[mapserver-users] FastCGI, MapServer and Apache on Linux

Jan Hartmann j.l.h.hartmann at uva.nl
Wed Sep 1 06:23:49 EDT 2010


  Are there any benchmarks for a comparison between MapServer CGI and 
MapServer FastCGI?

Jan

On 09/01/10 07:48, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> On 10-08-31 9:44 PM, Nicolas Chenier wrote:
>> Good day all,
>>
>> I am fairly new at this, and I am seeking help.
>>
>> We are currently using a MapServer setup with Apache on Linux, supported
>> by Tilecache.
>>
>> Due to the growing number of maps and tiles, we need to cut back on
>> caching as we are running out of disk space to store the tilecache.
>>
>> We would like to use FastCGI to generate tiles on the fly with
>> MapServer, Apache and our SDE db connection, all running on Linux.
>>
>> I am looking for the optimal way to get this setup, using the latest
>> Mapserver release with Apache2.
>>
>> Is there an easy step-by-step guide on getting this setup? I have been
>> searching through the web, the mapserver wiki and mailing list 
>> without luck.
>>
>> I am simply looking for the optimal FastCGI configuration settings,
>> along with deployment instructions from scratch... doesn't have to be
>> too detailed but just an outline of how we should proceed... Does
>> anything need to be recompiled with FastCGI support, etc etc...
>>
>> I really appreciate the help.
>>
>
> Hello,
>
> You will find instructions on this at: 
> http://www.mapserver.org/optimization/fastcgi.html
>
> If, during your MapServer/FastCGI travels, you have additional notes 
> to add to the documentation, it would be great if you could file a 
> ticket on MapServer Trac and record your additional notes there 
> (http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/) - if you do not have a login, 
> create one at: https://www.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/ldap_create_user.py
>
> Happy travels.
>
> -jeff
>
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