How to setup FastCGI?

RT Users
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Hi All,

I’m installing RT3 on a clean RH box and I’d like to use FastCGI instead of
mod_perl–problem is, the docs are unclear to me as to whether I have to
install FastCGI into apache or just the perl module CGI::Fast or both…

At this point, based on list messages and other webpages I’ve found, I
believe that I need to install build Apache with FastCGI (I’ll probably
follow the “manual” instructions that come in the FastCGI INSTALL document),
and then add the CGI::Fast module to my instance of Perl.

Can anyone confirm this is the way I should go?

Thanks,

–Sean

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I’m installing RT3 on a clean RH box and I’d like to use FastCGI
instead of mod_perl–problem is, the docs are unclear to me as to
whether I have to install FastCGI into apache or just the perl module
CGI::Fast or both…

Both, since each implements one side of the FastCGI protocol.

At this point, based on list messages and other webpages I’ve found, I
believe that I need to install build Apache with FastCGI (I’ll probably
follow the “manual” instructions that come in the FastCGI INSTALL
document),

Are you referring to mod_fastcgi from http://www.fastcgi.com ? In my
experience, it works fine as a DSO, avoiding the trouble of rebuilding
Apache entirely.

and then add the CGI::Fast module to my instance of Perl.

Running rt-test-dependencies --with-fastcgi should tell you exactly
which Perl modules you need.

Sebastian

Sebastian Flothow
sebastian@flothow.de

Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.