php-fpm and httpd-vhosts minimal examples for Webfaction (see http://task3.cc/761 and https://gist.github.com/2695626)

httpd-vhosts-minimal.conf

# This is a minimal configuration example for httpd virtual host and php-fpm
# I put here the mod_fastcgi configuration even if it should be on a separate file
# Remember to use the right port number

NameVirtualHost *:12345

<IfModule mod_fastcgi.c>
  # "fake" php handler
  AddHandler php5-fcgi .php
  Action php5-fcgi /fcgi-bin/php5.external
  # remember that this file does not really exist
  # Alias to the fcgi location
  Alias /fcgi-bin/php5.external /php5.external
  # you have to create the sockets directory
  # idle-timeout value should be something more than request_terminate_timeout
  # defined in php-fpm.conf
  FastCgiExternalServer /php5.external -socket /home/username/webapps/custom_apache/sockets/php5-fpm.socket -pass-header Authorization -appConnTimeout 30 -idle-timeout 310 

  # we catch the fake, non-existing cgi script
  <Location /fcgi-bin/php5.external>
    # here we prevent direct access to this Location url,
    # env=REDIRECT_STATUS will let us use this fcgi-bin url
    # only after an internal redirect (by Action upper)
     Order Deny,Allow
     Deny from All
     Allow from env=REDIRECT_STATUS
  </Location>
</IfModule>

# set the right port here
<VirtualHost *:12345>
    SetEnv HTTPS On
    ServerAdmin username@domain.com
    DocumentRoot "/home/username/webapps/yourwebsite"
    ServerName definedsubdomain.knownbywebfaction.com
    ErrorLog "logs/definedsubdomain.knownbywebfaction.com-error.log"
    CustomLog "logs/definedsubdomain.knownbywebfaction.com-access.log" common
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/home/username/webapps/custom_apache/cgi-bin/"
    <Directory /home/username/webapps/yourwebsite>
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
      AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<Directory "/home/username/webapps/custom_apache/cgi-bin">
  AllowOverride None
  Options None
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>

php-fpm-minimal.conf

; This is a minimal, working but mostly useless example of php-fpm configuration
; It is used for a dev website that I only visit and it is designed to spare memory
; replace "username" with your Webfaction username

[global]
pid = /home/username/webapps/custom_apache/run/fpm.pid
error_log = /home/username/webapps/custom_apache/logs/fpm.log
log_level = error

[www]
listen=/home/username/webapps/custom_apache/sockets/php5-fpm.socket

; this group of directives generates a warning on php-fpm start
; I prefer to keep them anyway
listen.owner = username
listen.group = username
listen.mode  = 0660
user = username
group = username

; here it is: low memory consumption but mostly non visitable website 
pm = dynamic
pm.max_children = 7
pm.start_servers = 2
pm.min_spare_servers = 1
pm.max_spare_servers = 4
pm.max_requests = 0

; always set this value to something less than -idle-timeout mod_fastcgi value
request_terminate_timeout = 305

slowlog = /home/username/webapps/custom_apache/logs/fpm-slow.log