How to install Zend Guard Loader in Plesk

Chapter 1. Question

How to enable Zend Guard Loader in Plesk?

Chapter 2. Answer

Plesk does not provide Zend Guard Loader pre-installed. However, it can be installed manually, i.e. on Plesk 12.5, Debian-based OS, PHP 5.4:

1. Download «ZendGuardLoader» according to PHP version
   
   # wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/6.0.0/ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz

   1 2	# wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/6.0.0/ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz

2. Extract ZendGuardLoader.so library and move it to modules folder
   
   # tar -xzf ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz # mv /usr/local/ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-x86_64/php-5.4.x/ZendGuardLoader.so /opt/plesk/php/5.4/lib64/php/modules/

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   # tar -xzf ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-x86_64.tar.gz # mv /usr/local/ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-x86_64/php-5.4.x/ZendGuardLoader.so /opt/plesk/php/5.4/lib64/php/modules/

3. Set correct permissions
   
   # chmod 755 /opt/plesk/php/5.4/lib64/php/modules/ZendGuardLoader.so # chown root:root /opt/plesk/php/5.4/lib64/php/modules/ZendGuardLoader.so

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   # chmod 755 /opt/plesk/php/5.4/lib64/php/modules/ZendGuardLoader.so # chown root:root /opt/plesk/php/5.4/lib64/php/modules/ZendGuardLoader.so

4. Create corresponding .ini file with the following content:
   
   # cat /opt/plesk/php/5.4/etc/php.d/zendGuardLoader.ini zend_extension=ZendGuardLoader.so

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   # cat /opt/plesk/php/5.4/etc/php.d/zendGuardLoader.ini zend_extension=ZendGuardLoader.so

5. Restart php-fpm service:
   
   # service plesk-php54-fpm restart

   1	# service plesk-php54-fpm restart

https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/213920745-How-to-install-Zend-Guard-Loader-in-Plesk