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?
Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:
- 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 will need the following:
- A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account with billing enabled
- Basic familiarity with web servers and PHP scripting