Run FreePBX php sessions in their own directory, to circumvent ownership problems

roles/pbx/tasks/freepbx.yml

@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@
     group: asterisk
     create: yes
 
+- name: FreePBX - Create php sessions directory
+  file: 
+    path: "/var/lib/php/asterisk_sessions/"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: FreePBX - Set ownership for php sessions directory
+  file: 
+    dest: "/var/lib/php/asterisk_sessions/" 
+    owner: asterisk 
+    group: asterisk
+    recurse: yes
+ 
 - name: FreePBX - Install (just run once)
   command: "{{ item }}"
   args:

roles/pbx/templates/freepbx.conf.j2

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
 AssignUserId asterisk asterisk
 </IfModule>
 
+php_value session.save_path /var/lib/php/asterisk_sessions/
+
 ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/pbx-error.log
 CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/pbx-access.log combined