:
- Provision a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) virtual machine on a Google Cloud C4A Arm-based Axion virtual machine
- Install PHP on a SUSE Arm64 C4A instance
- Validate PHP functionality by running baseline HTTP server tests
- Benchmark PHP performance using PHPBench on Arm64 architecture
Prerequisites
Before starting, you'll need the following prerequisites:
- A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account with billing enabled
- Basic familiarity with web servers and PHP scripting