Re: FastCGI with Apache 2.2.0

Hi Vishal,

I don't know if this is the best way to do it as I'm fairly new to FCGI,
but you could try and set up a static server process within httpd.conf
as such:

<IfModule mod_fastcgi.c>
   FastCgiIpcDir /var/lib/fcgiIPC
   FastCgiServer /var/www/cgi-bin/<your-binary>
</IfModule>

There is a section on the website which documents these directives.
Cheers,

Gerry.
On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 03:19 -0400, Vishal Singh wrote:
> Hi Gerry,
> 
> Thanks alot.
> 
> I could install the mod_fastcgi after patching the distribution using
> the patch provided at following location.
> 
> http://www.fastcgi.com/archives/fastcgi-developers/2005-December/004060.html
> 
> This fixes the compilation problem "mod_fastcgi.c:271: error:
> 'ap_null_cleanup' undeclared" and allows to install using the
> instructions in INSTALL.AP2,
> 
> Now, I want to test it and make sure it works fine.
> 
> I was trying to run the following code
> http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fcgi-devel-kit.htm
> 
> #include "fcgi_stdio.h"
> #include <stdlib.h>
>  void main(void)
>  {
>         int count = 0;
>         while(FCGI_Accept() >= 0)
>             printf("Content-type: text/html\r\n"
>                    "\r\n"
>                    "<title>FastCGI Hello!</title>"
>                    "<h1>FastCGI Hello!</h1>"
>                    "Request number %d running on host <i>%s</i>\n",
>                     ++count, getenv("SERVER_NAME"));
> }
> 
> I had added the following line in my httpd.conf
> "LoadModule fastcgi_module modules/mod_fastcgi.so"
> 
> And, I am putting the binary generated by compiling the above code  in
> <apache_dir>/cgi-bin/
> 
> The request url is http://<server_name>/cgi-bin/<binary_name>
> 
> The FCGI_Accept returns 0, but each request creates a new process.
> This could be verified by observing that that count always returned 
> 1.
> 
> Am I doing something worng? Do I need to do anything else., Any
> pointers will be helpful.
> 
> After doing make install in the mod_fcgi distribution, it copied the
> mod_fastcgi.so in <apache_dir>/modules directory.
> 
> How did u verify the installation was working as expected?
> 
> Regards,
> Vishal
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/4/06, Gerry Marthe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I had a little trouble with this myself.
> >
> > First of all, you should read the INSTALL.AP2 file that comes in the tar
> > file - this explains that you may need to specify the parameter
> > "top_dir" for the Apache2 source when running make.
> >
> >
> > >  *NIX
> > >   ====
> > >
> > >     $ cd <mod_fastcgi_dir>
> > >     $ cp Makefile.AP2 Makefile
> > >     $ make
> > >     $ make install
> > >
> > >     If your Apache2 installation isn't in /usr/local/apache2, then
> > >     set the top_dir variable when running make (or edit the
> > >     Makefile), e.g.
> > >
> > >       $ make top_dir=/opt/httpd/2.0.40
> > >
> > >     Add an entry to httpd.conf like this:
> > >
> > >       LoadModule fastcgi_module modules/mod_fastcgi.so
> >
> >
> > Secondly, I found that if running a recent distribution such as Fedora Core 5,
> > the make generated a lot of errors regarding old apache 1.3 function calls.
> > The header file "ap_compat.h" included with Apache 2.2 does not include "apu_compat.h" as it
> > used to. Indeed, I couldn't find any include files resolving the mapping between old apache 1.3 functions
> > and the new version 2.x functions.
> >
> >
> > If that is the case, the Make will fail with errors such as:
> >
> > > mod_fastcgi.c:271: error: 'ap_null_cleanup' undeclared (first use in this function)
> >
> > One solution is to edit the source files, replacing the old function names
> > with the new ones.  For instance, the function "ap_null_cleanup" should be
> > apr_pool_cleanup_register ().  You can find the function name mappings by
> > consulting the file "apu_compat.h" from an older version of apr-devel (Fedora package), but I've included
> > it here for convenience.
> >
> > Its a bit tedious to do, but it works.  Just the same I'd be interested to know how the compatibility issue is supposed
> > to work with the version 2.2 include file of "ap_compat.h" - I'll paste it below:
> >
> > > /**
> > >  * @file  ap_compat.h
> > >  * @brief Redefine Apache 1.3 symbols
> > >  */
> > >
> > > #ifndef AP_COMPAT_H
> > > #define AP_COMPAT_H
> > >
> > > /* redefine 1.3.x symbols to the new symbol names */
> > >
> > > #define MODULE_VAR_EXPORT    AP_MODULE_DECLARE_DATA
> > > #define ap_send_http_header(r) ;
> > >
> > > #endif /* AP_COMPAT_H */
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 21:51 -0400, Vishal Singh wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Has anyone tried FastCGI with apache 2.2.0.
> > > The install documentation with the distribution of mod_fastcgi-2.4.2
> > > i.e, http://fastcgi.com/mod_fastcgi/INSTALL assumes presence of
> > > <apache_dir>/src  which is not there in Apache 2.0 and 2.2 versions
> > > and it was present in Apache 1.3.34 versions. Also, the
> > > --activate-module is not there in the latest configure file of apache.
> > >
> > > Can anyone share the installation instructions for adding the fast_cgi
> > > module to Apache 2.2.0.?
> > >
> > > Is fast_cgi now inbuilt in Apache?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Vishal
> > > ___________________________________
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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