[rt-users] Re: [rt-devel] FastCGI Install Info for RT 2.0.X series

[Marc Hedlund]

Can you send your exact config lines?  Note that the ScriptAlias line
needs a "/" after ".fcgi".

Marc Hedlund 
e: marc at precipice dot org

On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Jeremy M. Smith wrote:

> 
> I realized that I have been doing the same thing (i.e., using the FastCGI
> handler without the AddHandler and FastCgiServer directives specified for
> Apache. But when I add them in, it breaks RT. I get the following message
> in my Apache error_log file:
> 
> [Sun Oct 21 15:28:19 2001] [error] [client 63.205.xxx.yyy] (2)No such file
> or directory: FastCGI: incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server
> "/usr/local/rt2/bin/mason_handler.fcgi"
> 
> About 1/4 of the time, I also get what *should* have been returned to the
> web client (namely, the HTML login page) also in error_log. Usually the
> "incomplete headers" business with FastCGI means that the client isn't
> correctly outputting HTTP headers, but that doesn't appear to be the case
> here. I have tried messing around with the various timeout settings for
> the FastCGI directives in httpd.conf, but I've had no success. I'm using
> the latest FastCGI (2.2.10) with Apache 1.3.19. I know that the FastCGI
> mod works because I'm using a couple of other FastCGI apps with no
> problems.
> 
> The "no such file or directory" bit of the error message has me confused,
> too. I'm not sure which file or directory is being referenced. Maybe some
> kind of permissions problem?
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeremy.
> 
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Rich West wrote:
> 
> > Woo-hoo!
> >
> > As it turns out, the delays I was experiencing with fast_cgi were due to
> > the missing "AddHandler"  and "FastCgiServer" options.  I guess
> > something can be said for RTFM afterall. :)
> >
> > With those in place, I am seeing rendering of < 1sec per page.
> >
> > FastCGI definitely has a lot over mod_perl. :)
> >
> > Just an FYI, you can put the AddHandler and FastCgiServer options
> > _within_ the VirtualHosts directive, but keep in mind that it would
> > restrict the FastCGI operation to only that VirtualHost..
> >
> > -Rich
> >
> > Sanity wrote:
> >
> > >Recently I switch from mod_perl to Mod_FastCGI for apache. For all of you
> > >interested here is the config I used to get it all working.
> > >
> > >The next two lines should go in your config anywhere after the
> > >standard mod_fcgi load statements (if you load via a DSO) but before your
> > >virtual host settings.
> > >
> > >AddHandler fastcgi-script fcgi
> > >FastCgiServer /usr/local/rt/bin/mason_handler.fcgi
> > >
> > >Here is the only line you need to add to your virtual host config
> > >
> > >ScriptAlias /rt2/ /usr/local/rt/bin/mason_handler.fcgi/
> > >
> > >In the above example I am accessing RT via https://blah.com/rt2/ if you
> > >want to use https://blah.com instead then your ScriptAlias line should
> > >look like the one below..
> > >
> > >ScriptAlias / /usr/local/rt/bin/mason_handler.fcgi/
> > >
> > >
> > >Make sure to change any of the path statements to match where you installed
> > >RT.
> > >
> > >
> > >If you do not use the AddHandler and the FastCgiServer commands then
> > >apache will not keep the mason_handler.fcgi program running between
> > >requests. If the handler is not running between requests RT2 will run very
> > >very slowly.
> > >
> > >
> > >The config above worked very nicely for my install on Solaris 8 with
> > >Apache 1.3.19/mod_perl/mod_php4/mod_ssl/+extra modules, YMMV.
> > >
> > >FastCGI seems just as fast if not slightly faster than when we were using
> > >mod_perl. The only problem I have seen so far with FastCGI is that the RT
> > >logo does not show up however there have been a few posts to the rt-devel
> > >list recently which should fix that, search the archives if you did not
> > >see the posts.
> > >
> > >
> > >-Sanity
> > >
> >
> >
> 
> -- 
> --------------------------------------------
> Jeremy M. Smith <jeremy at ucdavis.edu>
> Technical Support Manager, Programmer
> University of California, Davis
> Languages and Literatures
> Language Learning Center
> 
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