Re: include problem

* Brian Candler <[email protected]> [1152 09:52]:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 09:22:37AM +0100, Dominik Werder wrote:
> > wouldn't it be possible for modruby to spawn multiple ruby instances and  
> > let the user onfigure which virtual hosts should share the interpreter, if  
> > any at all?
> 
> No, because if I understand rightly, mod_ruby doesn't spawn anything at all.
> 
> Apache spawns httpd worker processes. If you are running Apache with a pool
> of 5 worker processes, each process *contains* an instance of mod_ruby, in
> that it is linked directly in; it's part of the worker.
> 
> If you want this level of isolation, you should use fastcgi instead. Each
> application then runs in its own process or pool of processes, and the httpd
> worker which is dealing with a particular request sends it down a socket to
> one of the application fastcgi processes.
> 
> This works well with ruby; you need to build libfcgi first, then install
> mod_fastcgi for Apache and Moonwolf's 'fcgi' module from RAA.

If you're going down that path, I can recommend the articles on the Wiki at:

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?UsingRubyFastCGI

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