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6 Catalyst::Manual::Deployment::Apache::FastCGI - Deploying Catalyst with
7 FastCGI on Apache
8 Setup
10 1. Install Apache with mod_fastcgi
11 mod_fastcgi for Apache is a third-party module, and can be found at
13 <https://fastcgi-archives.github.io/>. It is also packaged in many
14 distributions (for example, libapache2-mod-fastcgi in Debian). You will
15 also need to install the FCGI module from CPAN.
16 Important Note! If you experience difficulty properly rendering pages,
18 try disabling Apache's mod_deflate (Deflate Module), e.g. 'a2dismod
19 deflate'.
20 Apache 1.x, 2.x
22 Apache requires the mod_fastcgi module. The same module supports both
23 Apache 1 and 2.
24 There are three ways to run your application under FastCGI on Apache:
26 server, static, and dynamic.
27 Standalone server mode
29 FastCgiExternalServer /tmp/myapp.fcgi -socket /tmp/myapp.socket
31 Alias /myapp/ /tmp/myapp.fcgi/
32 # Or, run at the root
34 Alias / /tmp/myapp.fcgi/
35 # Optionally, rewrite the path when accessed without a trailing slash
37 RewriteRule ^/myapp$ myapp/ [R]
38 The FastCgiExternalServer directive tells Apache that when serving
40 /tmp/myapp to use the FastCGI application listening on the socket
41 /tmp/mapp.socket. Note that /tmp/myapp.fcgi MUST NOT exist -- it's a
42 virtual file name. With some versions of "mod_fastcgi" or "mod_fcgid",
43 you can use any name you like, but some require that the virtual
44 filename end in ".fcgi".
45 It's likely that Apache is not configured to serve files in /tmp, so
47 the Alias directive maps the url path /myapp/ to the (virtual) file
48 that runs the FastCGI application. The trailing slashes are important
49 as their use will correctly set the PATH_INFO environment variable used
50 by Catalyst to determine the request path. If you would like to be
51 able to access your app without a trailing slash (http://server/myapp),
52 you can use the above RewriteRule directive.
53 Static mode
55 The term 'static' is misleading, but in static mode Apache uses its own
57 FastCGI Process Manager to start the application processes. This
58 happens at Apache startup time. In this case you do not run your
59 application's fastcgi.pl script -- that is done by Apache. Apache then
60 maps URIs to the FastCGI script to run your application.
61 FastCgiServer /path/to/myapp/script/myapp_fastcgi.pl -processes 3
63 Alias /myapp/ /path/to/myapp/script/myapp_fastcgi.pl/
64 FastCgiServer tells Apache to start three processes of your application
66 at startup. The Alias command maps a path to the FastCGI application.
67 Again, the trailing slashes are important.
68 Dynamic mode
70 In FastCGI dynamic mode, Apache will run your application on demand,
72 typically by requesting a file with a specific extension (e.g. .fcgi).
73 ISPs often use this type of setup to provide FastCGI support to many
74 customers.
75 In this mode it is often enough to place or link your *_fastcgi.pl
77 script in your cgi-bin directory with the extension of .fcgi. In
78 dynamic mode Apache must be able to run your application as a CGI
79 script so ExecCGI must be enabled for the directory.
80 AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
82 The above tells Apache to run any .fcgi file as a FastCGI application.
84 Here is a complete example:
86 <VirtualHost *:80>
88 ServerName www.myapp.com
89 DocumentRoot /path/to/MyApp
90 # Allow CGI script to run
92 <Directory /path/to/MyApp>
93 Options +ExecCGI
94 </Directory>
95 # Tell Apache this is a FastCGI application
97 <Files myapp_fastcgi.pl>
98 SetHandler fastcgi-script
99 </Files>
100 </VirtualHost>
101 Then a request for /script/myapp_fastcgi.pl will run the application.
103 For more information on using FastCGI under Apache, visit
105 <https://fastcgi-archives.github.io/mod_fastcgi.html>
106 Authorization header with mod_fastcgi or mod_cgi
108 By default, mod_fastcgi/mod_cgi do not pass along the Authorization
110 header, so modules like
111 Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Credential::HTTP will not work. To
112 enable pass-through of this header, add the following mod_rewrite
113 directives:
114 RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.+)
116 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1,PT]
117 2. Configure your application
119 # Serve static content directly
121 DocumentRoot /var/www/MyApp/root
122 Alias /static /var/www/MyApp/root/static
123 FastCgiServer /var/www/MyApp/script/myapp_fastcgi.pl -processes 3
125 Alias /myapp/ /var/www/MyApp/script/myapp_fastcgi.pl/
126 # Or, run at the root
128 Alias / /var/www/MyApp/script/myapp_fastcgi.pl/
129 The above commands will launch 3 app processes and make the app
131 available at /myapp/
132 Standalone server mode
134 While not as easy as the previous method, running your app as an
136 external server gives you much more flexibility.
137 First, launch your app as a standalone server listening on a socket.
139 script/myapp_fastcgi.pl -l /tmp/myapp.socket -n 5 -p /tmp/myapp.pid -d
141 You can also listen on a TCP port if your web server is not on the same
143 machine.
144 script/myapp_fastcgi.pl -l :8080 -n 5 -p /tmp/myapp.pid -d
146 You will probably want to write an init script to handle
148 starting/stopping of the app using the pid file.
149 Now, we simply configure Apache to connect to the running server.
151 # 502 is a Bad Gateway error, and will occur if the backend server is down
153 # This allows us to display a friendly static page that says "down for
154 # maintenance"
155 Alias /_errors /var/www/MyApp/root/error-pages
156 ErrorDocument 502 /_errors/502.html
157 FastCgiExternalServer /tmp/myapp.fcgi -socket /tmp/myapp.socket
159 Alias /myapp/ /tmp/myapp.fcgi/
160 # Or, run at the root
162 Alias / /tmp/myapp.fcgi/
163 More Info
165 Catalyst::Manual::Deployment::FastCGI.
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169 Catalyst Contributors, see Catalyst.pm
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172 This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it
173 under the same terms as Perl itself.
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