Getting Drupal 7 (almost) running on HHVM

In analogy to the article of the hiphop-php.com site, I'll try to give you a tutorial on how to run Drupal on HHVM

Installing HHVM

For the sake of this case-study, I used a Vagrant Ubuntu “Precise” 12.04 as my linux distribution. Also, to not screw up my local development machine, I'll be using disposable virtual boxes.

Installing VirtualBox

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Download and install the appropriate version of VirtualBox for your machine

Installing Vagrant

http://vagrantup.com/ Download and install the appropriate version of Vagrant for your machine

Downloading and Installing Precise64

  1. cd ~/
  2. git clone --recursive --branch 7.x-1.x http://git.drupal.org/project/vagrant.git
  3. cd vagrant
  4. vagrant box add base http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box
  5. vagrant up
  6. sudo nano /etc/hosts
  7. # add 
  8. # 33.33.33.10        drupal.vbox.local dev-site.vbox.local
  9. vagrant ssh
  10. # Update our packages
  11. sudo apt-get update
  12. sudo apt-get upgrade
  14. # After updates, run chef again
  15. vagrant provision

Installing hiphop-php

  1. cd ~/vagrant
  2. vagrant ssh
  3. sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://dl.hiphop-php.com/ubuntu precise main"
  4. # no sources are present in hiphops repository, so remove them
  5. sudo add-apt-repository --remove "deb-src http://dl.hiphop-php.com/ubuntu"
  6. sudo apt-get update
  7. sudo apt-get install hiphop-php -y --force-yes

Create a config file

  1. cd ~/vagrant
  2. vagrant ssh
  3. sudo mkdir /var/log/hhvm
  4. sudo chmod 777 /var/log/hhvm/
  5. sudo nano /etc/hhvm.hdf

Add the following snippet and save the file (/etc/hhvm.hdf)

  1. Server {
  2.   Port = 8000
  3.   SourceRoot = /vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/
  4. }
  5.  
  6. Eval {
  7.   Jit = true
  8. }
  9. Log {
  10.   Level = Error
  11.   UseLogFile = true
  12.   File = /var/log/hhvm/error.log
  13.   Access {
  14.     * {
  15.       File = /var/log/hhvm/access.log
  16.       Format = %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b
  17.     }
  18.   }
  19. }
  20.  
  21. VirtualHost {
  22.   * {
  23.     Pattern = .*
  24.     RewriteRules {
  25.       dirindex {
  26.         pattern = ^/(.*)/$
  27.         to = $1/index.php
  28.         qsa = true
  29.       }
  30.     }
  31.   }
  32. }
  33.  
  34. StaticFile {
  35.   FilesMatch {
  36.     * {
  37.       pattern = .*\.(dll|exe)
  38.       headers {
  39.         * = Content-Disposition: attachment
  40.       }
  41.     }
  42.   }
  43.   Extensions {
  44.     css = text/css
  45.     gif = image/gif
  46.     html = text/html
  47.     jpe = image/jpeg
  48.     jpeg = image/jpeg
  49.     jpg = image/jpeg
  50.     png = image/png
  51.     tif = image/tiff
  52.     tiff = image/tiff
  53.     txt = text/plain
  54.   }
  55. }

Start the webserver

  1. cd ~/vagrant
  2. vagrant ssh
  3. # Adding some debug modes
  4. sudo hhvm --config /etc/hhvm.hdf --user vagrant --mode daemon -v "Log.Level=Verbose" -v "Log.NoSilencer=on" -v "Log.Header=on"
  5. tail -f /var/log/hhvm/error.log
  • Go to http://drupal.vbox.local:8000/index.php in your browser
  • You can see a couple of errors in the terminal but none of them really are significant.
  1. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:27 2012] [hphp] [2544:7fe6eaf40dc0:0:000015] [] admin server started
  2. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:27 2012] [hphp] [2544:7fe6eaf40dc0:0:000016] [] all servers started
  3. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:27 2012] [hphp] [2544:518f3700:0:000001] [] perf_event_open failed with: No such file or directory
  4. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:27 2012] [hphp] [2544:518f3700:0:000002] [] perf_event_open failed with: No such file or directory
  5. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:27 2012] [hphp] [2544:518f3700:0:000003] [] perf_event_open failed with: No such file or directory
  6. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:30 2012] [hphp] [2544:5254c700:0:000001] [] perf_event_open failed with: No such file or directory
  7. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:30 2012] [hphp] [2544:5254c700:0:000002] [] perf_event_open failed with: No such file or directory
  8. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:30 2012] [hphp] [2544:5254c700:0:000003] [] perf_event_open failed with: No such file or directory
  9. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:30 2012] [hphp] [2544:5254c700:1:000001] [] receiving index.php
  10. [Fri Nov 30 12:07:30 2012] [hphp] [2544:5254c700:1:000002] [7fe6e4d5f4c0:7fe6e4d5f445:7fe6e4d62bab:7fe6e4d5810e:7fe6e4d581b2:b0d80d:114c70b:1154cd6:1359eab:d814db:d390b5:d391e8:d3943e:d39e5e:d3a064:c4af2e:b08ffb:b1ae95:b7fdc0:c14c9c:c02c06:c0529e:f9e1ca:f9e3d9:7fe6e83f7e9a:7fe6e4e1b4bd] Core dumped: Aborted

So I went looking for errors and found the following in /tmp/stacktrace-PID.log

  1. Host: precise64
  2. ProcessID: 2544
  3. ThreadID: 5254c700
  4. ThreadPID: 2553
  5. Name: unknown program
  6. Type: Aborted
  7.  
  8. URL: /index.php
  9. ThreadType: Web Request
  10. Server: drupal.vbox.local:8000
  11.  
  12. # 0  ?? at hhvm:0
  13. # 1  killpg at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0
  14. # 2  raise at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0
  15. # 3  abort at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0
  16. # 4  __uselocale at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0
  17. # 5  __assert_fail at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0
  18. # 6  ?? at hhvm:0
  19. # 7  ?? at hhvm:0
  20. # 8  HPHP::c_PDO::t_prepare(HPHP::String const&, HPHP::Array const&) at hhvm:0
  21. # 9  HPHP::tg_3PDO_prepare(HPHP::VM::ActRec*) at hhvm:0
  22. # 10 void HPHP::VMExecutionContext::dispatchImpl<4>(int) at hhvm:0
  23. # 11 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::dispatch() at hhvm:0
  24. # 12 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::enterVMWork(HPHP::VM::ActRec*) at hhvm:0
  25. # 13 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::enterVM(HPHP::TypedValue*, HPHP::VM::ActRec*, HPHP::VM::ExtraArgs*) at hhvm:0
  26. # 14 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::invokeFunc(HPHP::TypedValue*, HPHP::VM::Func const*, HPHP::Array const&, HPHP::ObjectData*, HPHP::VM::Class*, HPHP::VM::VarEnv*, HPHP::StringData*, HPHP::VM::Unit*) at hhvm:0
  27. # 15 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::invokeUnit(HPHP::TypedValue*, HPHP::VM::Unit*) at hhvm:0
  28. # 16 HPHP::eval_invoke_file_hook(HPHP::Variant&, HPHP::String const&, bool, HPHP::LVariableTable*, char const*) at hhvm:0
  29. # 17 HPHP::invoke_file(HPHP::String const&, bool, HPHP::LVariableTable*, char const*) at hhvm:0
  30. # 18 HPHP::include_impl_invoke(HPHP::String const&, bool, HPHP::LVariableTable*, char const*) at hhvm:0
  31. # 19 HPHP::hphp_invoke(HPHP::ExecutionContext*, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> > const&, bool, HPHP::Array const&, HPHP::VRefParamValue const&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::$
  32. # 20 HPHP::HttpRequestHandler::handleRequest(HPHP::Transport*) at hhvm:0
  33. # 21 HPHP::LibEventWorker::doJob(boost::shared_ptr<HPHP::LibEventJob>) at hhvm:0
  34. # 22 HPHP::JobQueueWorker<boost::shared_ptr<HPHP::LibEventJob>, true, false>::start() at hhvm:0
  35. # 23 HPHP::AsyncFuncImpl::threadFuncImpl() at hhvm:0
  36. # 24 HPHP::AsyncFuncImpl::ThreadFunc(void*) at hhvm:0
  37. # 25 start_thread at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0:0
  38. # 26 __clone at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0
  39.  
  40. PHP Stacktrace:
  41.  
  42. #0  PDO->prepare() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/database/database.inc:464]
  43. #1  DatabaseConnection->prepareQuery() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/database/database.inc:663]
  44. #2  DatabaseConnection->query() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/database/database.inc:2318]
  45. #3  db_query() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/cache.inc:357]
  46. #4  DrupalDatabaseCache->getMultiple() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/cache.inc:338]
  47. #5  DrupalDatabaseCache->get() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/cache.inc:56]
  48. #6  cache_get() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/bootstrap.inc:902]
  49. #7  variable_initialize() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/bootstrap.inc:2403]
  50. #8  _drupal_bootstrap_variables() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/bootstrap.inc:2180]
  51. #9  drupal_bootstrap() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/bootstrap.inc:2301]
  52. #10 _drupal_bootstrap_page_cache() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/includes/bootstrap.inc:2172]
  53. #11 drupal_bootstrap() called at [/vagrant/public/drupal.vbox.local/www/index.php:20]

So I suppose HHVM is not ready for PDO yet? I'd appreciate more input from people that are more knowledgable.

I think this is where my adventure with HHVM ends for now :-)

Nick
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 11:44

Comments

On , Sara Golemon said...

Hey there! I'm the person at Facebook who does the OSS maintenance for HipHop, and it's great to see you trying us out. ((Not so great to see that you got a segfault though)).

I'm going to try reproducing the segfault you're getting and will let you know what I find. Hopefully it's a minor problem. :)

On , Dave said...

D6 isn't much better. Strange that there wasn't a php stacktrace...

<code>
Host: ubuntu-12
ProcessID: 8271
ThreadID: 52c48700
ThreadPID: 8279
Name: unknown program
Type: Segmentation fault
Runtime: hhvm
Version: heads/master-0-g5c736b05b0ec3289c11448c23b7893dfe47eeaff

URL: /install.php?profile=default&locale=en
ThreadType: Web Request
Server: 172.31.31.45:8000

# 0 ?? at hhvm:0
# 1 killpg at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0
# 2 void HPHP::VMExecutionContext::dispatchImpl<4>(int) at hhvm:0
# 3 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::dispatch() at hhvm:0
# 4 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::enterVMWork(HPHP::VM::ActRec*) at hhvm:0
# 5 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::enterVM(HPHP::TypedValue*, HPHP::VM::ActRec*, HPHP::VM::ExtraArgs*) at hhvm:0
# 6 HPHP::VMExecutionContext::invokeFunc(HPHP::TypedValue*, HPHP::VM::Func const*, HPHP::Array const&, HPHP::ObjectData*, HPHP::VM::Class*, HPHP::VM::VarEnv*, HPHP::StringData*, HPHP::VM::Unit*) at hhvm:0
# 7 HPHP::vm_call_user_func(HPHP::Variant const&, HPHP::Array const&, bool) at hhvm:0
# 8 HPHP::f_call_user_func_array(HPHP::Variant const&, HPHP::Array const&, bool) at hhvm:0
# 9 HPHP::UserSessionModule::close() at hhvm:0
# 10 HPHP::SessionRequestData::requestShutdownImpl() at hhvm:0
# 11 HPHP::BaseExecutionContext::onRequestShutdown() at hhvm:0
# 12 HPHP::hphp_context_exit(HPHP::ExecutionContext*, bool, bool, char const*) at hhvm:0
# 13 HPHP::HttpRequestHandler::handleRequest(HPHP::Transport*) at hhvm:0
# 14 HPHP::LibEventWorker::doJob(boost::shared_ptr<HPHP::LibEventJob>) at hhvm:0
# 15 HPHP::JobQueueWorker<boost::shared_ptr<HPHP::LibEventJob>, true, false>::start() at hhvm:0
# 16 HPHP::AsyncFuncImpl::threadFuncImpl() at hhvm:0
# 17 HPHP::AsyncFuncImpl::ThreadFunc(void*) at hhvm:0
# 18 start_thread at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0:0
# 19 __clone at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:0

PHP Stacktrace:
</code>

On , mikeytown2 said...

Found this userful stackoverflow topic on this issue:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13636790/does-hhvm-hiphop-support-postgresql-arbitary-pecl-extensions

On , patcon said...

Hey guys,

Worked through the wordpress example myself, and finally got it working. Not sure if you guys came across this:
http://php.webtutor.pl/en/2011/05/19/drupal-7-download-hiphop-for-phps-compatible-source-codes/

While it seems to have been compiled with a deprecated version of hiphop, there is a patch that theoretically works with Drupal 7.4? I was unable to get it working, but think maybe we could put together a vagrant box that does all the manual setup, and that might help us get on the same page with sorting this out?

And Sara Goleman, came across your blog while creeping on the project in general, and just wanted to say that you're awesome in all respects.

On , Success Ezine said...

Any help would be really appreciated.

On , Jeroen Beerstra said...

Seems it now works a lot better, the problem now is stream_wrappers:

They seem to register but hhvm complains about not being able to create <your webroot>/public, that should translate to the public files dir.

On , penyaskito said...

Hey Nick, thanks for documenting this.
Tried this and didn't work (yet). Just saw that it's from 2012.
HHVM > 3.0.0 no longer supports built-in server, I'll try with FastCGI instead.