Re: PHP and a general problem understanding fastcgi

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Benjamin Podszun wrote:

> Thanks for your comments here. I thought I understand what you mean and tried 
> the following:
>
> FastCgiServer /var/www/default/php/php -user web-default -group web-users 
> -socket default

This should be out of scope of the vhost - but map to the vhost.

So, set up the VHost something like this:

   <VirtualHost 1.2.3.4:80>
     DocumentRoot /var/www/1.2.34
     User blah
     Group blahgrp

     <Location /php/php>
       SetHandler fastcgi-script
     </Location>
     Action php-fastcgi /php/php
   </VirtualHost>

So this sets up FastCGI properly for Dynamic mode, I think (although you 
probably need to enable FastCgiWrapper.  If you want a static server, then you 
put this OUT of scope (because it's server wide):

   FastCgiServer /var/www/1.2.3.4/php/php -user web-default -group web-users

which will create the instance.  You can then multiply these like so:

   FastCgiServer /var/www/blah.com/php/php -user blah -group blahgrp
   FastCgiServer /var/www/foo.com/php/php -user foo -group foogrp

And they will work, as long as php/php is set up as a php-fastcgi action within 
the relevant vhosts (blah.com, foo.com).  If you want only ONE server, then 
change things like so:

   FastCgiServer /var/www/1.2.3.4/php/php -user web-default -group web-users -port 9050
   FastCgiExternalServer /var/www/blah.com/php/php -host localhost:9050
   FastCgiExternalServer /var/www/foo.com/php/php -host localhost:9050

which will have one "real" instance and two "fake" instances that are handled 
internally.

> I'd love to - but right now I can only come up with ways that _don't_ work.. 
> Something like a "Don't try the following" FAQ.. ;-)

Well, we'll work on that  ;)  Dang it, I wrote that FAQ entry a few years ago 
and haven't looked at it since!

David.

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