How To Install FastCGI On Fedora

Author: , March 27th, 2012

The next two steps will depend on your architecture: For ia-32:

For ia-64:

The module is installed in /etc/httpd/modules. Add the following to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: LoadModule fastcgi_module modules/mod_fastcgi.so

What A Difference! GoodBye FastCGI.

Author: , January 18th, 2011

Since I have completely unloaded FastCGI from Apache since moving to suPHP, I have seen a massive improvement overall. FastCGI is dead as far as I am concerned. Catalyst runs just fine without it. IMHO it is a serious kludge and should not be used. I am sorry I ever laid hands on it to […]

Dumping FastCGI in Favor of suPHP for PHP-based Sites

Author: , January 18th, 2011

After running my PHP instances in FastCGI for a while, I have not been satisfied with the performance, and have switched over to suPHP instead. The security benefits are there, and the memory footprint much smaller, with no drop in performance. In fact, this has solved some odd delays with the FastCGI implementation. I am […]

Why I Do NOT Ever Want To Write Yet Another Web Framework

Author: , December 30th, 2010

Any attempt to write yet another web framework would be an utter waste of time and effort. There are some significantly well-developed and well-supported Open-Source frameworks that would make any singular effort moot. Recent project efforts have taught me valuable lessons about trying to roll one’s own system. Much better to rely upon the many […]

How To Run WordPress Under FastCGI

Author: , December 30th, 2010

EDIT Jan 23, 2017: The FastCGI website is down so the below links no longer work. mod_fcgid is another possibility, and is the official Apache-supported method, but may be less performant that mod_fastcgi: http://httpd.apache.org/mod_fcgid/mod/mod_fcgid.html New write-up to follow when time allows… Thanks to Tara Senn of whoishostingthismail.com for pointing out the broken links to me! […]

Been coding like a madman, but time for bed

Author: , November 16th, 2009

I have been working on first FastCGI-based OOPerl engine. It is going very well. I am pleased!