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+; Start a new named pool.
+[{{ fqdn }}]
+
+; Set the user and group that should execute the scripts.
+user = {{ user }}
+group = {{ user }}
+
+; Listen on a dedicated UNIX socket.
+listen = /var/run/php5-fpm/{{ fqdn }}.sock
+
+; Set-up UNIX socket permissions (allow web server to connect).
+listen.owner = www-data
+listen.group = www-data
+listen.mode = 0660
+
+; Configure how processes are managed and how many are launched.
+pm = dynamic
+pm.max_children = 5
+pm.start_servers = 2
+pm.min_spare_servers = 1
+pm.max_spare_servers = 3
+
+; Chdir to this directory at the start.
+chdir = /
+
+; Redirect worker stdout/stder into main error log. This will also allow Nginx
+; to log errors in site-specific log file.
+catch_workers_output = yes