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

[Jan Hartmann]

On 09/01/10 16:46, Smith, Michael ERDC-CRREL-NH wrote:
> Nic,
>
> In the 2010 benchmarking effort, we are using mod_fcgid with the 
> latest Apache. Here are the fcgi parameters we have in our conf file
>
> <IfModule fcgid_module>
>   FcgidInitialEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
> /usr/lib64:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/mapserverfull/lib:/oracle/instantclient_11_2:/opt/mapserver/lib
>   FcgidMinProcessesPerClass 0
>   FcgidIdleScanInterval 1
>   FcgidProcessLifeTime 10
>   FcgidIOTimeout 100
>   FcgidMinProcessesPerClass 0
> </IfModule>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
> -- 
> Michael Smith
> US Army Corps of Engineers
> Remote Sensing/GIS Center
> Hanover, NH
>
Any comments on comparing mod_fastcgi and mod_fcgid? Speed, thread-safety?

Jan

>
>
> On 9/1/10 10:43 AM, "Nicolas Chenier" <nicolas.chenier at agr.gc.ca> wrote:
>
>     Thank you Jeff!
>
>     So you mean to tell me that this old tutorial is still the
>     baseline for FastCGI w/ Mapserver and Apache? This was written a
>     while back, and seems to be specific to Apache 1.3... Does anyone
>     know of any modifications that need to be done for Apache httpd
>     2.2? Any other/new optimizations to the fastCGI settings?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Nic
>
>
>
>     On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 07:48 +0200, 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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