# How to configure apm agent for multiple php sites on one machine **URL:** \ **Category:** APM\ **Tags:** php\ **Created:** [September 2, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-agent-for-multiple-php-sites-on-one-machine/313508 "2022-09-02T06:54:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lhb6540](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lhb6540/32/104727_2.png) [@lhb6540](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lhb6540)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-agent-for-multiple-php-sites-on-one-machine/313508/1 "2022-09-02T06:54:50Z")
Follow this page [Configuration | APM PHP Agent Reference [1.x] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/php/current/configuration.html) It is easy to configure apm agent for one php site on the machine by configuring php.ini, but if I have multiple php apps on one machine, how should I differentiate the service\_name of different apps ---
**Author:** ![alanstorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alanstorm/32/77134_2.png) [@alanstorm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alanstorm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-agent-for-multiple-php-sites-on-one-machine/313508/2 "2022-09-08T00:03:18Z")
That's a great question @lhb6540 -- at a high level you'll want to have each application set a different value for the service\_name via different php.ini files or another of PHP's mechanisms for setting ini variables. _How_ you'll do this will depend on how you're running PHP. If you're not sure how to set ini values, we can help with that if you can answer a few questions. Do you know if you're running PHP via an Apache module (mod\_php)? Or are you using PHP-FPM? Or maybe something newer like swoole? Let us know and we'll get you the information you need to get up and running with as many apps as you want 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lhb6540](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lhb6540/32/104727_2.png) [@lhb6540](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lhb6540)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-agent-for-multiple-php-sites-on-one-machine/313508/3 "2022-09-08T08:26:03Z")
I use php-fpm 7.4 on centos7 I configured nginx in front of multiple sites and forwarded to localhost:9000 via fastcgi My php configuration file directory is /etc/opt/remi/php74/php.ini (I configure elastic agent related information here), and the php-fpm configuration file directory is /etc/opt/remi/php74/php -fpm.d/www.conf ---
**Author:** ![alanstorm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alanstorm/32/77134_2.png) [@alanstorm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alanstorm)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-agent-for-multiple-php-sites-on-one-machine/313508/4 "2022-09-08T19:54:40Z")
Thanks for that information @lhb6540! Since you're using PHP-FPM your best bet will be to take advantage of PHP's [.user.ini](https://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.per-user.php) files. These files allow you to set `php.ini` configuration values on a per directory basis, and should allow you to set a different `elastic_apm.service_name` value for each of your applications (as outlined [in the PHP Agent docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/php/current/configuration.html)) If you need more information please let us know. Otherwise good luck with your sites/apps and thanks for giving Elastic APM a spin. ---
**Author:** ![lhb6540](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lhb6540/32/104727_2.png) [@lhb6540](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lhb6540)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-agent-for-multiple-php-sites-on-one-machine/313508/5 "2022-09-09T04:34:12Z")
Thanks,this method solved the problem ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-apm-agent-for-multiple-php-sites-on-one-machine/313508/6 "2022-09-30T00:34:57Z")
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