Ubuntu php5-fpm throws unknown instance on reload

Question

I am having some problems with ubuntu and php5-fpm on my VPS. Php works fine, however it throws terminal error when I am trying to reload / restart / stop it. Basically, I c

Answer 1

Usually, the service command will do fine:

service php5-fpm restart

But if the "unknown instance" issue appears, you can just kill the processes and have the service restarted, using this line:

sudo pkill php5-fpm; sudo service php5-fpm start