Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TracFastCgi

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Oct 11, 2005, 12:16:57 AM (19 years ago)

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TracFastCgi

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+= Trac with FastCGI =
+
+Since version 0.9, Trac supports being run through the [http://www.fastcgi.com/ FastCGI] interface. Like [wiki:TracModPython mod_python], this allows Trac to remain resident, and is faster than external CGI interfaces which must start a new process for each request. However, unlike mod_python, it is able to support [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/suexec.html SuEXEC]. Additionally, it is supported by much wider variety of web servers.
+
+== Simple Apache configuration ==
+{{{
+# Enable fastcgi for .fcgi files
+# (If you're using a distro package for mod_fcgi, something like
+# this is probably already present)
+<IfModule mod_fastcgi.c>
+   AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi
+   FastCgiIpcDir /var/lib/apache2/fastcgi 
+</IfModule>
+LoadModule fastcgi_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_fastcgi.so
+}}}
+
+You can either setup the `TRAC_ENV` as an overall default:
+{{{
+FastCgiConfig -initial-env TRAC_ENV=/path/to/env/trac
+}}}
+
+Or you can serve multiple Trac projects in a directory like:
+{{{
+FastCgiConfig -initial-env TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR=/parent/dir/of/projects
+}}}
+
+Configure `ScriptAlias` or similar options as described in TracCgi, but calling `trac.fcgi` instead of `trac.cgi`.
+
+== Simple Lighttpd Configuration ==
+
+The FastCGI front-end was developed primarily for use with alternative webservers, such as [http://www.lighttpd.net/ lighttpd].
+
+lighttpd a secure, fast, compliant and very flexible web-server which has been optimized for high-performance
+environments.  It has a very low memory footprint compared to other web servers and takes care of CPU load.
+
+For using `trac.fcgi` with lighttpd add the following to your lighttpd.conf:
+{{{
+fastcgi.server = ("/trac" =>
+                   ("trac" =>
+                     ("socket" => "/tmp/trac-fastcgi.sock",
+                      "bin-path" => "/path/to/cgi-bin/trac.fcgi",
+                      "check-local" => "disable",
+                      "bin-environment" =>
+                        ("TRAC_ENV" => "/path/to/projenv")
+                     )
+                   )
+                 )
+}}}
+
+Note that you will need to add a new entry to `fastcgi.server` for each separate Trac instance that you wish to run. Alternatively, you may use the `TRAC_ENV_PARENT_DIR` variable instead of `TRAC_ENV` as described  above.
+
+Other important information like [http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/wiki/TracInstall this updated TracInstall page], [wiki:TracCgi#MappingStaticResources and this] are useful for non-fastcgi specific installation aspects.
+
+Relaunch lighttpd, and browse to `http://yourhost.example.org/trac` to access Trac.
+
+----
+See also TracCgi, TracModPython, TracInstall, TracGuide