Apache and FastCGI
Installation
There are two FastCGI modules for Apache:
They both have permissive licenses (custom for mod_fastcgi and GPL for mod_fcgid) and they are both available in the official repositories.
Apache 2.4 (available in the official repositories as apache) now provides an official module, mod_proxy_fcgi. See configuration example for php-fpm.
mod_fastcgi
Install mod_fastcgi from the official repositories.
First you need to load the fastcgi module. Make sure that the following is present and uncommented in your httpd.conf
:
LoadModule fastcgi_module modules/mod_fastcgi.so
Then you need to tell Apache when to use FastCGI.
For example you can ask Apache to treat all .fcgi files as fastcgi applications:
<IfModule fastcgi_module> AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi # you can put whatever extension you want </IfModule>
Remember that standard CGI restrictions apply, files must be in an ExecCGI enabled directory to execute.
mod_fcgid
Install mod_fcgid from the official repositories.
First you need to load the fastcgi module. Make sure that the following is present and uncommented in your httpd.conf
:
LoadModule fcgid_module modules/mod_fcgid.so
Then you need to tell Apache when to use FastCGI.
For example you can ask Apache to treat all .fcgi files as fastcgi applications:
<IfModule fcgid_module> AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi # you can put whatever extension you want </IfModule>
Remember that standard CGI restrictions apply, files must be in an ExecCGI enabled directory to execute.
Troubleshooting
It doesn't work? Apache error log (/var/log/httpd/error_log
) should help you find the problem.