PHP-FPM Not loading Environment Variables from /etc/environment

Question

I have environment variables set in /etc/environment. printenv shows them. However, php-fpm isn't seeing them. I have uncommented clear_env = no in /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf - this exposes SOME env vars to php-fpm (such as PATH), but none of those set in /etc/environment. Also, if I try to reference the /etc/environment environment variables in www.conf, like this: env[FOO] = $SOMEVAR (where SOMEVAR is set in /etc/environment), php has the envar FOO set to an empty value.

I'm by no means a Linux expert, but it seems to me that however php-fpm runs doesn't "use" the envars set in /etc/environment. Maybe? Please help.

Running Amazon Linux

THANKS! Adam

UPDATE:

sudo chkconfig --list php-fpm php-fpm 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off 

Dan, does that help? This is how php-fpm starts on reboot. Thanks!

Answer 1

If you want php-fpm service to load /etc/environment, then you can add following line in the Service section:

EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment