FastCGI
From http://fastcgi.com: "FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitations of server specific APIs."
So, FastCGI is an alternative to mod_perl for developing (web) applications. The relative merits of FastCGI vs. mod_perl will not be discussed here. If you or your organization have decided to use FastCGI, here are the basic bits you need to hook it up to mason.
The details are omitted for clarity.
Apache Configuration:
AddHandler fastcgi-script fcgi
Action mason-handler /home/httpd/online/mason.fcgi
SetEnv MASON_COMP_ROOT /home/httpd/webroot
SetEnv MASON_DATA_ROOT /home/httpd/state/mason
# pass the "documents" through the mason fcgi handler
<Directory /home/httpd/webroot>
SetHandler mason-handler
</Directory>
mason.fcgi:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use CGI::Fast;
use HTML::Mason::CGIHandler;
{
package HTML::Mason::Commands;
# anything you want available to components
use Storable qw(freeze thaw);
use HTTP::BrowserDetect;
}
# lazily-instantiated variables
my $cgi;
my $h;
while ($cgi = new CGI::Fast())
{
# this is lazily instantiated because %ENV is not set at startup time
if (! $h) {
$h = HTML::Mason::CGIHandler->new(comp_root => $ENV{MASON_COMP_ROOT},
data_dir => $ENV{MASON_DATA_ROOT},
error_mode => 'fatal',
error_format => 'line');
}
# hand off to mason
eval { $h->handle_cgi_object($cgi) };
if (my $raw_error = $@) {
# print out a pretty system error page and log $raw_error
}
}
exit 0;
Alternatives
FastCGI:
Last edited by ClarkRoss on 2009-12-16 09:48:09 GMT
Created by AlexEdelman on 2005-05-12 21:00:35 GMT