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/usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/ not loaded in alpine image

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I am using php:8.4-fpm-alpine3.22

For the sake of simplicity I want to use php cli and php-fpm using the same container. However I need different configurations, for example setting memory_limit.

  1. I understand from the docs and source code that /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/ should be parsed when using php-fpm, but this is completely ignored. (Not sure if /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.conf should be parsed as well, this is ignored as well)

  2. There is /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-fpm.ini, but this is parsed by both cli and fpm ...

  3. Do I miss any configuration that is needed, or is it currently just not possible to define different settings for cli and fpm?

php-fpm -i (same output if I use phpinfo() via browser)

System => Linux 31f311ae6c26 6.8.0-84-generic #84-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep  5 22:36:38 UTC 2025 x86_64
Build Date => Sep 25 2025 21:16:54
Build System => Linux - Docker
Build Provider => https://github.com/docker-library/php
Configure Command =>  './configure'  '--build=x86_64-linux-musl' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc/php' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d' '--enable-option-checking=fatal' '--with-mhash' '--with-pic' '--
enable-mbstring' '--enable-mysqlnd' '--with-password-argon2' '--with-sodium=shared' '--with-pdo-sqlite=/usr' '--with-sqlite3=/usr' '--with-curl' '--with-iconv=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-readline' '--with-zlib' '--disable-phpdb
g' '--with-pear' '--disable-cgi' '--enable-fpm' '--with-fpm-user=www-data' '--with-fpm-group=www-data' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-musl' 'PHP_UNAME=Linux - Docker' 'PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER=https://github.com/docker-library/php'
Server API => FPM/FastCGI
Virtual Directory Support => disabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /usr/local/etc/php
Loaded Configuration File => (none)
Scan this dir for additional .ini files => /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed => /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-fpm.ini,
/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-opcache.ini,
/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-sodium.ini


php -i 

System => Linux 31f311ae6c26 6.8.0-84-generic #84-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep  5 22:36:38 UTC 2025 x86_64
Build Date => Sep 25 2025 21:16:54
Build System => Linux - Docker
Build Provider => https://github.com/docker-library/php
Configure Command =>  './configure'  '--build=x86_64-linux-musl' '--with-config-file-path=/usr/local/etc/php' '--with-config-file-scan-dir=/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d' '--enable-option-checking=fatal' '--with-mhash' '--with-pic' '--
enable-mbstring' '--enable-mysqlnd' '--with-password-argon2' '--with-sodium=shared' '--with-pdo-sqlite=/usr' '--with-sqlite3=/usr' '--with-curl' '--with-iconv=/usr' '--with-openssl' '--with-readline' '--with-zlib' '--disable-phpdb
g' '--with-pear' '--disable-cgi' '--enable-fpm' '--with-fpm-user=www-data' '--with-fpm-group=www-data' 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-musl' 'PHP_UNAME=Linux - Docker' 'PHP_BUILD_PROVIDER=https://github.com/docker-library/php'
Server API => Command Line Interface
Virtual Directory Support => disabled
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /usr/local/etc/php
Loaded Configuration File => (none)
Scan this dir for additional .ini files => /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d
Additional .ini files parsed => /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-fpm.ini,
/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-opcache.ini,
/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-sodium.ini

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Start by reproducing the reported behavior in the php:8.4-fpm-alpine3.22 image with php-fpm -i and php -i. Inspect the image configuration around /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.d/, /usr/local/etc/php-fpm.conf, and /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-fpm.ini; done means establishing whether separate CLI and FPM settings are supported and documenting or correcting the observed behavior.

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docker, php
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
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Difficulty
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Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
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