Comment # 4 on bug 1186267 from Eric Madrid

No sir, "fresh install" means new VM, latest ISO.

Add this repos:

nano /etc/zypp/repos.d/php.repo

[devel_languages_php]
name=devel:languages:php (openSUSE_Factory)
type=rpm-md
baseurl=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php/openSUSE_Factory/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/php/openSUSE_Factory/repodata/repomd.xml.key
enabled=1

zypper ref -f

zypper update
reboot if needed

zypper in php8-fpm 
cp /etc/php8/fpm/php-fpm.conf.default /etc/php8/fpm/php-fpm.conf

ERROR: failed to open configuration file '/etc/php8/fpm/php-fpm.conf'
Permission denied (13)

Same process worked before 8.x and works fine with Leap w/ 8.x, different
repos.
I've gone round and round with this, makes no sense to me.
I can open the file: nano /etc/php8/fpm/php-fpm.conf
Everything looks fine, I check all the paths, over and over...
I've put it in a different path, I've slammed my keyboard... lol, ok, I wanted
too...
I have probably built 100+ openSuSE TW VM servers, this is a first...
It is strange...