[mapserver-users] Production mapserver

[Jeff Dege]

So, from what I'm hearing Apache vs. Lighttpd isn't going to make a significant difference.

Cgi vs. FastCGI very definitely will.

Great.  So how do I get FastCGI working?

There are docs at: http://mapserver.org/optimization/fastcgi.html

They are only getting me part of the way there.

1. I'm seeing two packages, that are available for Apache, mod_fastcgi and mod_fcgi.  Are these both needed?  Only one needed?  Are they replacements, alternatives, or entirely unrelated to each other?

2. In the Configuration section of the above doc, it says to modify http.conf to load the module, and to add a handler.  The Ubuntu packages placed fastcgi.conf and fastcgi.load in /etc/apache2/mods-available.  I expect that I simply need to create a link to these in /etcs/apache2/mods-enabled, the way the others are.

3. The Configuration section also says to add a FastCgiConfig command.  Where should this be? 

I see nothing in that configuration that indicates that it's the mapserv executable I want to run via fastcgi.