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How to install PHP Extension php-ssh2 on Azure App Service (PHP 8.2 / Linux)?

Does anyone know how to install the PHP extension "php-ssh2" on an Azure App Service with PHP version 8.2 and Linux OS?

I tried installing the extension from a different repository, but unfortunately this does not work ([Not candidate version]).

Thank you in advance,

Solution

  • Check the below steps to install the SSH2 extension in Azure Linux App Service.

    Open the KUDU Console:

    https://YourApp.scm.azurewebsites.net/webssh/host

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    • Run the below command to install the SSH2 version.
    apt-get update
apt-get install -y libssh2-1-dev

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    • Run pear config-show command to see the paths of the directories.

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    • Run pecl install https://pecl.php.net/get/ssh2-1.4.tgz command to install the ssh2 zip file.

    • You can see the downloaded ssh2 file in /tmp/pear/download directory

    • Next run the below commands

    cd  /tmp/pear/download/
tar -xzf ssh2-1.4.tgz
cd ssh2-1.4
phpize
./configure
make
make install

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    • Now you can see modules folder is created in /tmp/pear/download/ssh2-1.4 directory.

    • modules folder contains the ssh2.so file.

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    • Now we need to move this file from download to extension folder /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20220829 folder
    mv /tmp/pear/download/ssh2-1.4/modules/ssh2.so /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20220829

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    • Run the php -m to check the extensions.

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